<div dir="ltr">Hi, all U.S. collections people. If you have not yet provided feedback
to the CSBR review, please do so. NSF provided guidelines here: <span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"times new roman","serif""><a target="_blank" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__dbinsfblog.wordpress.com_2016_04_04_csbr-5Fguidance_&d=CwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=sVqaLsljSLD5hDhdxZWEgGhtVp69ZmBhVxC6gFE91jQ&s=q6Zauet_9GHv1I6Rru3ue1snzjleqttqdjUqZ7c2Zoc&e=">https://dbinsfblog.wordpress.<wbr>com/2016/04/04/csbr_guidance/</a></span><div><br></div><div>We've
put in feedback from two perspectives, researchers & curators, and
have emailed NSF-funded researchers who've used our collection with a
short piece of boilerplate they can cut and paste:<br><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><a target="_blank" href="mailto:DBICSBR@nsf.gov">DBICSBR@nsf.gov</a><br><br>Subject: Feedback regarding the CSBR program<br><br>Dear NSF,<br><br>I
am an NSF-funded researcher, and my work has relied in part on
specimens from natural history collections. At least one of these
collections has been funded by the Collections in Support of Biological
Research (CSBR) program. I urge you to support this program again on an
annual basis so that studies like mine that rely on this research
infrastructure can continue.<br><br>Sincerely,<br><br>YOUR NAME HERE</span><br><br></div><div>Alternatively,
if you know NSF-funded researchers who use collections but not whether
any of those collections have received CSBR support: <br><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">To: <a target="_blank" href="mailto:DBICSBR@nsf.gov">DBICSBR@nsf.gov</a><br><br>Subject: Feedback regarding the CSBR program<br><br>Dear colleagues,<br><br>I
am an NSF-funded researcher, and my work has relied in part on
specimens in natural history collections. I urge you to support the
Collections in Support of Biological Research (CSBR) program again on an
annual basis so that studies like mine that rely on this research
infrastructure can continue.<br><br>Sincerely,<br><br>YOUR NAME HERE</span><br><br></div>Best, K.<br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">Kevin Winker<br>University of Alaska Museum<br>907 Yukon Drive<br>Fairbanks, AK 99775<br><div style="padding:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px;overflow:hidden;word-wrap:break-word;color:black;font-size:10px;text-align:left;line-height:130%"></div></div>
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