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Wednesday, May 9, 2007

E. O. Wilson's Encyclopedia of Life gets over $50M in funding

At TED a couple of months ago, sociobiologist E.O. Wilson was presented with a TED Prize (along with war photographer James Nachtwey and Bill Clinton). During his acceptance speech, he was given the opportunity to articulate a "wish" for something. Wilson wished for funding to launch and sustain a project called "The Encyclopedia of Life." (See video here.) Today his wish came true.

From TED curator Chris Anderson:

In Washington DC this morning, the first big step in that dream came true. Five major scientific institutions, backed by a $50m funding commitment led by the MacArthur Foundation, announced the launch of a global effort to launch the Encyclopedia. Ed Wilson described today's announcement as a dream come true.
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Please take two minutes (and it is literally two minutes) [It's four minutes, but well worth watching -- Mark] right now to watch this video. It does a spectacular job of explaining the purpose and vision behind the Encylopedia.

This reminds me a lot of Kevin Kelly's All Species Foundation, which ran out of funding around 2003. It was a TED-borne idea. Link

posted by Mark Frauenfelder at 10:43:54 AM permalink | Other blogs' comments

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