Natural Science Collections Alliance
Our members are part of an international community of museums, botanical gardens, herbariums, universities and other institutions that house natural science collections and utilize them in research, exhibitions, academic and informal science education, and outreach activities.
NSF has recently released a new solicitation for proposals for Research Coordination Networks (RCN) that focuses on the new investment area of Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability (SEES). RCN-SEES welcomes proposals from: Universities and Colleges – Universities and two- and four-year colleges (including community colleges) accredited in, and having a campus located in the […]
On 15 April, NSC Alliance submitted testimony to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies. The testimony was in support of funding the National Science Foundation (NSF) at $7.767 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2012. This funding level would represent a 13 percent increase for the agency over the FY 2010 […]
Policymakers negotiated and postured until the last possible minute last week before striking a deal on 8 April 2011 to fund the federal government through the balance of the current fiscal year, which ends on 30 September 2011. After weeks of contentious negotiations, congressional leadership agreed to a plan that will cut nearly $40 billion […]
Wales is set to become the first country to produce a DNA barcode for every species of native flowering plant, according to a BBC News report. The Barcode Wales project plans on cataloging all 1,143 species of flowering plants that occur in the country based on unique gene sequences. The DNA sequences will be identified […]
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has released its plan for agency operations in the case of a government shutdown. Of the approximately 2,000 NSF employees, 30 or less are expected to be retained to “protect life and property and for excepted activities,” according to the plan. If the government shuts down, NSF awardees “may continue […]
In recent months, it has become clear that the nation is divided about how to allocate a limited federal discretionary budget. Part of this debate has been spurred by growing concern over the long-term fiscal health of the nation. However, controlling discretionary spending will not fix the economic and budget problems facing the nation.  Earlier […]