National Science Foundation
Name and Committee Code: Advisory Committee for Biological Sciences (#1110).
Date and Time: May 24, 2019; 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Place: National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314; Room E 3410.
Please contact Melody Jenkins at MJenkins@nsf.gov to obtain a visitor badge. All visitors to the NSF will be required to show photo ID to obtain a badge.
Type of Meeting: Open.
Contact Person: Nancy Sung, National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Room C 12031, Alexandria, VA 22314; Telephone: (703) 292-8400.
Purpose of Meeting: The Advisory Committee for the Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) provides advice, recommendations, and oversight concerning major program emphases, directions, and goals for the research-related activities of the divisions that make up BIO.
Agenda: This meeting will be held telephonically among the Advisory Committee members; public visitors will be able to attend the meeting in person at NSF headquarters. Agenda items will include welcoming new Advisory Committee (AC) members, Directorate updates; Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering updates; Subcommittee updates; National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) updates, discussion of programmatic activities within BIO and other matters relevant to the Directorate for Biological Sciences.
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, as amended), ( printed page 17203) the National Science Foundation (NSF) announces the following meeting:
Dated: April 18, 2019.
Crystal Robinson,
Committee Management Officer.