What is a Carpentries Workshop?

The Carpentries teaches in-person workshops around the world on the foundational skills to work effectively and reproducibly with data and code. Our certified volunteer Instructors are trained in pedagogy and focus on creating a motivating and engaging environment for learners. Our workshops are inclusive and hands-on, empowering students to learn new skills and build confidence in using them in their work.

Because our workshops are taught around the world, we have a team of Regional Coordinators to help support the coordination of workshop activities. They are available to answer any questions or concerns you may have about our workshops or The Carpentries in general.

We encourage you to check out our upcoming and past workshops to see examples of how The Carpentries workshops are run.

Read our Workshops FAQ to learn more.

• Workshop Curriculum
• Organising a Workshop
• Core Requirements for a Workshop
• Workshop Cost
• Upcoming Workshops

* Learners count is estimated based on average workshop attendance of 25.

Workshop Curriculum

Organising a Workshop

The Carpentries offers two types of workshops: Centrally-Organised and Self-Organised.

Requesting a Centrally-Organised Workshop

Centrally organised workshops come with the full support of The Carpentries Workshop Administration team! These workshops are organised for a fee. The Regional Coordinator for your region will locate and coordinate instructors for the workshop. We want to ensure your workshop is successful. Therefore we ask that you request Centrally-Organised workshops at least 2-3 months before your desired workshop date. To learn more about the process for organising a workshop please review the Workshop Checklist.

* We work to find local instructors, but you should budget for instructor travel
** 50% of fees for for-profit institutions go to support workshops in areas with financial need
Read more about our workshop costs.

Registration of Self-Organised Workshops

The Carpentries welcomes you to organise and run your own workshop. This means you are already connected with our certified Instructors and will work with them on all aspects of workshop organisation. When planning a Self-Organised workshop we ask that you complete the self organised workshop notification form to notify us of your planned workshop so that we can add your workshop to our website, provide support (in the form of survey result links and AMI instances for Genomics workshops), and get instructors and helpers credit for the workshops they teach. To learn more about the process for organising a workshop please review the Workshop Checklist. Since you will be taking care of all the logistics, there is no administrative fee due to The Carpentries for running a Self-Organised workshop.

Remember, we want to know about any workshops you teach that use The Carpentries material! If you teach a workshop that is shorter or longer format, or mixes and matches from Lesson Programs, we are piloting tracking these workshops. You can register a Self-Organised workshop and it will be listed on The Carpentries webpage.

What are the requirements for a Carpentries workshop?

A Carpentries workshop must meet the following requirements:

• Teach a lesson program's core curriculum
• Have at least one certified instructor
• Must use The Carpentries curriculum
• Use The Carpentries surveys to get evaluations
• Abide by The Carpentries Code of Conduct.

What are the Core curricula for a Carpentries Workshop?

Workshop Cost

• The total cost of hosting a workshop includes both the Workshop Administration Fee and travel expenses for the instructors.
• The administration fee is used to support staff time with this partnership. You will be provided with exceptional customer service and timely support from our Workshop Administration Team and Regional Coordinators.

Workshop Administration Fee (Government and non-profit institutions):

• $2500 US (Applies only to Centrally-Organised workshops being coordinated outside of a Carpentries membership)
• The Carpentries staff will recruit instructors to teach your workshop and will assist with managing registration, if needed.
• To keep workshops accessible, The Carpentries will take responsibility for standard fees that arise due to an organisation’s location outside of the US. We see this as good business practice within a global community.

Workshop Administration Fee (For Profit institutions):

For information on fees for for-profit organisations, please contact us. 50% of workshop coordination fees for for-profit organisations go towards supporting workshops in areas with financial need.

All invoices will be issued by Community Initiatives, our fiscal sponsor. The Carpentries staff will work with host sites to manage the invoicing process.

Workshop Administration Scholarship

Scholarships may be available for workshops that reach new or under-served communities. If you are interested in hosting a Centrally Organised workshop and would like to request assistance covering the fee, please complete the Workshop Request Form. Select the option “I am requesting a scholarship to waive the administrative fee” and answer the required questions. If a scholarship is awarded, the host will still be responsible for the instructor travel expenses.

Travel Expenses for Instructors:

Contact Us

Someone in your region is waiting to speak to you about The Carpentries and/or to request a workshop! We invite you to contact your Regional Coordinator or request information about our workshops to start the conversation!

Upcoming workshops

Click on an individual event to learn more about that event, including contact information and registration instructions.

	University of Alabama at Birmingham (online) Instructors: Annajiat Alim Rasel, Cody Hennesy, Camilla Bressan, Mary Ann Warner	Jan 22 - Apr 23, 2021
	Brac University (online) ** Instructors: Annajiat Alim Rasel, Benson Muite	Feb 14 - May 21, 2021
	Brac University (online) ** Instructors: Annajiat Alim Rasel	Feb 20 - May 22, 2021
	Earlham Institute (online) Instructors: Rob Davey, Nicola Soranzo, Joseja De Vega, Felix Shaw	Mar 1 - Mar 4, 2021
	AMS 2021 Instructors: Damien Irving, Kathy Pegion, Sarah Murphy	Mar 2 - Mar 4, 2021
	United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) (online) Instructors: Annajiat Alim Rasel, Manisha Munasinghe, Sichong Peng	Mar 2 - Mar 9, 2021
	KAUST Visualization Core Lab ** Instructors: David Pugh Helpers: Glendon Holst	Mar 2 - Mar 2, 2021
	Institute for Modeling Collaboration and Innovation @ The University of Idaho (online) Instructors: James Van Leuven, Breanna Sipley Helpers: Amanda Stahlke, Travis Seaborn	Mar 2 - Mar 11, 2021
	University of Oslo (online) ** Instructors: Lex Nederbragt, Marius Bjørnstad, Maria Barrios Sazo Helpers: Charitra Kumar Mishra, Sunniva Indrehus, Erik Myklebust, Naoe Tatara, Heidi Karlsen, Pierre-Marie Lefeuvre, Armin Alaei, Gudrun Lotze	Mar 2 - Mar 3, 2021
	Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Medical Library Association (online) Instructors: Saranya Canchi, Trisha Adamus, Jennifer Lee	Mar 2 - Mar 5, 2021
	Online, via MSTeams ** Instructors: Neil Jakeman	Mar 3 - Mar 3, 2021
	George Washington University (online) Instructors: Alain Wescott, Monah Abou Alezz, Preethy Nair	Mar 4 - Mar 12, 2021
	University of Edinburgh ** Instructors: Fran Baseby	Mar 4 - May 13, 2021
	Univeristy of Miami Instructors: Cameron Riopelle, Timothy Norris Helpers: Thilani Samarakoon, James Sobczak	Mar 4 - Mar 5, 2021
	Software Carpentry with Python (online) Instructors: Pablo Rodríguez-Sánchez, Jens Wehner Helpers: Francesco Nattino	Mar 8 - Mar 11, 2021
	Arizona State University (online) Instructors: Ryan Peek, Annajiat Alim Rasel, Lisa Rosenthal	Mar 8 - Mar 9, 2021
	ZB MED Information Centre for Life Science Instructors: Konrad Förstner, Till Sauerwein, Rabea Müller	Mar 8 - Mar 9, 2021
	KAUST Visualization Core Lab ** Instructors: David Pugh	Mar 9 - Mar 9, 2021
	West Virginia University (online) Instructors: Sally Chang, Aditya Bandla, Elnaz Amanzadeh Jajin	Mar 9 - Mar 18, 2021
	San Diego State University (online) Instructors: Kevan Swanberg, Eve Bohnett, Annajiat Alim Rasel	Mar 11 - Mar 13, 2021
	San Diego State University (online) Instructors: Annajiat Alim Rasel, Eve Bohnett, Elnaz Amanzadeh Jajin	Mar 18 - Mar 20, 2021
	Carpentries Italia Instructors: Giacomo Peru, Martino Sorbaro Sindaci, Luca Di Stasio, Giorgia Mori, Giuseppe Profiti Helpers: Fabrizio Donzelli, Mosè Giordano	Mar 19 - Mar 26, 2021
	Working with geospatial data in R Instructors: Stacy Shinneman Helpers: Marc Galland, Flavia Aschi, Tim Lenters, Morgan Brown, Jens van Erp, Elspeth Sage	Mar 22 - Mar 23, 2021
	KAUST Visualization Core Lab ** Instructors: David Pugh	Mar 23 - Mar 23, 2021
	United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Instructors: Adam Hughes, Leah Guthrie, Frances Wong, Jonathan Shao	Mar 23 - Mar 30, 2021
	BHKi ** Instructors: Bernice Ngina Waweru, Benson Muite Helpers: Michael Landi, Pauline Karega, David Kiragu, Festus Nyasimi	Mar 24 - Mar 25, 2021
	Curtin University Instructors: Rebecca Lange Helpers: Kathryn Napier	Mar 25 - Mar 26, 2021
	Carnegie Mellon University Instructors: Rohit Goswami, Chris Hamm, Annajiat Alim Rasel	Mar 29 - Mar 31, 2021
	Curtin University Instructors: Paul Hancock Helpers: Dan Marrable	Mar 31 - Apr 1, 2021
	Uppsala University, SciLifeLab, BMC, ** Instructors: Niclas Jareborg, Elin Kronander, Wolmar Nyberg Åkerström	Apr 13 - Apr 15, 2021
	Institute for Modeling Collaboration and Innovation @ The University of Idaho (online) Instructors: Erich Seamon Helpers: Travis Seaborn	Apr 20 - Apr 29, 2021
	University of New Mexico (online) Instructors: Jon Wheeler	Apr 20 - Apr 22, 2021
	NHS Library and Health Services Instructors: Jez Cope, Fran Baseby, Annajiat Alim Rasel	May 18 - May 19, 2021

** Workshops marked with asterisks are based on curriculum from The Carpentries lesson programs but may not follow our standard workshop format.

Workshops with a globe icon are being held online. The corresponding flag notes the country where the host organization is based.