The NSC Alliance has been contacted by a National Academies study committee that would like to receive additional information from taxonomists and collections curators. Please “Special Request to NSC Alliance Members”
Category: Correspondence
Expand Your Broader Impact Skills: AIBS Communications Boot Camp for Scientists
The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) will offer its Communications Training Boot Camp for Scientists this October 15-16, 2018. Students and staff affiliated with “Expand Your Broader Impact Skills: AIBS Communications Boot Camp for Scientists”
Joint Stakeholder Statement on Promoting Sustainable Use and Conservation of Biodiversity Through Open Exchange of Digital Sequence Information
The Natural Science Collections Alliance has joined with more than 50 other leading scientific organizations from around the world to express a shared concern with “Joint Stakeholder Statement on Promoting Sustainable Use and Conservation of Biodiversity Through Open Exchange of Digital Sequence Information”
NSC Alliance Members Invited to Inform Science Policy This Summer
The Natural Science Collections Alliance is pleased to announce that your organization, as an Alliance member, is eligible to participate in the 2018 Biological Sciences “NSC Alliance Members Invited to Inform Science Policy This Summer”
NSC Alliance Provides Testimony in Support of Federal Funding for Science Collections
The NSC Alliance provided testimony to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees regarding funding for certain programs that curate natural history collections. The testimony addressed “NSC Alliance Provides Testimony in Support of Federal Funding for Science Collections”
NSC Alliance Urges Congress to Support Federal Funding for NSF
The Natural Science Collections Alliance (NSC Alliance) provided testimony to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, highlighting the importance and role of natural history collections. “NSC Alliance Urges Congress to Support Federal Funding for NSF”
NSC Alliance Requests Senate Appropriators to Restore Biodiversity Research Programs at USGS
The President of the National Science Collections Alliance sent a letter to the Senate Committee on Appropriations asking the lawmakers to reject the proposed termination “NSC Alliance Requests Senate Appropriators to Restore Biodiversity Research Programs at USGS”
2017 Year in Review
In 2017, the NSC Alliance engaged in a number of notable activities to raise the profile of natural history collections with policymakers, researchers, and the “2017 Year in Review”
BCoN Requests Community Input
The natural history collections community is invited to provide input on a draft report about community progress toward the goals and objectives outlined in the “BCoN Requests Community Input”
Joint Letter from NSC Alliance and SPNHC
The presidents of the Natural Science Collections Alliance and the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections sent a joint letter to the director “Joint Letter from NSC Alliance and SPNHC”