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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.

Primers on funding from individual agencies of interest to plant biologists:
NSF
USDA
DOE
NIH
USAID
DoD

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.

Recent Blog Activity
ASPB President Peggy Lemaux returns to D.C. to address the USDA Economists Group Post by Kathy R. Munkvold, Thursday, June 13, 2013 Blog: Plant Biology Policy Blog (PB2) Comments (0) Subscribe
Senate and House of Representatives Make Progress on the 2013 Farm Bill Post by Lewis-Burke Associates LLC, Wednesday, June 05, 2013 Blog: Plant Biology Policy Blog (PB2) Comments (0) Subscribe
NSF Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB): Investigator-initiated research projects Post by Kathy R. Munkvold, Wednesday, May 15, 2013 Blog: Funding Opportunities in Plant Biology Comments (0) Subscribe
NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants in the Directorate for Biological Sciences Post by Kathy R. Munkvold, Tuesday, May 14, 2013 Blog: Funding Opportunities in Plant Biology Comments (0) Subscribe
NSF Releases EHR Core Research Solicitation to Build STEM Scientific Research Base Post by Lewis-Burke Associates LLC, Tuesday, May 14, 2013 Blog: Funding Opportunities in Plant Biology Comments (0) Subscribe
REEport Replaces CRIS for grant reporting at USDA/NIFA Post by Kathy R. Munkvold, Tuesday, May 14, 2013 Blog: Funding Opportunities in Plant Biology Comments (0) Subscribe
ASPB Members Elected to National Academy of Sciences Post by Kathy R. Munkvold, Tuesday, May 07, 2013 Blog: Press Releases Comments (0) Subscribe
NSF: FY 2013 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program Solicitation Post by Kathy R. Munkvold, Tuesday, April 16, 2013 Blog: Funding Opportunities in Plant Biology Comments (0) Subscribe
USDA/AFRI Food Security Challenge Area Program Request for Applications Post by Kathy R. Munkvold, Tuesday, April 16, 2013 Blog: Funding Opportunities in Plant Biology Comments (0) Subscribe
NSF/Gates, Basic Research to Enable Agricultural Development (BREAD) Ideas Challenge Prize Competition Post by Kathy R. Munkvold, Tuesday, April 16, 2013 Blog: Funding Opportunities in Plant Biology Comments (0) Subscribe
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