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<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 119, 201); ">We are pleased to send
you in attachment </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;
color:#0077C9"><a href="http://www.biodiversa.org/545">BiodivERsA's August
Newsletter</a></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 119, 201); ">We hope you will find
it of interest as it provides you information on </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 119, 201); ">BiodivERsA's <b>calls
for research proposals on biodiversity </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 119, 201); ">as well as on the
consortium's recent activities.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#117f09">It
includes the pre-announcement of the 2013-2014 joint call and you will also
find further details on the 2012-2013 shortlisted projects along with the updated
BiodivERsA agenda, news about science-society and science-policy interfacing,
and mapping work through the BiodivERsA database. The newsletter aslo features
an article about BiodivERsA being identified as a success story by the European
Commission's DG Research and Innovation. Finally, you can learn about two
BiodivERsA partners through their profiles (MINECO, Spain; and NWO, The
Netherlands) and find out about upcoming activities and publications.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><b><a href="http://www.biodiversa.org/">www.biodiversa.org</a></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p></body></html>