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• Registration for the 19^th International Bat Research Conference (IBRC) and 50^th NASBR meeting is NOW OPEN! Click on the link below to register!

  https://www.ibrc.org/

  While you’re there, check out all the new content including details about the conference schedule, plenary speakers, symposia, excursions, and lots more!

• NASBR has issued a statement on unpaid, underpaid, and volunteer technicians. Given the negative impacts of these technician positions on the promotion of diversity, equity, and inclusion in scientific research, NASBR encourages its members to budget for the fair pay of technicians; prioritize requests for proposals that offer funding for the fair pay of technicians; include health insurance in the compensation for technicians; encourage job boards and listservs to end the practice of advertising unpaid, underpaid, and volunteer technician positions; and acknowledge fair and equitable compensation for technicians in their proposals, presentations, and manuscripts. The full statement is available here.

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Fund: The NASBR Board of Directors voted to approve a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) fund that aims to support students of color, to promote diverse participation in NASBR and bat research and, more generally, to bolster continued involvement of minority groups in STEM education and professions. Establishment of this award has been supported through generous initial donations from Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation and individual contributions. Please click here for more information about the fund.

• Available now: 50 Years of Bat Research: Foundations and New Frontiers
  The special publication marking the half century of the North American Society for Bat Research has been published and is available for ordering from the
  Springer US website.
  

  Click on the "Hardcover $109.99" tab on the right to use the coupon codes:

  NASBR60NEW - for regular NASBR members to get the $60 price

  NASBR40NEW - for student NASBR members to get the $40 price.
  
  Both coupons are redeemable from July 20, 2021 until June 30, 2022 for the Hardcover edition (ISBN 978-3-030-54726-4) on springer.com.

• WEBINAR - NASBR 50 Years 1970-2020 - Friday, November 20, 2020. Our half-century celebration of the North American Society for Bat Research. We invited a cross-section of our Society to give short talks on each of the five decades of NASBR. There were also  presentations of three chapters from the book "50 Years of Bat Research: Foundations and New Frontiers."
  Full Schedule and Video     Hi-res Poster