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)

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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 announcementhttps://www.gbif.org/news/5cpCWGOp8W2OKC2IAm88yS/new-call-for-data-mobilization-and-portal-support-in-asia.

Thank you!

Best regards,

-- Daniel Noesgaard Science Communications Coordinator Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Secretariat Universitetsparken 15 DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark E: dnoesgaard@gbif.orgmailto: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 noteshttps://www.gbif.org/news/5cpCWGOp8W2OKC2IAm88yS for the Biodiversity Information Fund for Asia, or BIFA, programme, funded by the Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japanhttps://www.env.go.jp/en.

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 grantshttps://www.gbif.org/programme/bifa/bifa3-collections-data-mobilization 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 grantshttps://www.gbif.org/programme/bifa/bifa3-ecological-data-mobilization target Asian biodiversity monitoring programmes and networks (open to any institutions based in Asia) * BIFA portal development grantshttps://www.gbif.org/programme/bifa/bifa3-portal-development 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 proposalshttps://www.gbif.org/news/5cpCWGOp8W2OKC2IAm88yS to any relevant contacts you have in the region. They can learn more about the BIFA programmehttps://www.gbif.org/programme/bifa, or contact the Secretariat at bifa@gbif.orgmailto:bifa@gbif.org.

Best regards, Kyle Copas ===== 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.orghttp://www.gbif.org/