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 […]
New Publication from BCoN: Planning for Specimen Management in Funding Proposals
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 […]
Six Emerging and Early Career Professionals Selected to Join the Leadership Team of the BIOFAIR Data Network Project
The Biodiversity Collections Network (BCoN) has identified six emerging and early career professionals who will join the steering committee of the National Science Foundation-funded project, “Building an Integrated, […]
BCoN Seeks Emerging and Early Career Professionals to Join the Leadership Team of the BIOFAIR Data Network Project
BCoN is recruiting three emerging professionals and three early career professionals to join the core Steering Committee of the BIOFAIR Data Network project.
BCoN to Convene Discussions on Building an Integrated, Open, FAIR Data Network
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 […]
Findings from the Specimen Management Plan Community Survey
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 […]
The Need for a Specimen Management Plan Requirement
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 […]
BCoN Urges Inclusion of Collections Support in Conferenced Competitiveness Legislation
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 […]
Science Groups Underscore the Value of Collections to Human Health in Comments about ARPA-H
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 […]
An Open Letter to Groups Submitting Proposals for the NSF Open Environmental Data Center
Dear Colleague, This serves as an open letter to any and all groups that are in the process of submitting a proposal for the National Science Foundation (NSF) […]