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<div style="direction: ltr;font-family: Tahoma;color: #000000;font-size: 10pt;">Applicants for NSF's Advancing Digitization of Biological Collections (ADBC) should note the following message from Dr. Judy Skog, NSF
<font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Directorate for Biological Sciences. With apologies for cross-posting...<br>
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<font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Hi, all. As you know, with the government shutdown, the deadline for ADBC was in question. The program officers were allowed to grant five day extensions only, because of the contingency clause in the Grant Proposal
Guide, but the official NSF decision about length of time to extend the deadline depended upon many factors, including assessing all the upcoming deadlines, the number of proposals anticipated for those programs, and dates when the missed deadlines could be
accommodated. That analysis is now completed, and the ADBC deadline will be November 13, 2013.<br>
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PLEASE CHECK THE NSF WEB SITE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND FAQs. <br>
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We thank you for your patience and encourage you to submit proposals as soon as they are ready, since more proposals will now be coming into the system. Obviously this delay in the deadline will also delay the review process and we do not know what twists and
turns are ahead. We appreciate the support of the community in these efforts.<br>
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> Dr. Judith E. Skog<br>
> Directorate for Biological Sciences<br>
> Office of the Assistant Director<br>
> NSF, 4201 Wilson Blvd<br>
> Arlington, VA 22230<br>
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> e-mail: jskog@nsf.gov<br>
> Phone: 703-292-7909<br>
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<div><font face="Tahoma" size="1">Dr. Christopher A. Norris</font></div>
<div><font face="tahoma" size="1">Division of Vertebrate Paleontology</font></div>
<div><font face="tahoma" size="1">Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History</font></div>
<div><font face="tahoma" size="1">170 Whitney Ave.</font></div>
<div><font face="tahoma" size="1">PO Box 208118</font></div>
<div><font face="tahoma" size="1">New Haven, CT 06520-8118</font></div>
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<div><font face="Tahoma" size="1">President<br>
Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections<br>
<a href="http://www.spnhc.org/">www.spnhc.org</a></font></div>
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<div><font face="Tahoma" size="1">Tel. +1(203)-432-3748</font></div>
<div><font face="tahoma" size="1">Fax. +1(203)-432-9816</font></div>
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