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.

• 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

	** University of Edinburgh Instructors: Lucia Michielin, Justin Chun-ting Ho, Jennifer Daub	Nov 15 - May 1, 2020
	University of Louisville Instructors: David Yakobovitch, Chuck McAndrew	Dec 13 - Dec 14, 2019
	UC Berkeley Instructors: Scott Peterson, Zac Painter Helpers: Ariel Deardorff, Anna Sackmann, Celia Emmelhainz, Rick Jaffe, Eric Lopatin	Dec 16 - Dec 17, 2019
	Centro de Física de Materiales (CSIC-UPV/EHU) Instructors: Inigo Aldazabal Mensa, Tineke Van den Berg, Sonia Olaechea Lázaro, Ainhoa Oliden Sanchez Helpers: Unai Aseguinolaza, Xiang Xu, Abel Carreras, Meritxell Garcia Perea, Mikel Iraola, Alvaro Nodar	Dec 16 - Jan 16, 2020
	Kings College London	Dec 16 - Dec 17, 2019
	Oklahoma State University Instructors: Peter Hoyt, Kevin Dyke, Hua Lin Helpers: Ki Cole	Dec 16 - Dec 17, 2019
	B32/3077, Highfield Campus	Dec 16 - Dec 17, 2019
	Duke University Instructors: Hilmar Lapp, Dan Leehr	Dec 18 - Dec 19, 2019
	University of Oklahoma Instructors: Mark Laufersweiler, Claire Curry, Katy Felkner, Amanda Schilling Helpers: Dawn Nekorchuk, Theo Acker, Mahbobeh Lesani, Hyacinthe Aboudja	Dec 18 - Dec 19, 2019
	** CSIRO Energy Centre Instructors: James Foster	Dec 19 - Dec 19, 2019
	University of Michigan Instructors: Zena Lapp, Stephanie Thiede, Kelly Sovacool Helpers: Emily Benedict, Sarah Tomkovich	Jan 6 - Jan 7, 2020
	Bay Campus, Swansea University	Jan 8 - Jan 9, 2020
	University of Toronto Instructors: Jordan Pedersen, Lise Doucette, Mariana Jardim Helpers: May Chan, Deena Yanofsky, Sarah Forbes	Jan 8 - Jan 9, 2020
	University of Connecticut Instructors: Kendra Maas, Pariksheet Nanda, Timothy Moore, Jeremy Teitelbaum	Jan 13 - Jan 14, 2020
	University of Kansas Instructors: Tami Albin, Elizabeth Everman Helpers: Jamene Brooks-Kieffer, Samantha Thomas, Casey Russell, Matthew Deakyne	Jan 15 - Jan 16, 2020
	UCLA Instructors: Christine Wells Helpers: Tim Dennis	Jan 15 - Jan 16, 2020
	Software Carpentry Workshp at Rutgers University Instructors: Timothy Warren, Rafi Ullah	Jan 16 - Jan 17, 2020
	UC Merced Instructors: Emilie Geissinger, Asher Hudson	Jan 16 - Jan 17, 2020
	Earlham Institute	Jan 21 - Jan 22, 2020
	The University of Washington eScience Institute Instructors: Ariel Rokem, Meg Drouhard Helpers: Ariel Rokem, Meg Drouhard, Eleanor Lutz	Jan 21 - Jan 24, 2020
	UCLA Instructors: Geno Sanchez, Mark Matney Helpers: Tim Dennis	Jan 22 - Jan 23, 2020
	** UW-Madison Instructors: Tobin Magle, Trisha Adamus, Dorothea Salo, Steve Meyer, Matt Stone, Sailen Sudakaran Helpers: Sarah Stevens, Steve Meyer, Elizabeth McDaniel, Clare Michaud, Cid Freitag, Matt Stone, Sri Aravamuthan, Nancy Granda, Casey Schacher	Jan 22 - Jan 23, 2020
	** Metadata Research Center: Data Science Foundations Carpentry Instructors: Juliane Schneider, Christopher Erdmann	Jan 23 - Jan 23, 2020
	** University of Oslo Instructors: Lex Nederbragt, Désirée Treichler, Tejaswinee Kelkar	Jan 24 - Jan 24, 2020
	Benaroya Research Institute (Room 4 North) Instructors: Daniel McCloy, Anthony Valente	Jan 28 - Jan 29, 2020
	EMBL Instructors: Florian Huber, Fotis Psomopoulos, Toby Hodges Helpers: Malvika Sharan, Thea Van Rossum, Georg Zeller	Jan 28 - Jan 30, 2020
	University of Idaho Instructors: Amanda Stahlke, Breanna Sipley	Jan 30 - Jan 31, 2020
	** University of Oslo Instructors: Mohamed Abdelhalim, Anne Bergsaker	Jan 31 - Jan 31, 2020
	Kilton Public Library Instructors: Chuck McAndrew, Jacqueline Frisina Helpers: Adam Shlager, Kevin French	Feb 3 - Feb 4, 2020
	University of North Texas Instructors: Mark Phillips, Kristy Phillips, Manuel (Gio) Gottardi, Maristella Feustle Helpers: Lauren Ko, Madhulika Bayyavarapu	Feb 4 - Feb 5, 2020
	AMOS 2020 Instructors: Damien Irving, Holger Wolff	Feb 9 - Feb 9, 2020
	Rice University Instructors: Hamid Mokhtarzadeh, Cian Wilson	Feb 13 - Feb 14, 2020
	** The University of Arizona Image Processing Data Carpentry Workshop Instructors: Uwe Hilgert	Feb 15 - Feb 16, 2020
	Brock Digital Scholarship Lab Instructors: Tim Ribaric, James Desjardins, Daniel Brett	Feb 19 - Feb 20, 2020
	Earlham Institute	Mar 3 - Mar 4, 2020
	Kumpula Campus Instructors: Jarno Rantaharju, João da Silva, Richard Darst Helpers: Kerstin Lenk	Mar 19 - Mar 20, 2020
	University of Oslo Instructors: Annika Rockenberger, Matthew Good	Apr 28 - Apr 29, 2020
	University of North Texas	May 19 - May 20, 2020
	Singleton Campus, Swansea University	May 20 - May 21, 2020
	RMIT Melbourne Instructors: Will Pitchers, Paul Harrison, Nick Wong	Jun 29 - Jun 30, 2020

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