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.

Please be advised that a workshop will not be scheduled until it has been confirmed by the host and The Carpentries Workshop Administrator. Our workshops are organised based on the order the Workshop Request Form is received and finalized. 

* 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.

	Brac University (online) ** Instructors: Annajiat Alim Rasel Helpers: Md Sabbir Hossain	Jun 12 - Oct 2, 2021
	Brac University (online) ** Instructors: Annajiat Alim Rasel Helpers: Shihab Sharar	Jun 18 - Oct 1, 2021
	Sol Plaaitjie University, South Africa Instructors: Annajiat Alim Rasel, Christian Knudsen, Punam Amratia, Kudakwashe Madzima	Aug 2 - Aug 6, 2021
	Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Instructors: Srinivasa Rao, Like Fokkens, Elnaz Amanzadeh Jajin	Aug 2 - Aug 6, 2021
	Queensland Cyber Infrastructure Foundation (QCIF) ** Instructors: Thuy 'Rosie' Pham, David Green, Katharine Prata, Angela Mina Vargas, Amanda Miotto Helpers: Delaney Burnard, Stefano Montanari	Aug 2 - Aug 5, 2021
	Carpentries @ MIT (online) ** Instructors: Ye Li, Ece Turnator, Madeline Wrable, Daniel Sheehan, Christine Malinowski, Phoebe Ayers, Jennie Murack Helpers: Ye Li, Jack Cavanagh, Sabhya Gupta, Jack Payette, Barbara Williams	Aug 5 - Aug 10, 2021
	Prairie View A&M University Instructors: Annajiat Alim Rasel, David Bapst, Ramalingam Saravanan, Noushin Ghaffari, Leah Guthrie	Aug 5 - Aug 6, 2021
	University of California, Riverside ONLINE ** Instructors: Katherine Koziar	Aug 5 - Aug 5, 2021
	University of North Texas (online) ** Instructors: Lauren Ko, Whitney Johnson-Freeman, Sarah Lynn Fisher Helpers: Manuel Gottardi	Aug 6 - Aug 20, 2021
	UW-Madison (online) Instructors: Lauren Michael, Casey Schacher, Steven Warren, Stephen Blanz, Sarah Stevens Helpers: Scott Prater, Karl Broman, Heather Shimon, Scott Wildman, Clare Michaud	Aug 9 - Aug 20, 2021
	NWU, South Africa Instructors: Martin Dreyer, Sebastian Mosidi, Annajiat Alim Rasel, Sanjay Fuloria	Aug 10 - Aug 13, 2021
	NC Central University ** Instructors: R Uma, Alade Tokuta, Tonny Sangutei	Aug 12 - Apr 8, 2022
	Prairie View A&M University Instructors: Noushin Ghaffari, David Bapst, Stacey Borrego	Aug 16 - Aug 17, 2021
	University of Texas (Austin) Instructors: Lynda Kellam, Caitlin Bakker, Wladimir Labeikovsky, Jennifer Bullen	Aug 16 - Aug 17, 2021
	Columbia University (online) ** Instructors: Jonathan Reeve, Arvind Narayanaswamy Helpers: Ankit Kumar, Blossom Parris, Estevan Mesa, Joaquin Palacios, Lucinda Cahill	Aug 17 - Aug 18, 2021
	United States Geological Survey - Next Generation Water Observing System Instructors: Annajiat Alim Rasel, Mariana Rius, Jane Ho	Aug 17 - Aug 19, 2021
	James Cook University ** Instructors: Stefano Montanari	Aug 23 - Aug 23, 2021
	UW-Madison (online) Instructors: Trisha Adamus, Clare Michaud, Sailendharan Sudakaran, Sarah Stevens Helpers: Karl Broman, Steven Warren, Scott Wildman	Aug 23 - Sep 3, 2021
	University of Otago Instructors: Patricia Haden, Murray Cadzow, Chun Shen Lim, Cecilia Wang	Sep 2 - Sep 3, 2021
	Carpentry Connect South Africa (Sponsored by SADiLaR) Instructors: Zine Sapula, Renato Alves, Caroline Ajilogba, Sanjay Fuloria	Sep 6 - Sep 10, 2021
	Carpentry Connect South Africa (Sponsored by SADiLaR) Instructors: Oghenere Salubi, Sarah Schäfer, Juan (Zacharias Jacobus) Steyn, Jannetta Steyn	Sep 6 - Sep 6, 2021
	Arizona State university (online) Instructors: Juan Jose Garcia Mesa, Annajiat Alim Rasel, Menglan Xiang	Sep 10 - Sep 17, 2021
	2021 UCSD-UCLA-UCB-UCR Fall Workshop ** Instructors: Scott Peterson, Reid Otsuji, Stephanie Labou, Tim Dennis, Kat Koizar	Sep 13 - Sep 22, 2021
	Library Carpentry, VDB LV Hessen (Workshops are in German) (online) Instructors: Agnes Brauer, Eva Bunge, Evamaria Krause, Luis Moßburger, Adrian Pachzelt Helpers: Michelle Kamolz, Jakob Frohmann, Andre Pietsch	Sep 13 - Sep 14, 2021
	University of Bergen Instructors: Muriel Dunn, Luca Ferranti, Raphaela Heil, Shashank Shekhar Harivyasi	Sep 20 - Sep 24, 2021
	NWU, South Africa Instructors: Annajiat Alim Rasel, Martin Dreyer, Sebastian Mosidi, Caroline Ajilogba	Sep 27 - Oct 1, 2021
	Universiteit Leiden, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit, Universiteit Utrecht (online) ** Instructors: Alice Doek, Henriette Reerink, Matthijs de Zwaan, Kristina Hettna Helpers: Puck Wildschut	Oct 5 - Oct 6, 2021
	NWU, South Africa Instructors: Sebastian Mosidi, Martin Dreyer	Nov 15 - Nov 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.