Activities & Events

The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) has launched the 1st Biological Sciences Congressional District Visits Week.  This new, nationwide effort is an opportunity for scientists, science educators, and scientific facility managers to inform members of Congress about scientific research and research facilities in their congressional district.  The NSC Alliance, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Sevilleta Field […]

Funding agencies increasingly encourage grant recipients to communicate their findings to appropriate stakeholders.  Many researchers, particularly those involved with projects with implications for environmental or public health management and policy, want to communicate research findings to appropriate decision makers, news media outlets, or the general public.  This webinar presents information and findings from the HBFR […]

Through the NSC Alliance partnership with the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), the NSC Alliance has access to the AIBS Legislative Action Center (http://capwiz.com/aibs/home).  This tool allows you to quickly send a letter to your members of Congress to share your perspectives on policy issues. Congress is working on fiscal year (FY) 2010 appropriations […]

The National Science Foundation (NSF) will provide information about two current proposal solicitations funded by the economic stimulus during a webcast to be held on May 28, 2009.  The Academic Research Infrastructure program (the ARI-R2 solicitation, NSF 09-562) and the Major Research Instrumentation program (the MRI-R2 solicitation, NSF 09-561) will be discussed.  The webcast will […]

CollectionsWeb and the Coalition on Public Understanding of Science are promoting the involvement of science collections in the Year of Science 2009.  Initiatives to engage the public, such as science cafes, citizen science involvement, and science magazines or brochures generated by collections, are an effective way to communicate science and increase its value to society.  […]

The deadline for paper submissions is approaching for the 1st International Workshop on Database Challenges in Biodiversity Informatics, which will be held in Linz, Austria on 2 September 2009. The event is in conjunction with the 20th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications (www.dexa.org). The workshop will focus on challenges to databases and […]

The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) has launched the AIBS Legislative Action Center.  This science policy advocacy tool is provided by the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) to members of the biological sciences research and education community.  Financial contributions from the Society for the Study of Evolution, American Society for Limnology and Oceanography, […]

The National Science Foundation is accepting nominations for their highest honor, the 2009 Alan T. Waterman Award.  Since being established by Congress in 1975, the Alan T. Waterman Award has been bestowed upon outstanding scientists and engineers who have demonstrated exceptional individual achievement, placing them at the forefront of their peers.    The annual awardee is […]