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The Directorate for Biological Sciences at the National Science Foundation is advertising for a program officer position to manage the program Advances in Digitization of Biological Collections (ADBC).  For information about the scope of the program, visit the program web site at http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503559&org=EF&from=home. The ADBC program began in 2010 as a result of the community […]

The Department of the Interior has proposed new procedures for the disposition of unclaimed human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, or objects of cultural patrimony discovered on federal lands after 16 November 1990.  The rule would only apply to remains and objects whose disposition of ownership or control has not occurred because no claimant has […]

Today, the National Science Foundation (NSF) posted a new solicitation for core proposals to the Division of Environmental Biology.  The solicitation, 14-503, is available at http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2014/nsf14503/nsf14503.htm. NSF also issued a reminder to proposers that a revised version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG), NSF 13-1, was issued on October 4, 2012 […]

The Encyclopedia of Life has created a new game for mobile phone users that mimics global exploration and the discovery of new species.  Users explore species classification and develop an understanding of each species through descriptions, images, and the IUCN conservation status.  The game is available on iTunes and Google Play.

The National Science Foundation is accepting proposals for the Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections program.  This initiative seeks to enhance and expand digital data documenting existing vouchered biological and paleontological collections.  The deadline for full proposals is 18 October 2013.  More information is available at http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/nsf13569/nsf13569.htm.

Dr. Wayne Clough announced last week that he will step down as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in October 2014.  He will have served more than six years as head of the Institution.  Previously, Clough served as president of the Georgia Institute of Technology. “When I became Secretary in 2008, I believed strongly that the […]