Core Support for the Board on Life Sciences

这项行动为国家科学院生命科学委员会的核心支助提供资金。 该委员会就生物科学及其对社会的影响向政府和科学界提供咨询意见。它的工作涵盖了从分子遗传学到生态学的所有生命科学。在数百名生物学家和其他专家的帮助下，该委员会作为一个协调中心，审查广泛的技术和政策问题，从保持个别生命科学学科的进展到促进学科之间的互动，以促进协同进步，从改善生物科学的培训和职业保留到评估生物科学和技术发展的社会影响。 委员会目前的三个重点领域是生物科学和生物教育的健康、生物技术和遗传学以及生物多样性和生态学。 来自NSF的核心资金使生命科学委员会有可能继续发展新研究的想法，特别是在生态学，环境生物学和生物多样性保护领域。

This action funds core support for the Board on Life Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences. The Board provides advice to government and the scientific community on the biological sciences and their impact on society. Its work encompasses all of the life sciences, from molecular genetics to ecology. With the help of hundreds of biologists and other experts, the Board serves as a focal point for examining a wide range of technical and policy issues, from maintaining progress in individual life science disciplines to fostering interactions among disciplines to promote synergistic advances, and from improving training and career retention in the biological sciences to assessing the societal implications of developments in biological science and technology. Three current areas of emphasis for the Board are the health of the biological sciences and biology education, biotechnology and genetics, and biodiversity and ecology. Core funding from NSF makes it possible for the Board on Life Sciences to pursue the development of ideas for new studies, particularly in the areas of ecology, environmental biology, and biodiversity conservation.