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Final Publication & Podcast Outline BIOFAIR Roadmap for an Integrated Biological and Environmental Data Network

Posted on: October 15, 2025October 15, 2025

Building an Integrated Data Future for Biodiversity Science The Biodiversity Collections Network (BCoN), in partnership with the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), has released a new roadmap […]

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Final Report: Building an Integrated, Open, Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable Data Network 

Posted on: July 28, 2025September 29, 2025

The final report of the National Science Foundation-funded project, Building an Integrated, Open, Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (BIOFAIR) Data Network, has been released. The report summarizes findings […]

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Summary Report Now Available from the BIOFAIR Data Network Listening Sessions

Posted on: October 9, 2024October 1, 2025

A new cross-cutting summary report is now available summarizing discussions from the six virtual listening sessions hosted by the Biodiversity Collections Network (BCoN), in collaboration with the American […]

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New Publication from BCoN: Planning for Specimen Management in Funding Proposals

Posted on: June 6, 2024September 3, 2025

The Biodiversity Collections Network (BCoN), in collaboration with the U.S. Culture Collection Network, has published a new Special Report in the journal BioScience providing guidance on implementing a specimen management […]

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BCoN Seeks Emerging and Early Career Professionals to Join the Leadership Team of the BIOFAIR Data Network Project

Posted on: August 15, 2023October 16, 2023

BCoN is recruiting three emerging professionals and three early career professionals to join the core Steering Committee of the BIOFAIR Data Network project.

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BCoN to Convene Discussions on Building an Integrated, Open, FAIR Data Network

Posted on: August 8, 2023October 16, 2023

The Biodiversity Collections Network (BCoN), in collaboration with the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) and with support from the National Science Foundation (Award No. 2303588), will be […]

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Findings from the Specimen Management Plan Community Survey

Posted on: April 4, 2023October 16, 2023

Representatives from the Biodiversity Collections Network (BCoN) and the U.S. Culture Collection Network (USCCN), in partnership with the American Institute of Biological Sciences and the Natural Science Collections […]

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The Need for a Specimen Management Plan Requirement

Posted on: March 7, 2023October 16, 2023

Representatives from the Biodiversity Collections Network (BCoN) and the U.S. Culture Collection Network (USCCN), in partnership with AIBS and the Natural Science Collections Alliance, held a webinar on […]

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BCoN Urges Inclusion of Collections Support in Conferenced Competitiveness Legislation

Posted on: June 22, 2022October 16, 2023

The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), Natural Science Collections Alliance (NSC Alliance), and Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) — the founding members of […]

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Science Groups Underscore the Value of Collections to Human Health in Comments about ARPA-H

Posted on: August 24, 2021October 16, 2023

The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), Natural Science Collections Alliance (NSC Alliance), and Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) — the founding members of […]

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