The second open call for CliC grants was launched in December 2022 with deadline 1st of March 2023. The total budget allocated was 30 000 CHF. A total of 59 applications from 24 countries were submitted.
The applications were evaluated according to the call´s criteria: (i) Quality of the research, (ii) Relevance to CliC strategic areas, (iii) Feasibility (timeline and budget), and (iv) Clear deliverables/outcomes.
Four projects were selected, details are shown below.
| Name (Gender/Country/Degree) | Project title | Study region |
| Robbie Mallett (M/Canada/Dr) | New generation of low-cost, handheld radars for sea ice research and teaching | Arctic & Antarctica |
| Anushilan Acharya (F/Nepal, PhD stud) | Risk analysis of avalanche hazards of high-mountain communities | Annapuma Nepal |
| Eleanor Fox (F/ UK/PhD stud) | Investigating the relationships between mountain cryosphere changes and water availability and access for communities in the semi-arid Chilean Andes | Andes, Chile |
| Gansukh Yadamsuren (M/Mongolia/PhD stud) | Permafrost degradation and impact on water supply | Khentii Mts, Mongolia |