News

• Early Registration and Abstract Deadline is August 9th.  NASBR 2019 in Kalamazoo, Michigan.The 49th Annual NASBR Meeting will be held in Kalamazoo, Michigan, 23-26 October 2019 at the Radisson Plaza Hotel & Suites. More information about the meeting, registration, as well as tour and workshops is on the 2019 Conference page.

• NASBR solicits proposals for review papers to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the North American Society for Bat Research. This edited volume highlighting the broad array of research in bat biology will be published in October 2020 to coincide with our meeting in Tempe, Arizona. Details and submission form.
  
  

• Meeting Sponsorship: We welcome sponsors for the 2019 conference. If you are interested, please contact the Sponsorship Committee.
  
  
• Ombudspersons.  As part of an effort to create an environment in which members feel comfortable reporting potential violations of NASBR by-laws or policies, two Ombudsperson positions were approved by the Board in Knoxville last year. Dr. Matina Kalcounis-Rüppell and Mr. Terry Zinn were appointed by the Board as our first Ombudspersons.
  
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• Workshops/Organized Sessions:  The deadline for 2019 workshops and sessions has passed.  Interested in organizing a workshop, or organized session for the 2020 conference? Please email the Program Directors by May 1st, 2020.
  

• $1 million in Grants Available for WNS Treatment. The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and US Forest Service have partnered to create a new competitive grant program called the Bats for the Future Fund (BFF). There is an upcoming grant round soliciting proposals to deploy or test treatments for white-nose syndrome and the fungal pathogen that causes it to fight the disease that is decimating bat populations in North America.