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padding-left: 0;" align="left">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 <a target="_blank" style="color: #597BB7;
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href="http://sable.madmimi.com/click?id=45524.6877.255.1.9aa6b6b2edbee5f5d0c1c4800b9461a2">officially
open for submissions</a>.</p>
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padding-left: 0;" align="left">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.</p>
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padding-left: 0;" align="left">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 <a target="_blank"
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href="http://sable.madmimi.com/click?id=45524.6877.256.1.dcd322134a4cfae271a6ca9d109ffb9f">growing
body of scientific research</a> that explores the topic.</p>
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<span class="mimi-bullet">▪ </span><a target="_blank"
style="color: #597BB7; text-decoration: none; word-break:
break-word;"
href="http://sable.madmimi.com/click?id=45524.6877.257.1.217d0bbb297cacd7db470cad8dbc5e7b">Read
the announcement on GBIF.org</a><br>
<span class="mimi-bullet">▪ </span><a target="_blank"
style="color: #597BB7; text-decoration: none; word-break:
break-word;"
href="http://sable.madmimi.com/click?id=45524.6877.258.1.08690e880c735dedcb8af362fd4c3864">Visit
the 2016 Ebbe Nielsen Challenge site</a><br>
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Ebbe Nielsen Challenge</h2>
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padding-left: 0;" align="left">Originally created as <a
target="_blank" style="color: #597BB7; text-decoration: none;
word-break: break-word;"
href="http://sable.madmimi.com/click?id=45524.6877.259.1.a54f9a2b5468d0b1d51341455783578f">an
annual prize</a> recognizing achievements in biodiversity
informatics, this annual innovation prize honours the legacy of <a
target="_blank" style="color: #597BB7; text-decoration: none;
word-break: break-word;"
href="http://sable.madmimi.com/click?id=45524.6877.260.1.a4a5a3a832c158c780d68bfc41372409">Ebbe
Nielsen</a>, a principal founder of GBIF who died unexpectedly
while en route to the inaugural governing board session in 2001.</p>
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padding-left: 0;" align="left">Please spread the news,<br>
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-- <br>
<div class="moz-signature">Ir Andre Heughebaert<br>
<a href="http://www.biodiversity.be">Belgian Biodiversity Platform</a><br>
+32(0)2238 3796<br>
Av. Louise 231 Louizalaan<br>
B-1050 Brussels
<a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7839-5300">ORCID
0000-0002-7839-5300</a></div>
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