News

• Kate Barlow Fund now Accepting Applications for postgraduate students anywhere in the world conducting research with direct relevance for bat conservation. One award of up to £4,500 will be made towards the costs of a bat research project of no less than 4 months duration. Deadline is December 3rd.
  
  

• Meeting Sponsorship: We welcome sponsors for the 2020 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:  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.