ECR Community

ECR Community

Early Career Scientists

INQUA defines early-career researchers as graduate students and postgraduates within eight years of receiving their last degree. This period of eight years does not consider time taken not working as an academic or due to family responsibilities.

Our mission is:

  • To increase the dissemination of information between INQUA, its Commissions and its young members through both ECR networks and social media.
  • To reciprocally represent the views and increase the flow of information from the ECR community to the INQUA Executive Committee.
  • To support early-career Quaternary scientists from developing countries and engage them in INQUA activities.
  • To promote innovative research, scientific leadership, and community outreach among INQUA ECRs.

What are we doing?

Providing and sharing information about upcoming meetings, projects, jobs, opportunities, etc., and also about INQUA and its commissions. Helping to provide mentorship from experienced academics to the next generation of Quaternary scientists through the organisation of meetings and workshops. Promoting INQUA activities through outreach and social media.

Projects & Fellowships

Funding

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  • Loess Fest 2026
    Loess Fest 2026

    Echoes of the past: Loess, climate and human interactions during the Pleistocene will take place between 7-11 September in Krapets, Bulgaria

  • Podcast INQUA India 2027
    Podcast INQUA India 2027

    Quaternary is the age when modern recognisable humans started inhabiting this planet. All over the world scientists are engaged in studying various aspects of human evolution. Once every 4 years scientists from all across the…

  • PALCOM-supported sessions
    PALCOM-supported sessions

    INQUA PALCOM interactive bulletin of scientific sessions for the INQUA Congress 2027

  • New QP Issue Out!
    New QP Issue Out!

    QP Issue 39 December 2025 is now available online!

  • INQUA 2025 Sir Nicholas Shackleton Medal
    INQUA 2025 Sir Nicholas Shackleton Medal

    The INQUA 2025 Sir Nicholas Shackleton Medal recipient is Prof. Dr. Nicole Khan from the University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)

  • 7th International Palaeontological Congress – IPC7
    7th International Palaeontological Congress – IPC7

    The 7th International Palaeontological Congress (IPC7) will be held between 30 November – 3 December 2026 in Cape Town, South Africa