Natural Science Collections Alliance
Our members are part of an international community of museums, botanical gardens, herbariums, universities and other institutions that house natural science collections and utilize them in research, exhibitions, academic and informal science education, and outreach activities.
On 27 March, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced a new grant opportunity for institutions that maintain biological collections. The Improvements to Biological Research Collections Program provides funds for improvements to network, secure, and organize established natural history collections in order to improve accessibility of the collection to the biological research community. Applicants are encouraged […]
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced two grants opportunities for research on biological natural collections. The Biological Research Collections Program has $6 million available to fund 25 grants to support biological collection enhancement, computerization of specimen-related data, research to develop better methods for specimen curation and collection management, and activities such as symposia and […]
Federal agencies have begun announcing funding opportunities arising from the $787.2 billion economic stimulus that was signed into law on 17 February. Several of these grants programs may be of interest to public institutions. The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) will award $50 million in grants to fund projects that focus on the preservation […]
The National Science Foundation (NSF) released a statement for the scientific community on 18 March regarding their plan to spend the $3 billion directed to the agency in the economic stimulus. NSF will spend most of the $2 billion they received for research on grant proposals that the agency has already received. These proposals will […]
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 economic stimulus package, also known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, has been at the forefront of the news for several weeks. Passed by Congress on 13 February, the legislation was signed into law by President Obama on 17 February 2009.  Obama signed the $787.2 billion package into law at a […]
February 18, 2009 Dear Colleague: We are initiating a national search for the National Science Foundation’s Assistant Director for Biological Sciences (BIO) and seek your assistance in the identification of candidates. Dr. James Collins has served in this position with great distinction since October 2005. The Assistant Director, BIO, leads a Directorate comprised of five […]
The NSC Alliance thanks all collections that completed the recent survey on the impacts of the current global economic condition on natural science collections. Survey data are being analyzed and a short report will be released before the end of the year.
The Stockholm Biodiversity Informatics Symposium 2008, will be held at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden, 1-4 December 2008. The Symposium is co-organized by the Swedish Global Biodiversity Information Facility (BGIF) Node, the Swedish FishBase Secretariat, and the Swedish Museum of Natural History, and provides a broad coverage of Biodiversity Informatics and beyond […]