{"id":2000,"date":"2013-01-14T11:36:09","date_gmt":"2013-01-14T19:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bien.nceas.ucsb.edu\/bien\/?page_id=2000"},"modified":"2026-07-03T06:52:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T14:52:13","slug":"acknowledgments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bien.nceas.ucsb.edu\/bien\/acknowledgments\/","title":{"rendered":"Acknowledgments"},"content":{"rendered":"<section style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,#0f3d2e 0%,#1b5e43 55%,#2d6a4f 100%);border-radius:10px;padding:26px 26px 22px 26px;margin:0 auto 22px auto;max-width:980px;box-shadow:0 8px 22px rgba(15,61,46,0.22);\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 8px 0;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:0.1em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#bcd8c8;\">Acknowledgments<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"margin:0 0 10px 0;line-height:1.2;color:#ffffff;font-size:28px;\">Funding and support for the BIEN network<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin:0;font-size:16px;color:#e4efe8;max-width:840px;\">BIEN is made possible by the support of funding agencies, host institutions, and data contributors.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bien.nceas.ucsb.edu\/bien\/acknowledgments\/bien-7\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2077\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2077\" title=\"bien 7\" src=\"http:\/\/bien.nceas.ucsb.edu\/bien\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bien-7-200x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bien.nceas.ucsb.edu\/bien\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bien-7-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/bien.nceas.ucsb.edu\/bien\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bien-7-100x150.png 100w, https:\/\/bien.nceas.ucsb.edu\/bien\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bien-7-400x599.png 400w, https:\/\/bien.nceas.ucsb.edu\/bien\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bien-7.png 667w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>The Botanical Information and Ecology Network thanks the more than <a title=\"Data providers\" href=\"http:\/\/bien.nceas.ucsb.edu\/bien\/people\/data-providers\/\">500 institutions and individual researchers<\/a> who have shared their data directly with BIEN or made it publicly available through scientific literature or via the internet.<\/p>\n<p>We also thank <a title=\"Funding sources\" href=\"http:\/\/bien.nceas.ucsb.edu\/bien\/people\/funding\/\">Cyverse, The National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis and Analysis, the National Science Foundation<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservation.org\/Pages\/default.aspx\">Conservation International<\/a> via the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sparc-website.org\/\">SPARC initiative<\/a> for funding, encouragement, and logistical support.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nceas.ucsb.edu\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-903\" title=\"The National Center for Ecological Synthesis and Analysis\" src=\"http:\/\/bien.nceas.ucsb.edu\/bien\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/nceas.png\" alt=\"NCEAS\" width=\"200\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyverse.org\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-902\" title=\"Cyverse\" src=\"http:\/\/bien.nceas.ucsb.edu\/bien\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/cyverse-2.png\" alt=\"Cyverse\" width=\"200\" height=\"43\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservation.org\/Pages\/default.aspx\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-904\" title=\"Conservation International\" src=\"http:\/\/bien.nceas.ucsb.edu\/bien\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ci_icon.png\" alt=\"Conservation International\" width=\"200\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arizona.edu\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-904\" title=\"University of Arizona\" src=\"http:\/\/bien.nceas.ucsb.edu\/bien\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ua.png\" alt=\"University of Arizona\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-904\" title=\"University of Arizona\" src=\"http:\/\/bien.nceas.ucsb.edu\/bien\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/nsf.png\" alt=\"University of Arizona\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acknowledgments Funding and support for the BIEN network BIEN is made possible by the support of funding agencies, host institutions, and data contributors. 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