TDWG friends, help get the word out by sharing with Asian colleagues…deadline for Biodiversity Information Fund for Asia concept notes due 20 December. Thank you!

Best,

Laura

Laura Russell

Programme Officer for Participation and Engagement

Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Secretariat

Universitetsparken 15

DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø

Denmark

+45 35 33 35 51 (office, direct line)

+45 35 32 14 80 (fax)

larussell@gbif.org (email)

laura.anne.russell (Skype)

www.gbif.org

From: Nodes_ig <nodes_ig-bounces@cemail.gbif.org> on behalf of Daniel Noesgaard <dnoesgaard@gbif.org>
Date: Thursday, 14 December 2017 at 11.18
To: "nodes_ig@cemail.gbif.org" <nodes_ig@cemail.gbif.org>
Cc: BIFA <BIFA@gbif.org>
Subject: Reminder: BIFA call for proposals for data mobilization and portal development in Asia

Dear network colleagues,

A friendly reminder that the deadline for the third call of the Biodiversity Information Fund for Asia (BIFA) is closing in fast. To be considered, concept notes must be submitted to the GBIF Secretariat by 20 December 2017.

See details of the call in the previous email below and in the official announcement.

Thank you!

Best regards,

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Daniel Noesgaard

Science Communications Coordinator

Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Secretariat

Universitetsparken 15

DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark

E: dnoesgaard@gbif.org

W: www.gbif.org

T: +45 35 32 08 74

From: Nodes_ig <nodes_ig-bounces@cemail.gbif.org> on behalf of Kyle Copas <kcopas@gbif.org>
Date: Monday, 13 November 2017 at 17.11
To: BIFA <BIFA@gbif.org>
Subject: BIFA call for proposals for data mobilization and portal development in Asia

Dear GBIF colleagues,

The GBIF Secretariat has just invited the submission of initial concept notes for the Biodiversity Information Fund for Asia, or BIFA, programme, funded by the Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan.

This call for proposals aims to address key challenges that GBIF nodes in Asia have identified in connection with the mobilization and use of biodiversity data in the region. The total potential funding assigned to this call is approximately €105,000, and applicants may request a maximum of €15,000 through BIFA for each project.

Three types of grants are included in the call:

• BIFA collections data mobilization grants target Asia’s natural history collections, seeking to fill taxonomic and geographic gaps in freely accessible data relating to Asian biodiversity (open to any institutions based in Asia) 
• BIFA ecological monitoring data mobilization grants target Asian biodiversity monitoring programmes and networks (open to any institutions based in Asia) 
• BIFA portal development grants target activities by GBIF Participant nodes or groups of nodes in Asia to develop or upgrade national, regional or thematic biodiversity information web portals.

Concept notes must be submitted to the GBIF Secretariat by 20 December 2017. 

We ask for your help in distributing this call for proposals to any relevant contacts you have in the region. They can learn more about the BIFA programme, or contact the Secretariat at bifa@gbif.org.

Best regards,

Kyle Copas

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Kyle Copas

+45 35 32 14 75 | mobile +45 28 75 14 75 | Skype kylecopas

GBIF Secretariat
Universitetsparken 15
2100 Copenhagen Ø
Denmark
http://www.gbif.org