ESA SBI Training: Apply by March 7th! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Ecological Society of America is accepting applications until Monday, March 7th for our next Sustaining Biological Infrastructure (SBI) training course! Apply today to get one of the remaining spots available on our June 21-23 course. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Strategies for Success: A Short Course for Project Directors Calling all leaders of biological infrastructure projects! Is your digital data resource, collection, field station or laboratory financially sustainable? Do you feel confident in your ability to manage finances, plan for the future, analyze your stakeholders, communicate effectively, and diversify your funding sources? If not, our Strategies for Success course can help. Come spend three days (June 21-23, 2016) developing an action plan for your project, learning from our expert faculty, and networking with colleagues. 100% of our 2015 participants agree that the knowledge and skills they gained on the course will have a meaningful impact on their project within the next year. Learn More: http://esa.org/sbi/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eligibility: Ideal applicants include experienced Directors and Principal Investigators of biological infrastructure projects (such as digital data resources, museum and living stocks collections, field stations, and marine laboratories) that have been established for at least two years. Selection: Up to 25 participants will be selected; participants will be notified of their acceptance status within one month of submitting their application. Course fee: The fee to attend the Ecological Society of America's SBI Strategies for Success course is $975 per participant and includes all course materials, plus lunches and refreshments during the three course days. The course fee does not include accommodation and other meals or travel to and from the course.* Venue: The course will be held at the Conference Center at the Maritime Institute (CCMIT) in Linthicum Heights, MD. The Center is just minutes away from the Baltimore Washington International (BWI) airport and train station. Click here for detailed course info: http://esa.org/sbi/courses/ Click here to apply: http://esa.org/sbi/how-to-apply/ *Participants can purchase a comprehensive package at CCMIT that includes dinner, accommodation, and breakfast for $139 per day. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
