BOULDER, Colo. — Mark Seefeldt, a Research Scientist at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado Boulder, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award for Arctic research to Norway for the 2025-26 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
Seefeldt will investigate temperature extremes in the Arctic and northern high latitudes and the atmospheric characteristics associated with the extremes. The project will also include a teaching component focusing on seminars, workshops, and advising with graduate students and early career researchers. The research and teaching will be conducted with host institutions the Norwegian Research Center (NORCE) and the University of Bergen, in Bergen, Norway from February to May 2026.
"I am honored to receive this U.S.–Norway Fulbright Scholar award, as it will allow me to merge my passions of Arctic meteorology, meeting with grad students and early career researchers, and working in Norway," said Seefeldt. "I also feel that it is going to be a tremendously valuable learning experience for me as I am immersed in the Norwegian research environment and I get to learn from some great Norwegian researchers. I am beyond excited for this opportunity."
Fulbright U.S. Scholars are faculty, researchers, administrators, and established professionals teaching or conducting research in affiliation with institutes abroad. Fulbright Scholars engage in cutting-edge research and expand their professional networks, often continuing research collaborations started abroad and laying the groundwork for forging future partnerships between institutions. Upon returning to their home countries, institutions, labs, and classrooms, they share their stories and often become active supporters of international exchange, inviting foreign scholars to campus and encouraging colleagues and students to go abroad.
Since 1946, the Fulbright Program has provided over 400,000 talented and accomplished students, scholars, teachers, artists, and professionals of all backgrounds with the opportunity to study, teach, and conduct research abroad. Fulbrighters exchange ideas, build people-to-people connections, and work to address complex global challenges. Notable Fulbrighters include 62 Nobel Laureates, 90 Pulitzer Prize winners, 82 MacArthur Fellows, 41 heads of state or government, and thousands of leaders across the private, public, and non-profit sectors.
Over 800 individuals teach or conduct research abroad through the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program annually. In addition, over 2,000 Fulbright U.S. Student Program participants—recent college graduates, graduate students, and early career professionals—participate in study/research exchanges or as English teaching assistants in local schools abroad each year.
Fulbright is a program of the U.S. Department of State, with funding provided by the U.S. Government. Participating governments and host institutions, corporations, and foundations around the world also provide direct and indirect support to the Program, which operates in over 160 countries worldwide.
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