The Biodiversity Collections Network (BCoN) is working to help the scientific and natural history collections/museum community understand how COVID-19 related economic disruptions are affecting research, “BCoN Survey: Operational Status, Economic Impacts, and Plans for Re-Opening Natural History Collections”
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NSC Alliance Endorses Call for Clarity on COVID-19 Business Loan Program
The NSC Alliance has joined with other organizations representing museums, zoos, and aquaria to endorse comments from the National Council of Nonprofits to the Small “NSC Alliance Endorses Call for Clarity on COVID-19 Business Loan Program”
Collections in the News
The coronavirus pandemic has shown that biology and the economy are tightly linked. A new Washington Watch column in BioScience, Policy for Bioeconomic Growth, discusses “Collections in the News”
Survey Data Highlight Community Concerns About COVID Closures, Disruptions
The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), Biodiversity Collections Network (BCoN), Natural Science Collections Alliance (NSC Alliance), and Society for the Preservation of Natural History “Survey Data Highlight Community Concerns About COVID Closures, Disruptions”
NSC Alliance Calls for $1 Billion to Support Collections-enabled Research and Education
On March 31, 2020, the NSC Alliance joined with the American Institute of Biological Sciences and Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections to “NSC Alliance Calls for $1 Billion to Support Collections-enabled Research and Education”
NSC Alliance Provides Testimony in Support of FY 2021 Funding for NSF
The Natural Science Collections Alliance (NSC Alliance) has submitted testimony to the House Appropriations Committee, requesting Congress to provide the National Science Foundation with at “NSC Alliance Provides Testimony in Support of FY 2021 Funding for NSF”
NSCA Letter to Congress on Economic Recovery and COVID-19
On March 12, 2020, the NSC Alliance sent letters to key House and Senate leaders requesting that any economic measures crafted in response to the “NSCA Letter to Congress on Economic Recovery and COVID-19”
NSC Alliance Submits Testimony in Support of Federal Funding for Collections
The NSC Alliance provided testimony to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees regarding fiscal year (FY) 2021 funding for certain programs that curate natural history “NSC Alliance Submits Testimony in Support of Federal Funding for Collections”
President Proposes Cuts to Science
The White House released the President’s Budget Request for fiscal year (FY) 2021 on February 10, 2020. The budget once again proposes deep cuts to “President Proposes Cuts to Science”
Registration Open: 4th Digital Data in Biodiversity Research Conference
Indiana University (IU), iDigBio, and the Natural Science Collections Alliance (NSCA) will hold the 4th annual Digital Data in Biodiversity Research Conference on June 1-3, “Registration Open: 4th Digital Data in Biodiversity Research Conference”