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AIBS Public Policy Report

AIBS Public Policy Report, Volume 21, Issue 26, December 21, 2020

  *   Lawmakers Reach Deal on COVID-19 Relief
  *   Science Leaders Issue Clarion Call for Evidence-Based Policy
  *   Biden Announces Key Nominees
  *   Science Coalition Lays Out Priorities, Recommendations for Biden
  *   Science Groups Write to Congress About FY 2021 Appropriations, Research Relief
  *   AIBS Selects Winners of 2020 Faces of Biology Photo Contest
  *   AIBS Examines Method to Identify Scientific Communities in Citation Graphs
  *   Graduate Student Leaders Sought to Shape Science Policy
  *   Bring the Enabling Interdisciplinary and Team Science Training to Your Institution
  *   Short Takes
     *   NSF’s Bioeconomy Distinguished Lecture Series
     *   USFWS Finalizes Rule that Could Shrink Future Critical Habitats
     *   NASEM Workshop: Biological Applications of Quantum Science
     *   NSF Solicitation on Integrative Research in Biology
     *   Save the Date: 5th Annual Digital Data in Biodiversity Research Conference
  *   From the Federal Register

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Lawmakers Reach Deal on COVID-19 Relief

After months of unfruitful negotiations, congressional leaders reached an agreement on a $900 billion coronavirus stimulus package over the weekend.

“More help is on the way. Moments ago, in consultation with our committees, the four leaders of the Senate and House finalized an agreement. It would be another major rescue package for the American people,” said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).

The aid package includes $20 billion for vaccine distribution; $325 billion in economic relief for small businesses, including $284 billion for the Paycheck Protection Program and an additional $20 billion for grants; $82 billion for schools; unemployment benefit extensions of $300 per week through March 2021; and up to $600 direct payments to individuals.  The bill leaves out the two controversial measures that had drawn out relief negotiations—aid for state and local governments, which the Democrats had been pushing for, and liability protections for business, a GOP priority.  The legislative text of the bill is expected to be released later today.

Lawmakers have also reached a deal on a $1.4 trillion fiscal year 2021 appropriations omnibus. After a series of stopgap funding extensions over the last two weeks, the spending package is expected to pass before midnight today along with the stimulus.

Science Leaders Issue Clarion Call for Evidence-Based Policy

Since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, US science leaders and others have expressed frustration with the lack of an informed and coherent federal response, a sentiment that echoes objections to the handling of other pressing issues, such as climate change. Writing in BioScience<https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=fd6c6ae3f1&e=6708ed45cf>, an assemblage of the past presidents of the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) have issued an appeal for the reinvigoration of sound policy and governance through the careful consideration of sound science.

This effort represents the culmination of decades of service on behalf of informed policymaking. “AIBS has long stood for the use of science to promote informed decision-making based on the best available evidence. We have helped secure new resources for science and education, defeated antiscience initiatives, and promoted integrity in the use of scientific information to make research funding decisions,” write the authors. In addition, they highlight the importance of marshaling science to foster a better-informed public that makes decisions on the basis of vetted information rather than “advice from whomever they trust at the time.”

The AIBS past presidents note the success of such approaches in addressing past challenges. They describe the discovery of acid rain and its attribution to Midwestern coal-fired power plants, then follow the story to the passage of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 and the resultant reduction in environmental damage. Today, they argue, the stakes are high, but the best course of action is clear. Only by marshaling science for the benefit of society, they say, will we be able to “limit the spread of COVID-19; the disastrous disruption of the world’s climate; the poisoning of global land, air, and water; and the extinction of a major portion of the biodiversity on which we ultimately depend for our survival.”

Twenty-six<https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=a8c8509973&e=6708ed45cf> scientific professional societies and organizations have formally endorsed the article.  Listen<https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=04dfc2266e&e=6708ed45cf> to an audio collage of the past presidents of AIBS reading their statement.

Biden Announces Key Nominees

Over the past two weeks, President-Elect Joe Biden announced several nominations and appointments for key health and climate related positions in his Administration.

On December 17, the Biden-Harris transition team announced the names of individuals who will lead their climate team.  “This brilliant, tested, trailblazing team will be ready on day one to confront the existential threat of climate change with a unified national response rooted in science and equity,” said Biden.

  *   Representative Deb Haaland (D-NM) has been selected to serve as Secretary of the Interior.  Haaland currently serves as Vice Chair of the House Committee on Natural Resources and Chairwoman of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.  She served on Biden's climate engagement advisory council and is a co-sponsor of the Green New Deal<https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=1cda2d33fb&e=6708ed45cf>. She also co-sponsored the American Public Lands and Waters Climate Solution Act (H.R. 5435<https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=a8cf9554dd&e=6708ed45cf>), which would require the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Forest Service to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions from public lands.  Prior to her work in Congress, Haaland worked as an entrepreneur and served as Chairwoman of the New Mexico Democratic Party.  If confirmed by the Senate, she will become the first Native American ever to serve in a presidential Cabinet.  Haaland received a B.A. from the University of New Mexico and earned a J.D. from the University of New Mexico School of Law.
  *   Michael Regan will be nominated to serve as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  Regan currently serves as Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality and previously worked at the EPA as an air quality expert under the Clinton and Bush Administrations.  He also served as the Associate Vice President of the Environmental Defense Fund, a Washington, DC-based nonprofit environmental advocacy group.  He earned his bachelor’s degree from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and has an MPA from George Washington University.  Regan’s nomination requires Senate confirmation.
  *   Biden has selected former two-term Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm (D) to lead the Department of Energy.  Granholm previously served as the Attorney General of Michigan.  She also served as an advisor to the Pew Charitable Trusts’ Clean Energy Program.  She is a professor at the University of California’s Goldman School of Public Policy and is a Senior Research Fellow at the Berkeley Center for Information Technology Research in the Interests of Society (CITRIS).  Granholm received her BA from University of California, Berkeley and her JD from Harvard Law School. Her nomination also requires Senate confirmation.
  *   Brenda Mallory, an environmental lawyer, will be nominated to serve as Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ).  She currently serves as Director of Regulatory Policy at the Southern Environmental Law Center, a non-profit environmental public interest law firm based in Charlottesville, Virginia.  Mallory formerly worked as General Counsel to the CEQ and as Principal Deputy General Counsel at the EPA.  Mallory is a graduate of Yale University and Columbia Law School.
  *   Former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy will be appointed to the position of National Climate Advisor and will lead the newly created White House Office of Domestic Climate Policy.  She is the President and CEO of the Natural Resources Defense Council, a non-profit international environmental advocacy group.  During her tenure leading the EPA, she was the driving force behind the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan, which established national standards for reducing carbon emissions from power plants. McCarthy was formerly a professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and currently serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Harvard Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment.  She previously served as Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection.  She earned her BA from the University of Massachusetts at Boston and her MS from Tufts University.
  *   Ali Zaidi, a leading climate expert, will be appointed as Deputy National Climate Advisor.  Zaidi currently serves the state of New York as Deputy Secretary to the Governor for Energy and Environment and Chairman of Climate Policy and Finance.  He previously served as Associate Director for Natural Resources, Energy, and Science for the Office of Management and Budget under the Obama Administration.  He received his A.B. from Harvard University and his J.D. from Georgetown University.
On December 10, the President-Elect announced that he will nominate former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to once again lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).  Vilsack, a former two-term Governor of Iowa, led the USDA for eight years under President Obama.  During his tenure, he oversaw initiatives to increase rural investments, improve the nation’s school meal system, and increase food safety standards.  He also served as Chair of the White House Rural Council.  Vilsack previously served as Mayor of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, and in the Iowa State Senate.  He received his BA from Hamilton College and his JD from Albany Law School.

Biden also announced several key members of his public health team, including:

  *   The Attorney General of California, Xavier Becerra, has been chosen to serve as the Secretary of Health and Human Services.  Becerra is a proponent of expanding access to health care previously served twelve terms as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.  He received his BA from Stanford and his JD from Stanford Law School.
  *   Dr. Vivek Murthy, a physician who formerly served as the 19th Surgeon General of the United States, has been tapped to return as Surgeon General.  Murthy currently also serves as co-chair of Biden’s COVID-19 transition Advisory Board.  He received his BA from Harvard University, his MBA from the Yale School of Management, and his MD from the Yale School of Medicine.
  *   Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, will be nominated to serve as Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  Walensky, an experienced HIV researcher and a practicing infectious diseases physician, received her BA from Washington University in St. Louis, her MD from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and her MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health.
  *   Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, an expert on health care disparities, will serve as the COVID-19 Equity Task Force Chair.   Nunez-Smith currently serves as Associate Professor of Medicine, Public Health, and Management and Associate Dean for Health Equity Research at the Yale School of Medicine.  She received her BA from Swarthmore College, her MD from Jefferson Medical College, and her master of health science from Yale University.
  *   Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, has been tapped to serve as Chief Medical Adviser to the President on COVID-19.  Fauci has served as Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984 and has advised the last six U.S. presidents on a broad range of health and medical issues.  He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush in 2008. Fauci received his BA from the College of the Holy Cross, and his MD from Cornell University.
“This trusted and accomplished team of leaders will bring the highest level of integrity, scientific rigor, and crisis-management experience to one of the toughest challenges America has ever faced—getting the pandemic under control so that the American people can get back to work, back to their lives, and back to their loved ones,” stated President-Elect Biden.

Science Coalition Lays Out Priorities, Recommendations for Biden

The Coalition for National Science Funding (CNSF)—an alliance of more than 130 professional organizations, scientific societies, universities, and businesses that advocate for the National Science Foundation (NSF)—has submitted a number of science policy priorities and key personnel recommendations to President-elect Joe Biden and his transition team.

Policy recommendations<https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=5aae4dc857&e=6708ed45cf> from CNSF, of which AIBS is a member, include: ensuring robust and sustainable federal funding for scientific research; providing emergency relief funding for federal science agencies, including NSF; committing to the health of existing major research facilities; increasing funding for infrastructure research and workforce development; prioritizing racial equity and increasing participation of traditionally underrepresented groups in science; and ensuring NSF plays a robust role in the Administration’s climate change agenda.

The coalition urges President-elect Biden to appoint a science advisor by January 2021 and nominate that person to serve as Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.  The group also calls on the Administration to expeditiously nominate an individual for the Deputy Director position at NSF, which has remained vacant since 2013.

Science Groups Write to Congress About FY 2021 Appropriations, Research Relief

AIBS joined a group of more than 170 organizations and institutions across all disciplines and areas of science and research in sending a letter to Congressional leadership urging swift action to complete work on fiscal year (FY) 2021 appropriations bills and provide emergency research relief funding to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Federal investments across more than two dozen defense and nondefense agencies provide the lifeblood for research, discovery, innovation and development in the United States, driving one of the most powerful engines for American prosperity and global leadership,” the groups note.  “Failing to complete work on the appropriations bills that fuel this engine in a timely manner impedes our ability to not only respond and recover from COVID-19, but also to address persistent and fundamental challenges such as chronic and infectious diseases, food and energy security, national security and natural disasters—all of which require advancements in science and technology fostered through federal investments.”

Read the letter.<https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=c3ed201bea&e=6708ed45cf>

AIBS Selects Winners of 2020 Faces of Biology Photo Contest

Three winners have been selected in the 2020 Faces of Biology Photo Contest, sponsored by the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS).

“Art and science are inextricably linked to effective communication,” said Scott Glisson, CEO of AIBS. “This contest provides a forum for expression, inspiration, and technical skill. The creativity involved is magnificent.”

The AIBS Faces of Biology contest showcases biological research in its many forms and settings. The photos are used to help the public and policymakers better understand the value of biological research and education.

Carlos Ruiz, a graduate student at Florida International University, won first place; Nicholas Freymueller, a master’s student at the University of New Mexico, won second place; and Mike Hamilton, emeritus director at the University of California Blue Oak Ranch Reserve, won third place. View the winning entries<https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=80a9a12620&e=6708ed45cf>.

A forthcoming issue of the journal BioScience will feature the first-place photograph on the cover and the second- and third-place photos in an article.  All of the winners receive a one-year subscription to BioScience.  Carlos Ruiz will also receive $250.

AIBS Examines Method to Identify Scientific Communities in Citation Graphs

AIBS, in collaboration with the NET ESolutions Corporation, published findings from an analysis of citations of scientific articles which introduced a meta-method for large-scale discovery of scientific communities of practice. The idea of ‘Invisible Colleges,’ self-assembled groups of scientists with common scientific interests, has been around for several hundred years, yet the study of the behavior of such groups has been limited to small samples and case studies. In this work, a new bibliometric method is presented for identifying such groups. This method was validated with expert review of the thematic relatedness of clusters of articles. This study is a first step in designing and testing a meta-method that could enable large-scale identification of communities of different sizes and types, based on different search criteria, data collection technique, choice of clustering algorithm, adjustable parameters, and cluster selection criteria. This method could be used in identifying expertise and/or conflicts of interest for peer review.

The manuscript, entitled “Finding Scientific Communities in Citation Graphs: Articles and Authors” was just published online in the Quantitative Science Studies journal and is open-access and available at https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/qss_a_00095<https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=b30966fb3f&e=6708ed45cf>.

Graduate Student Leaders Sought to Shape Science Policy

Are you a science graduate student looking to make a difference in science policy and funding?  The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) is now accepting applications for the 2021 AIBS Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award.  This award recognizes graduate students in the biological sciences who are demonstrating an interest and aptitude for working at the intersection of science and policy.

Recipients of the AIBS Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award receive:

  *   A trip to Washington, DC, to participate in the AIBS Congressional Visits Day, an annual event where scientists meet with lawmakers to advocate for federal investment in the biological sciences, with a primary focus on the National Science Foundation. Domestic travel and hotel expenses are paid for the winners. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, winners will participate in a virtual advocacy event in the spring of 2021 (likely in April) and will also have the opportunity to attend a future in-person event.
  *   Online policy and communications training, including information on the legislative process and trends in federal science funding, and how to engage with policymakers and the news media.
  *   Meetings with congressional policymakers to discuss the importance of federal investment in the biological sciences.
  *   A one-year subscription to the journal BioScience and a copy of “Communicating Science: A Primer for Working with the Media.”

The 2021 award is open to U.S. citizens and U.S. permanent residents enrolled in a graduate degree program in the biological sciences, science education, or a closely allied field. Applicants should have a demonstrated interest in and commitment to science policy and/or science education policy. Prior recipients, including Honorable Mentions, are not eligible for the award.

Applications are due by 05:00 PM Eastern Time on January 15, 2021.  The application guidelines can be downloaded at https://www.aibs.org/news/2020/201111-call-for-eppla-2021.html#subheader<https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=aca0789dd0&e=6708ed45cf>.

Bring the Enabling Interdisciplinary and Team Science Training to Your Institution

Reports abound from professional societies, the Academies, government agencies, and researchers calling attention to the fact that science is increasingly an interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, inter-institutional, and international endeavor. In short, science has become a “team sport.”

Team science is increasingly common in the 21st century to develop convergent solutions to complex problems. Collaboration is no longer limited to sharing ideas with the biologist in the lab next door. The questions confronting science often require teams that may include a mix of computer and information scientists, physical and social scientists, mathematicians, ethicists, policy and management experts, as well as community stakeholders and citizen scientists. Adding to this complexity, teams span programs within organizations, cross organization boundaries to form institutional consortia, and often include international partners.

There is a real and present need to better prepare scientists for success in this new collaborative environment.  The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) has responded to this call with a program for scientists, educators, and individuals who work with or participate in scientific teams. This intensive, two-day, interactive, professional development course was developed by scientists and other experts focusing on collaboration and teamwork to provide participants with the knowledge and skills required to become productive and effective members of scientific teams.

Nothing teaches collaboration like practicing collaboration.  This is not a course that asks you to learn in isolation. It is a microcosm of scientific collaboration, with extensive hands-on learning as part of a scientific team, with scientific case studies and examples.

The Enabling Interdisciplinary and Team Science course is designed for anyone involved in collaborative scientific endeavors.  Team leaders will find the course especially helpful. Because participants will work on “real-world” team science concerns, we encourage multiple members of a team to attend together.

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we now offer an online version of the workshop.  We can also customize the course and bring it to your university, department, lab, or research team.  If you are interested in organizing a workshop for your institution, please contact Scott Glisson at sglisson at aibs.org<mailto:sglisson at aibs.org> for more information.

Additional information, including a course outline, is available at https://www.aibs.org/news/2020/200420-team-science.html<https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=efb9ed79b6&e=6708ed45cf>.

Short Takes

  *   The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Bioeconomy Coordinating Committee and NSF Directorates are holding a monthly bioeconomy lecture series featuring individual speakers and panels representing the science and technology funded by a Directorate.  Speakers will present on research and broader impacts in areas associated with biotechnology and the bioeconomy that are of interest broadly across the foundation. The next virtual session, Bio-inspired and Sustainable Design: Towards Functional Materials, will take place on January 14, 2020 at 11:00 AM Eastern. Learn more<https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=a59acb99a3&e=6708ed45cf>.
  *   The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has finalized new regulations that could make it easier to exclude areas from being designated as critical habitats.  Under the Endangered Species Act, critical habitats are considered essential for the conservation of threatened and endangered species.  The new critical habitat rule<https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=ffd40f7c60&e=6708ed45cf> has been adopted as it was proposed in September and goes into effect on January 19, 2021.  “The regulation states that [FWS] shall exclude any area where the benefits of exclusion outweigh those of inclusion,” stated USFWS.  “Benefits of exclusion may include avoidance of economic, national security, and other relevant impacts while benefits of inclusion may include ecological or conservation benefits.”  The new rule provides categories of “other relevant impacts” that may be considered, including public health and safety, community interests, and the environment.  USFWS Director Aurelia Skipwith asserted that “in addition to improving consistency and predictability for stakeholders, these regulations will stimulate more effective conservation on the ground.”
  *   The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) is organizing a workshop on the research and development needs to advance biological applications of quantum-enabled sensing and imaging technologies.  The workshop is intended to bring together experts working on state-of-the-art quantum-enabled technologies with scientists who are interested in applying these technologies to biological systems.  The event will take place on March 8-10, 2021 and is open to the public. Register here: https://quantum-and-bio.heysummit.com/?mc_cid=e89932f0b4&mc_eid=cfc3938e72<https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=7347bb8ad0&e=6708ed45cf>
  *   A new solicitation has been issued by the NSF Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) on Integrative Research in Biology (IntBIO).  The IntBIO program replaces the Rules of Life track, which was previously a part of the core program solicitations in the four Divisions of BIO.  The new program refines and expands the former submission track.  The solicitation<https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=4a0a5cdef2&e=6708ed45cf> invites collaborative proposals that tackle bold questions in biology and require an integrated approach. The collaborative interdisciplinary teams should also be fully engaged in the training and education of the next generation of scientists who will be future leaders in integrative research.
  *   The 5th annual Digital Data in Biodiversity Research conference will be held virtually on June 7-9, 2021.  The 2021 event will be hosted by the Florida Museum of Natural History in co-sponsorship with iDigBio and the Natural Science Collections Alliance (NSCA). Registration will open on February 1. Keep up with the conference as it is planned at:  https://www.idigbio.org/content/digital-data-2021-digital-data%E2%80%99s-grand-challenge-expanding-discovery-across-multiple-domains<https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=d78623df7a&e=6708ed45cf> or at the conference wiki page: https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/5th_Annual_Digital_Data_Conference,_Florida_Museum_of_Natural_History<https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=2de36250d2&e=6708ed45cf>.

From the Federal Register

The following items appeared in the Federal Register from December 7 to 18, 2020.

Commerce

  *   Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology<https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=840030599b&e=6708ed45cf>

Environmental Protection Agency

  *   Notification of a Closed Meeting of the Science Advisory Board 2020 Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards Committee<https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=17b44037f6&e=6708ed45cf>

Health and Human Services

  *   Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Health Statistics (BSC, NCHS)<https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=481fe00e26&e=6708ed45cf>
  *   Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health; Amended Notice of Meeting<https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=25e547dd45&e=6708ed45cf>
  *   Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health Notice of Meeting<https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=a5d6d7103f&e=6708ed45cf>
  *   Solicitation of Nominations for Membership on the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections<https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=fe204e5592&e=6708ed45cf>

Interior

  *   Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Finding for the Monarch Butterfly<https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=c960fa359b&e=6708ed45cf>
  *   Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations for Designating Critical Habitat<https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=ed9e6b78da&e=6708ed45cf>
  *   Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations for Listing Endangered and Threatened Species and Designating Critical Habitat<https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=ca787e23e1&e=6708ed45cf>

National Science Foundation

  *   Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request; National Science Foundation Proposal/Award Information--NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide<https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=add6e04600&e=6708ed45cf>
  *   Notice of Virtual Workshop on Pioneering the Future of Federally Supported Data Repositories<https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=7a143503cf&e=6708ed45cf>
  *   Request for Information: Interdisciplinary Frontiers of Understanding the Brain<https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=a95e8e73a5&e=6708ed45cf>
  *   Request for Information; Strategic and Performance Plans<https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=fd0c22d7a7&e=6708ed45cf>
  *   Sunshine Act Meetings; National Science Board<https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=cc7016b83e&e=6708ed45cf>

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