The latest Index Herbariorum annual report, The World’s Herbaria 2019, is now available along with previous reports from 2016-2019 at http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/annual-report/. This report provides an “Now Available: The World’s Herbaria 2019”
Category: News & Updates
FY 2020 Appropriations Finalized
Just prior to the expiration of the most recent stopgap funding resolution that kept the government running through December 20, 2019, both chambers of Congress “FY 2020 Appropriations Finalized”
President Nominates New NSF Director
President Donald Trump has announced his intention to nominate Dr. Sethuraman “Panch” Panchanathan to serve as the next director of the U.S. National Science Foundation “President Nominates New NSF Director”
BCoN Briefs Interagency Working Group on Scientific Collections
On January 16, 2020, Robert Gropp briefed the members of the Federal Interagency Working Group on Scientific Collections about the Extended Specimen Network report and “BCoN Briefs Interagency Working Group on Scientific Collections”
NASEM Soliciting Research Applications to Determine Red Wolf Taxonomy
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s (NASEM) Committee on Assistance to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) on Taxonomic Studies of the “NASEM Soliciting Research Applications to Determine Red Wolf Taxonomy”
SPNHC and ICOM NATHIST Announce Joint 2020 Meeting
The joint meeting of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) and the International Council of Museums Committee for Museums and Collections “SPNHC and ICOM NATHIST Announce Joint 2020 Meeting”
Call for Community Input: NSF RFI on Data-Focused Cyberinfrastructure
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) on Data-Focused Cyberinfrastructure Needed to Support Future Data-Intensive Science and Engineering Research. According “Call for Community Input: NSF RFI on Data-Focused Cyberinfrastructure”
National Museum and Library Services Board Meeting Announced
The 40th meeting of the National Museum and Library Services Board will be held on December 5, 2019. The Board advises the Director of the “National Museum and Library Services Board Meeting Announced”
NIH Seeks Input on Proposed Data Management and Sharing Policy
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking public comment on a proposed NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing and supplemental guidance. According to “NIH Seeks Input on Proposed Data Management and Sharing Policy”
NSC Alliance Nominates Members to NAGPRA Review Committee
The Natural Science Collections Alliance has nominated Dr. Heather Joy Hecht Edgar and Ms. Linda Lee K. (Cissy) Farm, Esq. to serve on the Native “NSC Alliance Nominates Members to NAGPRA Review Committee”