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Funding

 

FishNet is funded by NSF and NBII.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense…" With an annual budget of about $6.06 billion, [NSF is] the funding source for approximately 20 percent of all federally supported basic research conducted by America's colleges and universities.
The National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) is a broad, collaborative program to provide increased access to data and information on the nation's biological resources.

 

The original FishNet project was supported by the following grants and institutions:
The National Science Foundation- Grant DEB-9985737
The National Oceanographic Partnership Program
The Office of Naval Research
Consortium of Oceanographic Research and Education
Census of Marine Life
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Updated Feb. 19, 2010