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<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">AIBS Public Policy Report, Volume 21, Issue 8, April 13, 2020</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Scientific Organizations Call for $1 Billion to Support Biodiversity Research and Education<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1">

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">AIBS Recommendations for Next Coronavirus Economic Stimulus<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1">

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">OSTP Head to Serve as NSF Acting Director        <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1">

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">USFWS Recommends Suspending Bat Research Due to Pandemic<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1">

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">EPA Extends Comment Period for Supplemental to “Secret Science” Proposed Rule<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1">

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<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">Scientific Organizations Call for $1 Billion to Support Biodiversity Research and Education</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333"><br>

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The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), Natural Science Collections Alliance (NSC Alliance), and Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) joined forces to remind federal science officials of the important role biodiversity-related

 and biodiversity-enabled research play in helping to understand current global health and environmental problems, as well as for identifying methods to monitor, model, forecast, and mitigate future problems.<br>

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The Extended Specimen Network, a community-informed research and education initiative developed by the Biodiversity Collections Network, was highlighted as the kind of large-scale, coordinated, data mobilization and integration initiative needed to advance

 research and education that furthers science and solves problems.<br>

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In letters to the <a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=87d5fdc625&e=6708ed45cf">

Office of Science and Technology Policy</a> and the <a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=50e5cf9d78&e=6708ed45cf">

National Science Foundation</a>, the groups called for a sustained investment: “A federal commitment of $1 billion toward these efforts over the next 10 years will make the United States the global leader in biological collections-enabled research, and spur

 new scientific discoveries that grow our economy, improve our public health and well-being, and increase our national security. This investment would support continued efforts to digitize biodiversity, particularly entomological collections which still require

 significant attention despite their importance to public health and food security. The investment would support the rapid development and implementation of new cyberinfrastructure and information management tools, a rapid global biodiversity survey to collect

 and properly document biodiversity, additional biodiversity-related and biodiversity-enabled research, efforts to educate and train a new generation of scientists, and increased global coordination and collaboration.”<br>

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<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">AIBS Recommendations for Next Coronavirus Economic Stimulus</span></strong><br>

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AIBS has shared ideas and recommendations related to scientific research and education for future coronavirus related stimulus packages with the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.  The panel requested ideas for research, development, and innovation

 funding and policies, including research infrastructure for any future economic measures developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. <br>

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Future actions and needs proposed by AIBS include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Additional R&D funding for a “large-scale and coordinated effort to conduct a global biodiversity survey to collect specimens and associated data from around the world to identify

 which species serve as reservoirs for SARS-CoV-2 and closely related viruses, as well as other pathogens that pose a risk to humans, pets, and livestock.”<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo2">

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">In terms of near-term response to COVID-19 impacts on research, AIBS recommended emergency relief grants to non-profit scientific societies that have suffered economic loss from

 the cancellation of scientific conferences; a National Science Foundation (NSF)-led effort to develop and evaluate online educational resources; increased funding to “expedite the capture and mobilization of digital biological data”; a partnership between

 the federal Interagency Working Group on Scientific Collections and representatives from non-federal collections serving organizations to identify strategies for increasing data access, integration, and sharing; targeted economic assistance for natural history

 museums hit by COVID-19 related closures; economic assistance for living collections, including botanic gardens, arboreta, and animal and microbe collections; supplemental funding for graduate students and post-doctoral researchers who have had research interrupted;

 and resources for federal science funding agencies to enable them to make supplements to existing grants to help researchers accommodate for funds lost because of COVID-19.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo2">

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Building the

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Extended Specimen Network</a> as a “shovel-ready” research infrastructure and investing in an NSF-led $1 billion biodiversity research and education initiative.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo2">

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">As a long-term economic recovery measure, AIBS recommended a global survey to identify, document, and study Earth’s biological diversity in order to safeguard and grow our bioeconomy

 and enhance our biosecurity.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo2">

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Another long-term measure proposed by AIBS was expanding NSF-supported efforts “to catalyze transformation of undergraduate education” with an eye on improving the quantitative

 skills and literacy of faculty members involved with undergraduate instruction. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">Read AIBS’s full comments:

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https://www.aibs.org/position-statements/20200410_aibs_comments_house_science_panel_stimulus.html</a><br>

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<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">OSTP Head to Serve as NSF Acting Director

</span></strong><br>

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Dr. Kelvin Droegemeier, Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, has been named Acting Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF).  He will hold the post until President Trump’s nominee for the position, Dr. Sethuraman “Panch” Panchanathan,

 is confirmed by the Senate.<br>

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Dr. Droegemeier has previously served two six-year terms on the National Science Board, NSF’s governing body.  He also served as Vice President for Research at the University of Oklahoma.  He has been serving as science adviser to the President since January

 2019.<br>

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“I am honored to serve in this acting capacity for NSF, and it is a homecoming of sorts as a former member of the National Science Board and longtime recipient of grants from NSF,” said Dr. Droegemeier.  “My role at NSF is a temporary one as we all excitedly

 await the swift Senate confirmation of Dr. Panchanathan.  I had the privilege of serving on the National Science Board with both Dr. Córdova and Dr. Panchanathan and both are exceptional leaders.  The future is bright, and the United States will continue to

 lead the world in science and technology as we transition from one NSF Director to the next.”<br>

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President Trump <a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=550b245d66&e=6708ed45cf">

nominated</a> Dr. Panchanathan in December 2019 to succeed Dr. France Cordova as the next NSF Director.  Dr. Córdova’s six-year term ended at the end on March 30, 2020.  <br>

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“Director Kelvin Droegemeier has unmatched experience as the science advisor to the White House and leader [of] the Office of Science and Technology Policy,” said Dr. Córdova.  “He has a distinguished career of advancing the progress of science.  NSF will continue

 to thrive under his leadership.”<br>

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<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">USFWS Recommends Suspending Bat Research</span></strong><br>

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has issued an advisory to bat researchers, recommending that scientists suspend some fieldwork involving capturing or handling bats in North America as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report by the

<em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Washington Post</span></em>.<br>

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The advisory was a result of concerns that researchers could transfer the novel coronavirus to bat populations in North America, thus creating a new reservoir for the disease.  The COVID-19 causing virus, SARS-CoV-2, is thought to have originated in horseshoe

 bats in China.  It may have then been passed to humans through an intermediate species.  There have been recent reports of the virus transferring from humans to animals, such as cats.<br>

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Scientists warned that although the chance of the coronavirus jumping from humans to North American bats is low, it could further threaten bat species already struggling with the fungal disease white-nose syndrome.  Furthermore, the virus could then potentially

 spread through bat populations across the country and potentially cause a “spill-back of SARS-CoV-2 from bats back into humans … which would make eradication of SARS-CoV-2 unlikely,” warned USFWS Wildlife Veterinarian Samantha Gibbs.<br>

 <br>

“We know that many mammals are susceptible to infection by a diversity of coronaviruses,” said a USFWS spokesperson.  “What is not known is whether the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has the potential to infect, or cause illness in, North American wildlife, including

 bats.” <br>

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A group of biologists and other experts from government agencies, wildlife organizations, and research groups met last week to “quickly assess the risk SARS-CoV-2 may pose to bat populations,” added the spokesperson.  The group is expected to issue updated

 recommendations on interactions with bats later in April, according to a notice published by the National Wildlife Health Center of the U.S. Geological Survey.<br>

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This advisory is a cause for concern for some bat researchers. According to Winifred Frick, chief scientist for Bat Conservation International, this is a problematic time to suspend bat research as late winter and early spring are important seasons for white-nose

 syndrome research.  The directive could also stall coronavirus research in bats and cause significant research delays for graduate students.  “I have a big bat project that involves a lot of handling of bats, but my projects aren’t super time-sensitive, and

 missing a year won’t destroy the project,” said Bryan Hamilton, a National Park Service biologist.  “But graduate students need their three years of data, and that could set them back a year or more.”<br>

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<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">EPA Extends Comment Period for Supplemental to “Secret Science” Proposed Rule</span></strong><br>

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler has announced that the agency would extend by a month the public comment period for a supplemental addition to its proposed rule, Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science, that would

 bar the use of scientific studies in crafting regulations unless the underlying data “are publicly available in a manner sufficient for independent validation.” <br>

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On March 3, 2020, EPA released a supplemental addition to its “secret science” proposal that would

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broaden</a> restrictions on the type of scientific studies EPA can use when crafting regulations.  The agency provided 30 days to submit feedback on the supplemental.<br>

 <br>

The deadline to submit comments has been extended from April 17 to May 18, 2020.  More information is available at

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https://www.epa.gov/osa/strengthening-transparency-regulatory-science</a>.<br>

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“EPA is committed to giving the public ample time to participate in the rulemaking process,” said Wheeler.  “By extending the comment period, we are listening to stakeholders and giving them more time to provide valuable input on how EPA can improve the science

 underlying its rules.”<br>

 <br>

This follows an April 1, 2020 letter from the chairs of fourteen House committees to the White House calling for the extension of public comment periods for proposed rulemakings during the novel coronavirus pandemic.  “In light of the evolving situation concerning

 the coronavirus ('COVID-19') pandemic, we write to urge you to direct federal agencies to immediately reschedule all public hearings and meetings and extend public comment periods,” read the

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letter</a>, which mentioned EPA’s transparency proposal.  “We are concerned that the disruptions caused by COVID-19 will deprive citizens, local communities, and other stakeholders the opportunity to engage with agencies on these major policy revisions and

 many other rulemakings.” <br>

 <br>

<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">BCoN Survey: COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on Biodiversity Collections</span></strong><br>

 <br>

Projections indicate that the COVID-19 outbreak and stay-at-home orders will have a deep and lasting impact on many aspects of our lives and work.<br>

 <br>

In order to document the effect of the crisis on biodiversity collections and those who use and care for them, the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), the Biodiversity Collections Network (BCoN), the Natural Science Collections Alliance, and the

 Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) have created this survey:

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https://aibs.wufoo.com/forms/biodiversity-collections-network-survey/</a><br>

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Anyone associated with a U.S. biodiversity collection is requested to fill out this 23-question survey.  We are interested in as many individual responses as possible, recognizing that we will receive multiple responses per collection or institution.  No identifying

 information about the identity of the responder or the institution they represent will be recorded.<br>

 <br>

This survey will be open until April 30, 2020.  A summary of the results will be posted on the BCoN website (<a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=a3ec134777&e=6708ed45cf">https://bcon.aibs.org/</a>) and other

 venues shortly thereafter.  A second survey on this subject may be mounted at a future date to document the recovery of the collections community from this crisis.  All results will be freely available for use by anyone interested.  We are particularly interested

 in comparing results with other collections communities, e.g., with living stock collections, or with biodiversity collections outside the United States.<br>

 <br>

<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">USDA Soliciting Stakeholder Input on Agricultural Innovations</span></strong><br>

 <br>

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is requesting written input on objectives and opportunities leading to research and product goals to facilitate “transformative breakthroughs to enable U.S. agriculture to meet the Department's goal to increase

 agricultural production by 40 percent to meet the needs of the global population in 2050 while cutting the environmental footprint of U.S. agriculture in half.”<br>

 <br>

This effort is part of USDA's Agricultural Innovation Agenda, the Department's commitment to the “continued success of American farmers, ranchers, producers, and foresters in the face of future challenges.”<br>

 <br>

Based on a 2019 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report, Science Breakthroughs to Advance Food and Agricultural Research by 2030, USDA identified four innovation clusters with potential for transformative innovation: genome design,

 automation, prescriptive intervention, and systems based farm management.  Stakeholder input will inform USDA as it works to develop a comprehensive strategy to guide public-sector research objectives and inform private-sector product development in order

 to maximize the U.S.  Agriculture sector's continued ability to meet future demands.<br>

 <br>

Written comments must be submitted by August 1, 2020.  More information at: <a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=cb7e8f5253&e=6708ed45cf">

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-04-01/html/2020-06825.htm</a><br>

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<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Increase Your Career Opportunities: 2020 Writing for Impact and Influence Online Course</span></strong><br>

 <br>

The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) is once again offering its popular professional development program to help scientists and students hone their written communication skills to increase the power of their message.<br>

 <br>

Writing for Impact and Influence combines practical instruction and hands-on exercises to improve participants’ general writing proficiency and their ability to reach large audiences.  The program will provide participants with the skills and tools needed to

 compose scientific press releases, blog posts, emails, and memoranda.<br>

 <br>

Learn to write for stakeholders, decision-makers, and the general public, with a focus on perfecting the reader experience.<br>

 <br>

The course consists of six 90-minute online modules conducted live and will begin on Thursday, 9 July 2020, with subsequent course sessions held weekly on Thursdays.  Individuals who actively participate in and complete the full course will receive a certificate

 recognizing that they have completed a nine-hour professional development course on business writing for scientists.<br>

 <br>

Register now: <a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=48c8cb9122&e=6708ed45cf">

http://io.aibs.org/writing</a><br>

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<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Now Online: 2020 Communications Boot Camp for Scientists</span></strong><br>

 <br>

The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) is offering a professional development program designed to enhance the communication skills of scientists, particularly those interested in communicating with decision-makers and the news media. The program

 is an excellent way to develop new communication skills and identify effective methods for broadening the impact of research and education programs.<br>

 <br>

The AIBS Communications Training Boot Camp for Scientists expands on AIBS’s highly successful media and science policy training workshops. The Boot Camp meets the needs of everyone from graduate students to senior researchers and program administrators to newly

 elected professional society leaders.<br>

 <br>

In light of the recent COVID-19 pandemic, the Boot Camp will be offered as an intensive, two-day, hands-on online training program on April 20-21, 2020. <br>

 <br>

Participants will learn: <o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">How to translate scientific findings for non-technical audiences<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">How to tell a resonant story that informs decision-makers<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">How to prepare for and participate in a news interview<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">How to prepare for and engage in a meeting with a decision-maker<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">How to protect your scientific reputation<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">How to identify and define the audience you need to reach<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">What decision-makers want to hear from a scientist<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">What reporters are looking for in an interview<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">How to leverage social media<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">

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<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">Learn more about the program and register now at

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https://www.aibs.org/public-policy/communications_boot_camp.html</a>.<br>

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<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Now Online: Enabling Interdisciplinary and Team Science

</span></strong><br>

 <br>

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.”<br>

 <br>

There is a real and present need to better prepare scientists for success in this new collaborative environment.  The American Institute of Biological Sciences is responding to this call with a new program for scientists, educators, and individuals who work

 with or participate in scientific teams.<br>

 <br>

Team science is increasingly common in 21st century biological, life, and environmental sciences.  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.<br>

 <br>

This intensive, two-day, interactive, professional development course was designed by scientists and experts on collaboration and teamwork to provide participants with the knowledge and skills required to become productive and effective members of scientific

 teams.  From its first offering the course has evolved to include a greater focus on team planning and teamwork, and less time allocated to university administration of interdisciplinary teams.<br>

 <br>

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.<br>

 <br>

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.  We can also customize the course and bring it to your university, department, lab, or research team.  This course provides the right foundation from which your team can successfully accomplish your goals.<br>

 <br>

In light of the recent COVID-19 pandemic, the April 27-28, 2020 workshop will now be offered as an online program.  Register at

<a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=523bd3606a&e=6708ed45cf">

https://www.aibs.org/events/team_science_event.html</a>.<br>

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<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Short Takes</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is accepting nominations for scientific experts for appointment to the EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) and four SAB standing committees,

 namely the Agricultural Science Committee (ASC), the Chemical Assessment Advisory Committee, the Drinking Water Committee, and the Radiation Advisory Committee. Appointments are announced by the EPA Administrator.  Nominations must be submitted by May 1, 2020. 

 For instructions on submitting nominations, visit: <a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=003ab2abae&e=6708ed45cf">

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-04-01/html/2020-06660.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4">

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has extended the comment period for its request for information on open access publishing.  The deadline to submit

 comments is now May 6, 2020.  With this solicitation, the OSTP is requesting recommendations on approaches for ensuring broad public access to the peer-reviewed scholarly publications, data, and code that result from federally funded scientific research.  Details

 about the submission process can be found at: <a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=cc8e05c2b0&e=6708ed45cf">

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-03-31/html/2020-06622.htm</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4">

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The National Science Board (NSB), the policymaking body for the National Science Foundation (NSF), has released NSF’s fiscal year (FY) 2018 Merit Review Digest.  “Responding to

 NSB feedback, NSF has modernized its approach to reporting on merit review, making it easier to navigate and incorporating links to allow for easy downloading and exploration of the underlying data,” reads the announcement.  The

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Digest</a> provides information about the numbers of NSF proposals and awards, and funding rates for FY 2018.  It explains how the NSF merit review process works, the kinds of proposal review used, and the role of the Program Officers.  The Digest also provides

 detailed information about proposal submission and funding rates of female researchers and of researchers from underrepresented communities, geographical and institutional award distribution, average grant size and duration, and the numbers of researchers

 supported.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4">

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has announced a plan to protect the monarch butterfly without adding it to the Endangered Species Act list.  Under the agreement reached

 between USFWS and the University of Illinois, Chicago, more than 45 companies in the transportation and energy sector will participate in monarch conservation efforts by providing and maintaining habitat on rights of way and associated land.  “Completing this

 agreement is a huge boost for the conservation of monarch butterflies and other pollinators on a landscape scale,” said FWS Director Aurelia Skipwith.  She added that the agreement will “provide regulatory certainty for industry while addressing the conservation

 needs of our most at-risk species.”<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4">

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) is undertaking a study to highlight the importance of biophysics research, identify future research directions,

 and assess workforce and education needs and is requesting community input.  As a part of this effort, NASEM is hosting a

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virtual town hall</a> for the Decadal Assessment on the Physics of Living Systems, where participants can share input on the future of biological physics.  Learn more about the study, upcoming events, including the town hall, and how you can share your input

 with the committee at <a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=d40adb5e9b&e=6708ed45cf">

nas.edu/biophysics</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4">

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">NSF’s Division of Integrative Organismal Systems is hosting a virtual information session on April 16, 2020 from 1:00pm-2:00pm EST.  The Virtual Office Hour will include discussion

 of CAREER proposals, solicitations, and Dear Colleague Letters recently released by NSF.  This will be followed by time to ask questions about CAREER proposals, COVID-19, or any other NSF topics of interest.  Register at

<a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=a4432da428&e=6708ed45cf">

https://nsf.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_nlJQOHieRXWOd0Vju0nnRA</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>

<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">From the Federal Register</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333"><br>

 <br>

The following items appeared in the Federal Register from March 30 to April 10, 2020. For more information on these or other recent items, please visit the AIBS Federal Register Resource at

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www.aibs.org/federal-register-resource/index.html</a>.<br>

<br>

<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Week Ending 10 April 2020</span></strong><br>

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<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Commerce</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Hydrographic Services Review Panel Meeting<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l14 level1 lfo5">

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Ocean Exploration Advisory Board (OEAB); Meeting<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>

<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">Environmental Protection Agency:</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">National and Governmental Advisory Committees to the U.S. Representative to the Commission for Environmental Cooperation<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l13 level1 lfo6">

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Request for Nominations to the National and Governmental Advisory Committees to the U.S. Representative to the Commission for Environmental Cooperation <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>

<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">Health and Human Services</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Meeting of the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>

<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">National Science Foundation</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request; Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l8 level1 lfo8">

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Sunshine Act Meeting; National Science Board <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>

<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">Week Ending 3 April 2020</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333"><br>

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<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Agriculture</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Solicitation of Input From Stakeholders on Agricultural Innovations<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>

<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">Commerce</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Science Advisory Board<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>

<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">Environmental Protection Agency</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Request for Nominations of Candidates to the EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) and SAB Standing Committees<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>

<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">Health and Human Services</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">National Cancer Institute; Notice of Meeting<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>

<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">National Science Foundation</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Request for Information--Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee, Chaired by the National Science Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo13">

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Sunshine Act Meeting; National Science Board<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>

<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">Office of Science and Technology Policy</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Request for Information: Public Access to Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications, Data and Code Resulting From Federally Funded Research<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>

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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Give your society or organization a voice in public policy. See

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http://www.aibs.org/public-policy/funding_contributors.html</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>

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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Become an AIBS Individual Member and lend your voice to a national effort to advance the biological sciences through public policy, education, and science programs. Visit

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https://www.aibs.org/about-aibs/join.html</a> to join AIBS.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>

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