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.
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 […]
NEWS RELEASE For release: 27 October 2008 Contact: Robert Gropp, 202-628-1500 Natural Science Collections Group Working to Identify Impacts of Negative Economy on Scientific Research, Education Institutions Washington, DC – The Natural Science Collections Alliance (NSC Alliance), the United States’ leading nonprofit association serving natural science collections, their human resources, and the institutions that house […]
NSCA would like to thank all those who took the time to fill out the collections and economy survey. The survey is now closed. A report outlining survey results is forthcoming and will be posted to the NSCA website.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the United States Department of Energy (DOE) are accepting applications to establish or continue the International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups (ICBG) program. The program would address the “interdependence of biodiversity exploration for potential applications in health and energy, with investments in research capacity that […]
This Request for Proposals (RfP) seeks proposals from institutions that house high-quality information and data at the Species level, that is, scientific descriptions that characterize species of organisms. It does not seek proposals to digitize specimen level information (descriptions of specimens or field observations). Proposals that are accepted will be awarded seed grants to make […]
The increasingly negative economic conditions facing the United States and the world certainly are no longer news. Although huge swings in the financial markets still garner headlines, news reports are increasingly focused on how the negative economic climate is impacting governments and other institutions.
In 2007, a dozen U.S. federal agencies formed a group, under the support of the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program, to discuss guidelines, methods, and best practices for digitizing historical data. These agencies shared a common conviction that establishing digitization guidelines “will enhance the exchange of research results and developments, encourage collaborative digitization […]
A new one-page document is available from the NSC Alliance to educate the general public on the opportunities and benefits of natural science collections. For a lower resolution copy, click NSCA 1-pager. Please contact Robert Gropp, Director of Public Policy, for a higher resolution copy.
THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT invites you to participate in the 9th National Conference on Science, Policy, and the Environment: Biodiversity in a Rapidly Changing World, to address the challenge the changing world poses to biodiversity (and to humanity) December 8-10, 2008 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington, […]
The Institute of Museum and Library Service (IMLS) and the Bank of America Charitable Foundation recently announced the 2009 guidelines for the American Heritage Preservation Program. This joint venture is a new public-private partnership that will fund the preservation of endangered arts, humanities, and science collections that are held in small and medium sized museums, […]