[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 1, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18285-18286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06794]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Advisory Committee for Biological Sciences; Notice of Meeting

    In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-
463, as amended), the National Science Foundation (NSF) announces the 
following meeting:
    Name and Committee Code: Advisory Committee for Biological Sciences 
(#1110).
    Date and Time: April 30, 2020; 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
    Place: National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, 
Alexandria, VA 22314.
    Due to ongoing social distancing best practices because of COVID-19 
the meeting will be held virtually among the Advisory Committee 
members. Public visitors will be able to listen telephonically. Public 
attendees should contact Melody Jenkins at [email protected] to register 
and receive information to join the meeting.
    Type of Meeting: Open.
    Contact Person: Brent Miller, National Science Foundation, 2415 
Eisenhower Avenue, Room C 12000, Alexandria, VA 22314; Telephone 
Number: (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: Agenda items will include a directorate business update, 
status update on the standard metrics for BIO

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proposal submissions and review, a review of the charge for the Long-
Term Ecological Research 40-year review, a review of the BIO's Office 
of the Assistant Director's response to the Division of Environmental 
Biology's Committee of Visitor Report, and discussion of the research 
communities' adaptation to COVID-19 restrictions.

    Dated: March 27, 2020.
Crystal Robinson,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-06794 Filed 3-31-20; 8:45 am]
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