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.

	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
	Emerging Public Leaders (online) Instructors: Benson Muite Helpers: Selorm Tamakloe	May 1 - May 29, 2021
	ACENET: Programming Workshop: Unix Shell, Version Control and R Instructors: John Simpson, Gurpreet Matharoo Helpers: Lydia Vermeyden, Mathew Larade	May 4 - May 25, 2021
	ACENET: Programming Workshop: Unix Shell, Version Control and Python Instructors: Mathew Larade Helpers: Grace Fishbein	May 6 - May 27, 2021
	University of Edinburgh (online) Instructors: Mike Mineter, Chris Hill, Annajiat Alim Rasel Helpers: Annajiat Alim Rasel, Mike Mineter, Chris Hill, Shashank Shekhar Harivyasi, David McKain	May 7 - May 28, 2021
	Functional Neurosurgery Research Center ** Instructors: Elnaz Amanzadeh Jajin Helpers: Samaneh Esmaeili, Navid Kazemi, Javad Arabpour	May 9 - May 31, 2021
	King's College London (online) ** Instructors: Stefania Marcotti, Flavia Flaviani, Alessia Visconti Helpers: Fursham Hamid, Alejandro Santana-Bonilla	May 12 - May 26, 2021
	UW-Madison (online) Instructors: Trisha Adamus, Clare Michaud, Sarah Stevens, Erwin Lares Helpers: Karl Broman, Casey Schacher, Sarah Stevens, Heather Shimon	May 12 - May 19, 2021
	UCL (online) ** Instructors: Jamie Quinn, Tuomas Koskela, Heather Kelly Helpers: Ian Kirker, Mosè Giordano, Manesh Mistry	May 17 - May 19, 2021
	Openscapes Instructors: Jake Szamosi, Bia Villas Boas, Makhan Virdi, Negin Valizadegan	May 17 - May 19, 2021
	Netherlands eScience Center (online) Instructors: Pablo Rodríguez-Sánchez, Alessio Sclocco Helpers: Barbara Vreede, Lieke de Boer	May 17 - May 20, 2021
	NHS Library and Health Services Instructors: Jez Cope, Fran Baseby, Annajiat Alim Rasel	May 18 - May 19, 2021
	University of Toronto Instructors: Jonathan DuBois, Frances Wong, Ahmed Hasan, Haidy Banihashemi Helpers: Lise Doucette, Amin Banihashemi, Mike Serafin	May 18 - May 25, 2021
	Queensland Cyber Infrastructure Foundation ** Instructors: Jason Bell, Dag Evensberget, Kasia Koziara Helpers: David Green, Marlies Hankel, Betsy Alpert, Stéphane Guillou, Shern Tee	May 19 - May 20, 2021
	AUC Data Science Initiative Instructors: Monah Abou Alezz, Muhammad Zohaib Anwar, Yaqing Xu, Jason Williams	May 20 - May 25, 2021
	University of St Andrews (online) Instructors: Anastasia Ellis, Alexander Konovalov, Patrick McCann Helpers: Piper Fowler-Wright, Gerald Fux	May 21 - May 28, 2021
	California University San Marcos Instructors: Elizabeth McAulay, David Palmquist	May 24 - May 27, 2021
	Ohio State Instructors: Oscar Arbeláez, Jesse Johnston, Cody Hennesy	May 24 - May 28, 2021
	Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform (CONP) (online) Instructors: Michael Joseph	May 28 - Jun 11, 2021
	Joint Genome Institute/UC Merced ** Instructors: Rhondene Wint	Jun 1 - Jun 4, 2021
	Environmental Defense Fund Instructors: Annajiat Alim Rasel, Yaqing Xu, Claudia Engel	Jun 2 - Jun 9, 2021
	UW-Madison (online) Instructors: Trisha Adamus, Dorothea Salo, Sarah Stevens, Ana Miller-ter Kuile Helpers: Heather Shimon, Clare Michaud, Casey Schacher, Scott Wildman, Tobin Magle	Jun 7 - Jun 14, 2021
	Discord (online) Instructors: Tim Ribaric, Kaitlin Newson, Kyla Jemison Helpers: John Fink, Fletcher Johnson	Jun 7 - Jun 28, 2021
	UW-Madison (online) Instructors: Clare Michaud, Casey Schacher, Tobin Magle, Stephan Blanz Helpers: Dorothea Salo, Karl Broman, Trisha Adamus	Jun 8 - Jun 17, 2021
	University of Warsaw (online) ** Instructors: Aleksander Jankowski, Vanessa Linke	Jun 8 - Jun 11, 2021
	King's College London (online) ** Instructors: Alessia Visconti, Stefania Marcotti, Flavia Flaviani Helpers: Fursham Hamid, Alejandro Santana-Bonilla	Jun 9 - Jun 16, 2021
	Arizona State University Instructors: Naíla Barbosa da Costa, Shashank Shekhar Harivyasi, Annajiat Alim Rasel	Jun 14 - Jun 17, 2021
	California State University Mathematics & Statistics Departments (online) ** Instructors: Robin Donatello, Allison Theobold, Clark Fitzgerald	Jun 14 - Jun 17, 2021
	BetterLab ** Instructors: Diego Garfias Gallegos, Claudia Zirion Martinez, Aaron Espinosa Jaime Helpers: Vanessa Arellano, Nelly Sélem, J Abraham Avelar-Rivas, Jose Abel Lovaco-Flores	Jun 30 - Jul 3, 2021
	NWU, South Africa Instructors: Sebastian Mosidi, Martin Dreyer	Aug 10 - Aug 13, 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.