[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24875-24876]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07524]


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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: May 8--9, 2024; 9:00 a.m.--5:00 p.m. (Eastern).
    Place: NSF, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314.
    This is a hybrid meeting with advisory committee members 
participating in-person and virtually. Livestreaming is available for 
members of NSF and the external community via the following links:

May 8, 2024: https://youtube.com/live/4ve0DsdeUmk?feature=share
May 9, 2024: https://youtube.com/live/4ve0DsdeUmk?feature=share

    Type of Meeting: Open.
    Contact Persons: Dr. Karen C. Cone, National Science Foundation, 
2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA

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22314; Telephone: (703) 292-4967; Email: [email protected].
    Purpose of Meeting: The Advisory Committee for the Directorate for 
Biological Sciences (BIO) provides advice and recommendations 
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; 
report on BIO's response to the Committee of Visitors Report for the 
Division of Environmental Biology; report from the Working Group for 
the Long Term Environmental Research Program on future program 
priorities; overview of the report, `Vision, Needs, and Proposed 
Actions for the Data for the Bioeconomy Initiative', overview of BIO 
support for data resources and synthesis centers, panel discussion on 
the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and biological 
research followed by AC discussion of opportunities and bottlenecks for 
advancing this intersection, a review of BIO funding metrics relevant 
to BIO's shift to no-deadlines for core programs, a review of BIO 
investments and outreach in EPSCoR states relevant to the CHIPs and 
Science Act mandates for increased NSF funding for institutions in 
EPSCoR jurisdictions, an overview from the Committee for Equal 
Opportunity in Science and Engineering on their 2023 Report on Rural 
STEM, and other directorate matters.

    Dated: April 4, 2024.
Crystal Robinson,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-07524 Filed 4-8-24; 8:45 am]
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