The Ecological Society of America is accepting applications for our next Sustaining Biological Infrastructure (SBI) training course: June 21-23, 2016 in the Washington, DC metro area. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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 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.* Click here for detailed course info: http://esa.org/sbi/courses/ Click here to apply: http://esa.org/sbi/how-to-apply/ We recommend applying early! Applications will be assessed on a rolling basis. *Usually participants can purchase a comprehensive onsite meeting package that includes dinner, accommodation, and breakfast for less than $150 per day. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For more information contact: Jill Parsons, ESA Science Programs Manager 202-833-8773 ext. 209 | s...@esa.org | http://esa.org/sbi/
