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This page is to keep members informed of policy developments and other activities of interest to the plant biology community.

We encourage you to check out the resources available here and elsewhere on the ASPB website (and beyond), including the following:

Plant Biology Policy Blog (PB2). This blog features news and information before they hit the pages of the ASPB Newsletter. It also provides an opportunity for you to engage in dialogue on policy developments affecting the plant biology community.

ASPB Press Releases. Keep up to date on ASPB news by checking out the recent press releases from ASPB. View archive of press releases.

Plants in the News. External news items of interest for the plant biology community. This section will also incorporate members in the news. Members, feel free to post links to news articles you are featured in relating to plant biology.

Subscribe to the Funding Opportunities blog. A new section of the website that will keep you informed of selected funding opportunities and provide background information on the key public and private agencies supporting plant biology research and education. Archives are available for Budget Updates & Research and Education Programs and Research Updates.

Direct access to grant opportunities from the key federal agencies supporting plant biology research:

National Institutes of Health
- active Requests for Applications (RFAs)
- active Program Announcements (PAs)
- parent announcements (for unsolicited applications)

National Science Foundation Directorate for Biological Sciences
- current funding opportunites

US Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture
- recently released and soon to close grants

US Department of Energy
- Basic Energy Sciences current funding opportunities
- Biological and Environmental Research current funding opportunities
- Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy funding opportunity announcements

We also encourage you to keep up to date on ASPB activities by joining us on Facebook, Twitter, and our other social networking platforms.

If you have any suggestions or feedback, please feel free to e-mail ASPB's public affairs manager, Kathy Munkvold, at kmunkvold@aspb.org.

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PULSE Program Seeks Applications for Faculty Fellows in Undergraduate Biology Education Post by Kathy R. Munkvold, 7 hours ago Blog: Funding Opportunities in Plant Biology Comments (0) Subscribe
ASPB Invited Back to Host Science Outreach at the White House Post by Kathy R. Munkvold, Tuesday, May 15, 2012 Blog: Plants in the News Comments (0) Subscribe
ASPB Members Elected to National Academy of Sciences Post by Kathy R. Munkvold, Thursday, May 10, 2012 Blog: Press Releases Comments (0) Subscribe
NSF: FY2012 Data Infrastructure Building Blocks (DIBBs) Post by Kathy R. Munkvold, Wednesday, May 09, 2012 Blog: Funding Opportunities in Plant Biology Comments (0) Subscribe
NSF: Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program-CIF21 Track (IGERT-CIF21) Post by Kathy R. Munkvold, Tuesday, May 08, 2012 Blog: Funding Opportunities in Plant Biology Comments (0) Subscribe
NSF: FY2012 Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering (REESE) Post by Kathy R. Munkvold, Tuesday, May 08, 2012 Blog: Funding Opportunities in Plant Biology Comments (0) Subscribe
American Society of Plant Biologists Members Elected to the National Academy of Sciences Post by Kathy R. Munkvold, Tuesday, May 08, 2012 Blog: Plants in the News Comments (0) Subscribe
ASPB Member Steve Kay Named Dean of USC’s College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Post by Kathy R. Munkvold, Thursday, May 03, 2012 Blog: Plants in the News Comments (0) Subscribe
ASPB Names 2012 Award Recipients Post by Kathy R. Munkvold, Wednesday, April 25, 2012 Blog: Press Releases Comments (0) Subscribe
National Science Foundation Funding Up 4.3% in House Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Bill, Surpassing the Senate Mark Post by Lewis-Burke Associates LLC, Monday, April 23, 2012 Blog: Plant Biology Policy Blog (PB2) Comments (0) Subscribe
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ASPB Returns for More Science Outreach at the White House Posted in Education & Research, Monday, April 09, 2012 ROCKVILLE, Md. -- The American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) returns today to the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C. to offer ... more »
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