About the series
Purpose of Meeting: The Advisory Committee (AC) 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 Items Will Include: a directorate business update; discussion of BIO programming relevant to NSF Strategic Plan Goal #2; updates on BIO responses to reports from Committees of Visitors for the Divisions of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences and Integrative Organismal Systems; update from the Advisory Committee on Environmental Research and Education; BIO’s draft strategic framework for partnerships; BIO AC breakout group discussions; discussion with the NSF Chief Operating Officer; and other directorate matters.