[Belgianbif] 2016 GBIF Ebbe Nielsen Challenge now open, seeking innovations for data gaps and biases

[Belgian GBIF Contact Group]

Dear colleagues,

The 2016 GBIF Ebbe Nielsen Challenge, which will focus on on 
understanding, examining and addressing gaps and biases in open-access 
biodiversity data from the GBIF network, is officially open for 
submissions 
<http://sable.madmimi.com/click?id=45524.6877.255.1.9aa6b6b2edbee5f5d0c1c4800b9461a2>.

Individuals and teams now have two months to develop innovative 
submissions and vie for more than €30,000 in prizes from this incentive 
competition. Closing date for submissions is 29 September 2016. GBIF 
will announce first- and second-prize winners—who will receive €20,000 
and €5,000, respectively—at its annual Governing Board meeting in 
Brasília on 26 October 2016.

Targeting geographic, taxonomic, temporal, environmental and other gaps 
and biases in the available data is one of five priorities outlined in 
the GBIF 2017-2021 strategic plan, so any entry has the potential to 
help improve data 'fitness for use' in scientific research and policy. 
The emphasis on gaps and biases also builds on a growing body of 
scientific research 
<http://sable.madmimi.com/click?id=45524.6877.256.1.dcd322134a4cfae271a6ca9d109ffb9f> 
that explores the topic.

▪ Read the announcement on GBIF.org 
<http://sable.madmimi.com/click?id=45524.6877.257.1.217d0bbb297cacd7db470cad8dbc5e7b>
▪ Visit the 2016 Ebbe Nielsen Challenge site 
<http://sable.madmimi.com/click?id=45524.6877.258.1.08690e880c735dedcb8af362fd4c3864>


    About the GBIF Ebbe Nielsen Challenge

Originally created as an annual prize 
<http://sable.madmimi.com/click?id=45524.6877.259.1.a54f9a2b5468d0b1d51341455783578f> 
recognizing achievements in biodiversity informatics, this annual 
innovation prize honours the legacy of Ebbe Nielsen 
<http://sable.madmimi.com/click?id=45524.6877.260.1.a4a5a3a832c158c780d68bfc41372409>, 
a principal founder of GBIF who died unexpectedly while en route to the 
inaugural governing board session in 2001.

Please spread the news,

-- 
Ir Andre Heughebaert
Belgian Biodiversity Platform <http://www.biodiversity.be>
+32(0)2238 3796
Av. Louise 231 Louizalaan
B-1050 Brussels ORCID 0000-0002-7839-5300 
<http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7839-5300>
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