Activities & Events – Page 7 – Natural Science Collections Alliance

BCoN Early Career Travel Awards: Communications Training Professional Development

By NSCAPosted on August 20, 2019Posted in Activities & Events, News & Updates

The Biodiversity Collections Network (BCoN) is offering a limited number of travel awards to help early career biodiversity scientists (broadly defined), collection managers, educators, and other biodiversity-collection professionals participate in the October 7-8, 2019 AIBS Communications Boot Camp for Scientists. This professional development training course is being held in Washington, DC. Eligibility: Graduate student, post-doctoral […]

2019 National Fossil Day

By NSCAPosted on June 14, 2019Posted in Activities & Events, News & Updates

The National Park Service (NPS) is planning for the 10th annual celebration of National Fossil Day, which will take place on October 16, 2019. National Fossil Day is a nationwide celebration that will include paleontology activities planned by partner organizations across the United States. NSC Alliance has once again partnered with the National Park Service […]

NSC Alliance Members: Inform Science Policy This Summer

By NSCAPosted on May 17, 2019Posted in Activities & Events

The Natural Science Collections Alliance is pleased to announce that your organization, as an Alliance member, is eligible to participate in the 2019 Biological Sciences Congressional District Visits event. This national initiative, organized by the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), and co-sponsored by NSC Alliance, is an opportunity for scientists from across the country […]

BCoN: Consider Endorsing Extended Specimen Report

By NSCAPosted on May 17, 2019Posted in Activities & Events, Correspondence

Last month, members of the NSC Alliance Board of Directors participated in a National Press Club event on April 4, 2019, to celebrate the public release of the Biodiversity Collection Network’s (BCoN) community-informed vision document: Extending U.S. Biodiversity Collections to Promote Research and Education. If you have not yet reviewed the document, we invite you […]

National Science Board Seeking New Members

By NSCAPosted on May 17, 2019Posted in Activities & Events, Correspondence

The National Science Board (NSB) is accepting nominations for the NSB Class of 2020-2026 through May 31, 2019. NSB, the oversight and governance board of the National Science Foundation, is seeking recommendations for new Board Members from leading scientific, engineering, and educational organizations, as well as the public. Information about the process and requirements is […]

Plan to Attend: 2019 Digital Data Conference

By NSCAPosted on April 19, 2019Posted in Activities & Events

The Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History in collaboration with iDigBio of the Florida Museum of Natural History, the Natural Science Collections Alliance, and Ecological Society of America is pleased to announce the third annual Digital Data in Biodiversity Research conference, to be held 10-12 June 2019 at Yale University, New Haven, CT. The 2019 […]

Action Alert: Ask Your Members of Congress to Support NSF

By NSCAPosted on April 19, 2019Posted in Activities & Events, News & Updates

Congress has begun work to set funding levels for federal programs for fiscal year (FY) 2020. Scientists interested in the National Science Foundation (NSF) should consider contacting their U.S. Representative and Senators to ask that they provide NSF with $9 billion in FY 2020. NSF is the primary federal funding source for discovery-driven research at […]

NSC Alliance Urges Senate Appropriators to Support Federal Funding for Collections

By NSCAPosted on April 10, 2019Posted in Activities & Events

The NSC Alliance provided testimony to the Senate Appropriations Committee regarding fiscal year (FY) 2020 funding for certain programs that curate natural history collections within the Department of the Interior and Smithsonian Institution. Scientific collections are critical infrastructure for our nation’s research enterprise and a national treasure. Research specimens connect us to the past, are […]

Registration for Report Release

By NSCAPosted on March 25, 2019Posted in Activities & Events

The Biodiversity Collections Network is releasing its new report, Extending U.S. Biodiversity Collections to Promote Research and Education. at 9:00 AM EDT on April 4, 2019, at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. This National Agenda is a synthesis of scientific community recommendations from workshops and townhall-style discussions convened by the Biodiversity Collections Network […]

NSC Alliance Urges Congress to Support Federal Funding for Collections

By NSCAPosted on March 15, 2019Posted in Activities & Events, Correspondence, News & Updates, Position Statements

The NSC Alliance provided testimony to the House Appropriations Committee regarding fiscal year (FY) 2020 funding for certain programs that curate natural history collections within the Department of the Interior and Smithsonian Institution. Scientific collections, and the collections professionals and scientists who make, care for, and study these resources, are a vital component of our […]