ICSU-Related Activities at the National Academies Housed outside of BISO

Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)
NRC Space Studies Board serves as the USNC

International Brain Research Organization (IBRO)
USNC is jointly appointed by the Society for Neuroscience and the National Academy of Sciences; NAS responsible staff is in the Board on Life Sciences

International Council for Laboratory Animal Science (ICLAS)
NRC Institute for Laboratory Animal Research participates in ICLAS activities

International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP)
NRC Committee on Global Change Research serves as USNC

International Human Dimensions of Global Change Program (IHDP)
NRC Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change serves as the USNC

International Union Against Cancer (UICC)
USNC housed in NRC Board on Life Sciences

International Geographical Union (IGU)
NRC Committee on Geography serves at the USNC

International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS)
USNC housed in the IOM Food and Nutrition Board

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
NRC Polar Research Board serves as the USNC

Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR)
NRC Ocean Studies Board serves as the USNC)

Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE)
USNC housed in the NRC Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology

Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP)
NRC Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate provides oversight of and representation of U.S. interests in SCOSTEP

World Data Center (WDC)
NRC Committee on Geophysical and Environmental Data serves as the USNC