We're looking forward to seeing everyone in Denver this week! Don't forget to 1) download the app! and 2) use #AABA2026 on your social media posts--we'll be sharing them!

Join us in congratulating our outstanding members who have received the prestigious AABA annual awards for 2026. The 2026 Mid-Career Research award recipient is Katherine Amato from Northwestern University !

Students: the deadline for #AABA2026 travel awards is this week!

This #GivingTuesday, support the AABA community fund. Your donation supports student funding awards and other community initiatives. Even a small gift helps! bioanth.org/donate

⏰ Just two more days to submit your: abstract! Exec Comm nominations! Award nominations! Student presentation award app! All these are due on October 15 for #AABA2026 bioanth.org/95th-annual-...

Interested in becoming more involved in AABA? The deadline for nominations for President-Elect, Vice President, and Secretary are due October 15! bioanth.org/95th-annual-...

📌 Students attending #AABA2026: we've made some changes to simplify the submission process for Student Presentation Awards. Your award application is now due October 15, 2025, the same day as abstracts are due. 📖 Read about it here: bioanth.org/about/studen...

📣 The abstract portal for #AABA2026 in Denver is open! Please read the abstract guidelines carefully before submitting your abstract. Submissions are due by October 15, 2025. bioanth.org/95th-annual-...

📆 It's September, which means it's time to think about your abstract submission to #AABA2026 in Denver! The abstract portal will open on September 15 and close on October 15. Check out the guidelines and start planning your submission: bioanth.org/95th-annual-...

📣 The deadline to submit proposals for Invited Symposia at #AABA2026 is tomorrow, August 15! bioanth.org/95th-annual-...

ASU scientists uncover new fossils — and a new species of ancient human ancestor The fossils found in northeastern Ethiopia date between 2.6M to 2.8M years ago, shed new light on human evolution bit.ly/416zE4S #paleoanthropology #humanevolution #fossils #africa

📣 The AABA Executive Committee has established two new awards to recognize achievements of midcareer biological anthropologists! Nominations are due October 15. More info here: bioanth.org/about/aaba-m...

Have an idea for an #AABA2026 symposium? The submission portal is OPEN! Check out the guidelines and submit your proposal by August 15 bioanth.org/95th-annual-...

Climate.gov is the main source of timely climate-related information for the public. It will stop publishing new information because the Trump administration laid off everyone who worked on it.

NSF officials announced they are essentially abandoning the use of “rotators”— scientists on leave from academic positions who help the agency choose the best research to fund. NSF also plans to reduce the number of administrators classified as senior executive service employees. scim.ag/3EKnxmc

🧪 If you had your NSF grant terminated, I'd *highly* recommend going to this Friday's webinar. Friday May 9 at 2-3 pm ET Will talk about both the appeals process, in addition to allowable closeout costs. Share widely. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Dismantling divisions, reducing programs, more grant terminations coming, more staff layoffs coming. The ramifications of these cuts are mind-boggling.

A quick and typed-on-my-phone-riddled-with-typos thread about why I think people need to support NPR/PBS, even though they did post that one interview you didn't like:

FYI: The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have collaborated to offer $25K rapid response grants. "This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."

NSF just revised its indirect cost policy—15%. When NIH tried the same, it led to lawsuits, layoffs, and a federal court injunction. Changes like this can wreak havoc on research. MORE ACTION ITEMS TO COME SOON. Stay tuned. www.nsf.gov/policies/doc... #NSFFreeze #WithoutNSF

Scientists in the US are looking for jobs outside the US at significantly higher rates than this time last year. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

🚨 Our terminated NSF grant tracker now includes 434 grants that were terminated last Friday. We think this is all of them for now. Link to the tracker: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni... Huge credit to @noamross.net for this. Contact me via Signal at sdelaney.84 for questions or corrections.

🎊 Congratulations to the ten #AABA2025 student prize winners and honorable mentions! bioanth.org/about/studen...

Get excited for #AABA2025 in Baltimore next week! Download the AABA 2025 app and start planning your meeting www.xcdsystem.com/mobile/index...

Donate to the AABA STUDENT AUCTION! The event will be held in Baltimore on Thursday March 13th from 3-7pm. All proceeds support student travel awards to the annual meeting. Help us reach our $13,000 goal this year by donating items big and small! bioanth.org/94th-annual-... #AABA2025

Check out this great opportunity to come work at my awesome museum supporting fellows (predocs, postdocs, etc.)! trustcareers.si.edu/en/postings/...

Paleo folks in the western US: The Western Association of Vertebrate Paleontology conference will be held Feb 14-16, 2025 in Mesa AZ with the Arizona Museum of Natural History: www.wavp.us/wavp-2025/ WAVP is always a fun, low-key conference, great for early career researchers. Hope to see you there!

Great study of the ontogeny of cortical bone geometry and porosity in femoral diaphyses of Chimpanzees, focussing on the Taï Forest Chimps. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Are you an early career researcher? Do you have a research idea that requires funding? Consider applying for a Cobb Professional Development Grant! Completed applications must be received by January 6, 2025. Eligibility and application info here: bioanth.org/about/cobb-p...

AABA's new funding initiatives are going to make a big impact on the AABA/bioanth community. Funds will be used to broaden participation by, for example, helping to offset the costs of AABA conference attendance. Consider making a donation for #GivingTuesday! bioanth.org/donate/

Can't wait to read this. Sympatric hominin species that likely used different forms of bipedalism - so cool.

My lab at OSU is hiring a postdoc in skeletal morphology to start fall 25. Salary is at NIH base pay. Deadline to apply is March 2 2025. osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/OSUCareers/j...

Really looking forward to trying this!

Nearly half a dozen institutions of higher education announced plans this week to make tuition free for undergraduates whose families make below a certain income threshold, starting in fall 2025.

A collection of 3-million-year-old bones unearthed 50 years ago in Ethiopia changed our understanding of human origins. This is Lucy’s legacy.

Our annual @biologicalanth.bsky.social conference in Los Angeles begins in just two weeks! Here’s a quick thread to get you up-to-date: The program is available here www.xcdsystem.com/aaba/program... If you prefer a PDF of the program, you can find that here bioanth.org/meetings-and...

Tomorrow, March 1, is the deadline to register for some of the AABA workshops! Check it out! bioanth.org/meetings-and... @biologicalanth.bsky.social

Students attending AABA2024: we have a volunteer program! Help the association during the conference and @biologicalanth.bsky.social will waive your meeting registration fee! More info here and application due by Feb 20, 2024: bioanth.org/meetings-and...

Get excited for AABA2024 in LA! We're finalizing the program and we've got a great lineup of 20 (!!) workshops! Some require registration (by March 1). Have a look here and register: bioanth.org/meetings-and... @biologicalanth.bsky.social

Check out other deadlines for AABA 2024 here: bioanth.org/meetings-and... @biologicalanth.bsky.social

Today (Jan 5) is the deadline for @biologicalanth.bsky.social Pollitzer Student Travel Award submissions! Apply here: bioanth.org/about/awards...

We just emailed all first authors of accepted abstracts for AABA 2024 with presentation details! If you didn't get it, check your spam folder. Looking forward to seeing y'all in LA! @biologicalanth.bsky.social

We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2024 American Association of Biological Anthropologists awards. The winner of the Charles R. Darwin Lifetime Achievement Award is Dr. Laurie Godfrey. Join us at #AABA2024 in LA to celebrate Dr. Godfrey!

The winner of the AABA Gabriel W. Lasker Service Award is our current Past-President, Dr. Steven Leigh. Come to LA for #AABA2024 to celebrate this announcement at the business meeting!

Our 2024 AABA and Leakey Foundation Communication & Outreach Award in Honor of Camilla Smith is awarded to Dr. Tina Lasisi. Join us in LA at #AABA2024 to congratulate Dr. Lasisi for this honor!

My Nonprofit Field Inclusive is happy to offer THREE $500 Research Grants for 2024! Two research grants are available for any natural science research, while one is available only for climate-focused research. Learn more and apply: www.fieldinclusive.org/research-gra... Plz share w/ your networks.

The deadline for @biologicalanth.bsky.social conference workshop proposals is November 15! More info at the link below.

November 15 is the AABA workshop proposal submission deadline. Have a great idea for a workshop or event at AABA in LA 2024? Submit a proposal! More info here: bioanth.org/meetings-and... @biologicalanth.bsky.social

Have you recently earned your MA or PhD and missed the opportunity to be hooded by your advisor? Join us at #AABA2024 and share your hooding ceremony with us! Find out more information and fill out the interest form below!

Bioanth colleagues: Sunday, October 15 is the abstract submission deadline for AABA 2024 in Los Angeles. If your abstract is done, consider submitting today during business hours just in case you have any issues with meeting registration.