Directorate for Biological Sciences Advisory Committee (BIO AC)

ABOUT THE BIO Advisory Committee

The Biological Sciences Advisory Committee (BIO AC) advises the Directorate (BIO) on such issues as:

• How BIO's mission, programs, and goals can best serve the scientific community;
• Institutional administration and policy;
• How BIO can promote quality graduate and undergraduate education in the biological sciences;
• Priority investment areas in biological research; and
• Government Performance and Results Act, including Committees of Visitors.

The BIO AC meets twice a year. Members represent a cross section of biology with representatives from many different subdisciplines within the field; a cross section of institutions including industry; broad geographic representation; and balanced representation of women and under-represented minorities.

• Current Advisory Committee Roster
• The Spring Meeting of the Advisory Committee for the Directorate for Biological Sciences is scheduled for April 29- May 1, 2009
• The Fall 2008 AC meeting has been canceled.

• April 17 - 18, 2008
  

PAST BIO AC MEETING MATERIALS

Date	Agendas	Minutes
October 18-19, 2007	Agenda	Minutes
April 19, 2007	Agenda	Minutes
November 2-3 , 2006	Agenda	Minutes
April 20-21 , 2006	Agenda	Minutes
November 17-18 , 2005	Agenda	Minutes
April 7-8 , 2005	Agenda	Minutes
November 18-19 , 2004	Agenda	Minutes
April 20-21, 2004	Agenda	Minutes
November 13-14 , 2003	Agenda	Minutes
April 24-25, 2003	Agenda	Minutes
November 7-8, 2002	Agenda	Minutes
April 25-26, 2002	Agenda	Minutes
November 8-9, 2001	Agenda	Minutes
April 26-27, 2001	Agenda	Minutes
November 16-17, 2000	Agenda	Minutes
April 6-7, 2000	Agenda	Minutes
December 2-3, 1999	Agenda	Minutes
April 22-23, 1999	Agenda	Minutes
October 22-23, 1998	Agenda	Minutes
April 6-7, 1998	Agenda	Minutes
October 20-21, 1997	Agenda	Minutes
April 9-10, 1997	Agenda	Minutes
November 7-8, 1996	Agenda	Minutes
April 25-26, 1996	Agenda	Minutes
November 2-3, 1995	Agenda	Minutes

BIO AC WORKSHOP REPORTS

• The Microbe Project: A BIO Advisory Committee Workshop
  The Institute of Genomic Research, August 2001

• Workshop on Access by Minority Investigators to NSF Extramural Support
  Emory University, November 1999

• NSF Conference on Computing in the Life Sciences
  Pomona College, April 1998

• Integrating the Life Sciences: Meeting the Needs of the 21st Century
  Colorado State University, February 1997

• Workshop on Undergraduate Science Research Education
  University of Yale, Connecticut, October 1996

• Academia, Industry and the NSF:
  What Are the Interactions and How Are They Evolving?
  Rutgers University, Busch Campus Center, October 1996

• Changing Environment for Biological Sciences at Colleges and Universities
  University of Tennessee, Knoxville, September 1996

• Workshop on Funding Strategies for Scientists Who Combine Research and Teaching: Integration of Research and Education
  Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, September 1996

• Research-Centered Education in Biological Sciences
  University of California, Davis, September 1996

• Changing Climate for Research Funding in Washington
  Big 10 Headquarters, March 1996

• Changing Environment for Biological Research and Graduate Education in Universities
  Pennsylvania State University, March 1996

• Changing Environment for Biological Sciences
  Portland State University, March 1996