This program has been archived.
Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections (ADBC)
ADBC Special Announcement
Proposals for projects formerly submitted to the ADBC Program should now be submitted to the Infrastructure Capacity for Biological Research Program in the Biological Collections core programmatic area.
Name | Phone | Room | |
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Reed Beaman | rsbeaman@nsf.gov | (703) 292-7163 | |
Dena Smith | dmsmith@nsf.gov | (703) 292-7431 | |
Contacting the program may be most efficient through e-mail to the working group at BIODigit@nsf.gov |
PROGRAM GUIDELINES
Solicitation 15-576Important Information for Proposers
A revised version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 22-1), is effective for proposals submitted, or due, on or after October 4, 2021. Please be advised that, depending on the specified due date, the guidelines contained in NSF 22-1 may apply to proposals submitted in response to this funding opportunity.
DUE DATES
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SYNOPSIS
This program seeks to enhance and expand the national resource of digital data documenting existing vouchered biological and paleontological collections and to advance scientific knowledge by improving access to digitized information (including images) residing in vouchered scientific collections across the United States. The information associated with various collections of organisms, such as geographic, paleogeographic and stratigraphic distribution, environmental habitat data, phenology, information about associated organisms, collector field notes, and tissues and molecular data extracted from the specimens, is a rich resource providing the baseline from which to further biodiversity research and provide critical information about existing gaps in our knowledge of life on earth. The national resource is structured at three levels: a central coordinating organization, a series of thematic networks based on an important research theme, and the physical collections. The national resource builds upon a sizable existing national investment in curation of the physical objects in scientific collections and contributes vitally to scientific research and technology interests in the United States. It will become an invaluable tool in understanding contemporary biological issues and challenges.
RELATED PROGRAMS
- Dimensions of Biodiversity
- Collections in Support of Biological Research
- Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology
RELATED URLS
- iDigBio - The National Resource for Advancing Digitization of Biological Collections
- Press Release: FY2013 Advancing Digitization of Biological Collections Awards
- Press Release: FY2012 Advancing Digitization of Biological Collections Awards
- Press Release: NSF Awards Grants to Advance Digitization of Biological Collections
- A Strategic Plan for Establishing a Network Integrated Biocollections Alliance
What Has Been Funded (Recent Awards Made Through This Program, with Abstracts)