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<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#5B5B5B">AIBS Public Policy Report, Volume 22, Issue 1, January 4, 2021</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#5B5B5B"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Congress Approves FY 2021 Spending, Stimulus Legislation<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l10 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Academy Report Discusses Future of Science Policy<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l10 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Report Examines Economic Benefits of Scientific Collections<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l10 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Upcoming Webinar: Forward-Thinking Discussion on Biological Collections<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l10 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Invitation: Global Consultation on Converging Digital and Extended Specimens<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l10 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Deadline Approaching: 2021 Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l10 level1 lfo1">
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">UK Retains Access to European Research Funding Under Brexit Deal<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l10 level2 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">GAO Report: Agencies Need to Strengthen Policies to Address Foreign Influence<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l10 level2 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Nominations Requested: Study on Misleading Information about Biological Threats<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#5B5B5B">Congress Approves FY 2021 Spending, Stimulus Legislation</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#5B5B5B"><br>
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On December 21, 2020, both chambers of Congress passed a $900 billion coronavirus stimulus package along with the fiscal year (FY) 2021 omnibus spending legislation. After demanding changes to relief provisions in the congressionally approved legislation for
a week, President Trump capitulated and signed the stimulus-spending bill into law on December 27, 2020, just prior to the expiration of the most recent stopgap funding resolution.<br>
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The stimulus package includes $20 billion for the purchase and distribution of coronavirus vaccines; $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 with $22.7 billion for higher education institutions; unemployment benefit extensions of $300 per week through March 2021; and up to $600 direct payments to individuals. The legislation does not include 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 aid package also left out the $26 billion in supplemental
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research relief</a> funding for federal agencies that academic and science groups, including AIBS, have been advocating for.<br>
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The $1.4 trillion appropriations omnibus, which allocates FY 2021 funding for the federal government, rejects the deeps cuts
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proposed</a> by President Trump for most science agencies and provides modest funding increases for research. Overall, defense spending would increase by $5 billion over FY 2020 to $671.5 billion and nondefense spending would increase by $20 billion to $656.5
billion. The omnibus provides:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">$8.5 billion to the National Science Foundation, an increase of 2.5 percent compared to FY 2020, with $6.9 billion for Research and Related Activities (+2.5 percent). President Trump
had proposed a 6 percent cut to the science agency.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">$5.4 billion (+1.5 percent) for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">$23.3 billion for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a 3 percent increase, with $7.3 billion (+2 percent) for its Science account. President Trump had proposed
a 12 percent boost for NASA.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">A flat budget of $1.03 billion for the National Institute of Science and Technology, with a 4.5 percent increase for the agency’s core science programs.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">$42.9 billion to the National Institutes of Health, an increase of 3 percent over FY 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">$7.026 billion (+$26 million) for the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science and $427 million (+$2 million) for Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy. Biological and environmental
research at DOE saw an increase of $3 million to $753 million.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">$13.7 billion (-$146 million) to the Interior Department in FY 2021, with $1.3 billion (-$60 million) going to the Bureau of Land Management; $3.1 billion (-$254 million) to the National
Park Service; and $1.58 billion (-$60 million) to the Fish and Wildlife Service.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">$1.32 billion (+$45 million) to the U.S. Geological Survey, with $259 million for the Ecosystems Mission Area.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">$9.2 billion for the Environmental Protection Agency (+$180 million). President Trump had proposed slashing the budget for the agency by 26 percent.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">$1.033 billion (-$14 million) to the Smithsonian Institution, with $51.5 million (+$1.8 million) for the National Museum of Natural History.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">$3.3 billion (+$125 million) for agricultural research, including $1.57 billion (+$43 million) for the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, $1.53 billion (-$80 million) for the
Agricultural Research Service, $435 million (+$10 million) for the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#5B5B5B">The government had been operating under a series of stopgap funding resolutions since fiscal year 2021 began on October 1.
The finalized appropriations package ensures predictable funding for federal research agencies for the remainder of the year. Although the latest stimulus does not include any funding to address pandemic-related disruptions to research, there will likely
be other opportunities to secure research aid in the coming months. Several lawmakers and President-Elect Joe Biden have indicated that they will push for additional relief funding in the new year. Biden called the most recent stimulus “an important down
payment on what's going to have to be done beginning the end of January into February.”<br>
<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Academy Report Discusses Future of Science Policy
</span></strong><br>
<br>
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has released proceedings from a February 2020 symposium that summarizes discussions among leading business, academic, and government professionals on the future of science policy in the U.S. and whether the modern research
architecture needs to be reconfigured to meet 21<sup>st</sup> century challenges.<br>
<br>
“We need to find ways to make all of our institutions, including my own, more responsive and nimble in a fast-moving world,” said Marcia McNutt, President of NAS. “We must ask if we are doing enough to inspire, nurture, and cultivate our young people. We have
to encourage diversity and inclusion and create an informed citizenry that values decision-making and policies based on science and evidence.”<br>
<br>
Drawing on remarks from a number of leaders—including former NSF Director France Córdova, Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Rafael Reif, former Lockheed Martin Corp CEO Norman Augustine, and Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science founder Alan
Alda—the report examines future pathways to leadership in science, how to respond to an evolving research enterprise, communicating science to the public, the evolution of the government-university research partnership, and connecting basic research with economic
growth.<br>
<br>
The <a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=bad79de0e5&e=6708ed45cf">
report</a>, <em><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">The Endless Frontier: The Next 75 Years in Science</span></em>, concludes with four take-home messages from McNutt “to ensure that science remains the endless frontier.” The first highlights education:
“Science needs more exciting new projects to attract young people to research—It also needs to prepare and reach out to everyone, not just to the members of particular groups.” The second message emphasizes the need for scientists to effectively engage with
the public, with communication going “in both directions, so scientists learn what members of the public think and need and what it takes to earn the public’s trust.” The third point underlines the importance of a diversified research portfolio to ensure
research dollars are spent in the most effective way. The final take-home message involves the re-envisioning of the reward system in science and the need for science to be much more inclusive, distributed, and participatory.<br>
<br>
The symposium was held in partnership with The Kavli Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to mark the 75th anniversary of the publication of Vannevar Bush’s report
<em><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Science: The Endless Frontier</span></em>, which created a blueprint for U.S. scientific research after World War II.<br>
<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Report Examines Economic Benefits of Scientific Collections</span></strong><br>
<br>
A new advisory report, entitled, “Economic Analyses of Federal Scientific Collections,” explores the economic benefits of Federal scientific collections. The report provides a framework for economic analyses, including methods for documenting long-term operating
costs and benefits of collections.<br>
<br>
The study was commissioned by the Interagency Working Group on Scientific Collections (IWGSC)—part of the White House National Science and Technology Council. IWGSC is co-chaired by the Smithsonian Institution and the U.S. Department of Agriculture and consists
of representatives from more than 15 Federal departments and agencies, each of which owns, manages, or provides financial support for scientific collections spread across a wide spectrum of scientific disciplines. The report was produced by IWGSC’s Economic
Study Group—a panel comprised of federal researchers, economists, collections professionals and budget or policy specialists and chaired by David E. Schindel, Research Associate at the Smithsonian Institution.<br>
<br>
The report provides illustrative examples of the services enabled by scientific collections, including their contributions to vaccine development and earthquake preparedness. While this report focuses on collections owned, operated and/or supported by government
agencies, the methods presented in the report are universally applicable to museums, universities, research institutions and industries around the world. “Although the report is focused on Federal scientific collections, its content applies to myriad collections
and leads to many public benefits,” said Scott Miller, Smithsonian chief scientist and IWGSC co-chair. “The report is especially timely given the economic stress on research and organizations because of COVID-19.”<br>
<br>
“The benefits generated by federal institutional collections can take many forms, both monetary and non-monetary,” argues the report. “These benefits are usually indirect and delayed, and the value chains that connect costs to benefits are generally difficult
to document.” The report outlines a standard framework for estimating long-term operating costs and describes five different methods, along with their strengths and weaknesses, for estimating and documenting the benefits generated by collections. Examples
presented in the report highlight how the differences among collections and their missions require different methods. The report also provides guidance on how to select the most appropriate methods to make evidence-based decisions. According to the authors,
demonstrating the long-term value of scientific collections can help institutions preserve these important resources to address future challenges. <br>
<br>
Read the report at: <a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=3c2d8dd0cc&e=6708ed45cf">
https://iwgsc.nal.usda.gov/economic-analyses-federal-scientific-collections</a><br>
<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Upcoming Webinar: Forward-Thinking Discussion on Biological Collections</span></strong><br>
<br>
The Biological Collections community at-large is invited to join the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), Natural Science Collections Alliance (NSCA), and Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) for a joint discussion
with the Biodiversity Collections Network (BCoN) and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) on the future of biological collections. Representatives from the NASEM panel that authored the report, Biological Collections: Ensuring
Critical Research and Education for the 21st Century, and the Extended Specimen Network writing committee will discuss and leverage the common themes and associated recommendations from these reports to kick off discussions on the short-, medium-, and long-term
implementation plan goals and identify the path forward.<br>
<br>
Date: January 14, 2021<br>
Time: 2:00-4:00 pm Eastern Time (includes a 15 minute break)<br>
Location: Online via Zoom<br>
The webinar will be recorded.<br>
<br>
Registration is free, but required. For more information about the program and panelists and to register for the webinar, please visit
<a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=0c79a69f0d&e=6708ed45cf">
https://www.aibs.org/news/2020/201221-collections-webinar.html#subheader</a>.<br>
<br>
The Biological Collections community around the world is incredibly diverse and all voices need to be heard. We rely on you to disseminate this announcement far and wide to groups and individuals who should be a part of this conversation.<br>
<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Invitation: Global Consultation on Converging Digital and Extended Specimens</span></strong><br>
<br>
Over the past year several exciting conversations about the possibilities of digital representations of the billions of specimens currently held in the world’s natural history collections. Two concepts—the
<a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=04d59dc7b9&e=6708ed45cf">
Digital Specimen</a> proposed by the Distributed System of Scientific Collections (DiSSCo) in Europe and the
<a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=3b3ad705c7&e=6708ed45cf">
Extended Specimen</a> emerging from the Biological Collections Network (BCoN) in the United States—are now aligning towards a shared vision that connects all information related to a specimen, creating in effect “digital twins” for the materials held in scientific
collections.<br>
<br>
Beginning in February, the consultation will seek to engage the wider community on a handful of topics that have technical, financial, social, governance and professional implications that require broader discussion and consensus. The consultation aims to expand
participation in the process, build support for further collaboration, identify key use cases, and develop an initial roadmap for community adoption and implementation.<br>
<br>
Topics of the consultation will include: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Digitizing/mobilizing FAIR data for specimens<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Extending, enriching and integrating data <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Annotating specimens and related data <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Crediting and attributing tasks like data and material curation <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Analyzing/mining specimen data for novel applications<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#5B5B5B">The alliance for biodiversity knowledge invites other parties to participate in this process, to review the
<a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=88c40061b7&e=6708ed45cf">
draft consultation outline</a> and to sign the <a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=fb3c4ee292&e=6708ed45cf">
Letter of Intent</a>. More details about the virtual consultation will become available after the holiday. If you have ideas, want to ask questions, or would like to co-moderate a topic, please contact us at
<a href="mailto:alliance@gbif.org">alliance@gbif.org</a>.<br>
<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Deadline Approaching: 2021 Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award</span></strong><br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
Recipients of the AIBS Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award receive: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">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.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">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.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Meetings with congressional policymakers to discuss the importance of federal investment in the biological sciences.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">A one-year subscription to the journal
<em><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">BioScience</span></em> and a copy of “Communicating Science: A Primer for Working with the Media.”<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#5B5B5B">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.<br>
<br>
Applications are due by 05:00 PM Eastern Time on January 15, 2021. The application guidelines can be downloaded at
<a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=c50eb2e0bb&e=6708ed45cf">
https://www.aibs.org/news/2020/201111-call-for-eppla-2021.html#subheader</a>. <br>
<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Short Takes</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo5">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Researchers in the United Kingdom (UK) will remain eligible for European research funding under the agreement reached on December 24, 2020 concerning Britain’s departure from the European
Union (EU) or Brexit. According to the <a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=243cf01ab9&e=6708ed45cf">
deal</a>, in exchange for a contribution to the EU budget, the UK will have access to EU’s forthcoming Horizon research funding program, which will invest €85 billion over the next seven years. The UK will, however, lose influence over the program and how
the money is doled out—those decisions are reserved for EU countries. According to an analysis by
<em><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Nature</span></em>, the UK <a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=327ffc71b0&e=6708ed45cf">
received</a> 12.1 percent of the funding under Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe’s predecessor program; while the country’s average contribution to the overall EU budget had been around 11.4 percent. The Brexit agreement was approved by the UK Parliament on December
30, 2020 and now awaits ratification by the European Parliament.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo5">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">According to a new
<a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=7821ab1baa&e=6708ed45cf">
report</a> by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), federal agencies need to enhance and clarify their policies for monitoring the foreign ties of the researchers they support. GAO reviewed five agencies that together accounted for almost 90 percent
of all federal R&D expenditures at universities in fiscal year 2018. They found that three have agency-wide conflict of interest policies, including the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, while the Departments of Defense and Energy do not. However, the three agencies with existing policies “focus on financial interests but do not specifically address or define non-financial interests.” The GAO recommends that agencies address
gaps in monitoring foreign influences by adopting explicit and uniform policies on how grantees can adequately disclose financial and nonfinancial conflicts and other required information.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo5">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif">The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is launching a study that will assess how scientists can determine which claims may be addressed by defensible scientific
information, and how scientists can work together in trusted networks to conduct accurate, authoritative, and evidence-based analysis and peer review in a community-based manner to address those claims. Nominations will be accepted for experts to serve on
this study committee by January 16, 2021. <a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=a3c1358b0e&e=6708ed45cf">
Learn more</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#5B5B5B">From the Federal Register</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#5B5B5B"><br>
<br>
The following items appeared in the Federal Register from December 21 to January 1, 2021. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#5B5B5B">Commerce</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#5B5B5B"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=d7fed2f402&e=6708ed45cf">Hydrographic Services Review Panel</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo6">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=9a26c22b7a&e=6708ed45cf">Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo6">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=a848cef5e6&e=6708ed45cf">Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to
Northeast Fisheries Science Center Fisheries and Ecosystem Research, Atlantic Ocean</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo6">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=731cb1af55&e=6708ed45cf">Sanctuary System Business Advisory Council: Public Meeting</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#5B5B5B">Environmental Protection Agency</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#5B5B5B"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=40b33dc4fc&e=6708ed45cf">Interim PFAS Destruction and Disposal Guidance; Notice of Availability
for Public Comment</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#5B5B5B">Health and Human Services</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#5B5B5B"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=4468f5bc37&e=6708ed45cf">Fogarty International Center; Notice of Meeting</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo8">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=1d9cde6725&e=6708ed45cf">Meeting of the National Vaccine Advisory Committee</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo8">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=b9b5a75e02&e=6708ed45cf">National Cancer Institute; Notice of Meeting</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#5B5B5B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo8">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=4d40a33b8b&e=6708ed45cf">National Cancer Institute; Notice of Meeting</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#5B5B5B">National Aeronautics and Space Administration</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#5B5B5B"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=5c6020c2e9&e=6708ed45cf">NASA Advisory Council; Human Exploration and Operations Committee Meeting,
Including Joint Meeting with Science Committee</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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