We are pleased to announce the awards for the new IAPT Small Collections Grant program. This program was initiated last year for the improvement and/or maintenance of collections (plants, fungi, algae) held by small herbaria worldwide. Collection improvements include projects involving digitization, processing a specimen backlog, shipping an endangered collection to another herbarium, or other similar tasks. We received 107 applications from 41 countries! The majority of applications came from South America (44), followed by Eurasia (25), Asia (12), and 9 each from Africa and Central America, 7 from North America, and one from Australia. The grants committee was pleased to have received so m
The Faculty of Biology invites applications for a Tenure Track Professorship (W1 Tenure Track to W2) in Biodiversity of Plants to be filled at the earliest possible date. This professorship is funded by the Tenure Track Program of the German Federal Government and the Federal States and is initially limited to six years. The successful applicant is expected to strengthen the research priorities of the Faculty of Biology by establishing an independent research group and to actively participate in research alliances and existing collaborative research initiatives of the Faculty of Biology such as in high mountain and forest research, as well as in the overall research priorities of the Univers
Dear fellow IAPT members, I hope you are doing well in this difficult time with the global pandemic. I am guessing that pretty much everyone is dealing with disruptions and new challenges. It will probably not be a surprise to learn that the pandemic is also causing disruptions to the publishing business. Printing houses are experiencing challenges and shipping companies and postal services are also under stress. Fewer passenger flights and the need to prioritize medical supplies has also reduced the availability of air freight. Quite a few countries are now restricting incoming post. As a consequence Wiley has decided to temporarily stop production of printed journals until further notice.
