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.

	Montana State University ** Instructors: Sara Mannheimer, Mark Greenwood	Sep 3 - Nov 5, 2020
	Eindhoven University of Technology - TU/e (online) Instructors: Renato Alves, Nicolas Dintzner Helpers: Peder Isager	Sep 15 - Sep 23, 2020
	NASA ** Instructors: Katie Dejwakh, Ryan Avery, Sean McCartney, Brendan McAndrew, Jessica Fayne, Dan Carver, Callum Wayman, Kenton Ross, Daniel Mangosing, John Dilger, Megan Seeley	Sep 16 - Oct 1, 2020
	September 2020 Genomics Workshop @TUDelft (online) Instructors: Raúl Ortiz-Merino, Santosh Ilamparuthi, Esther Plomp, Marcel van den Broek Helpers: Mario Beck	Sep 16 - Sep 24, 2020
	UW-Madison ** Instructors: Christina Koch, Sarah Stevens, Clare Michaud, Madison Youngblom Helpers: Lauren Michael, Elizabeth McDaniel, Casey Schacher	Sep 16 - Dec 9, 2020
	IG WBS - Interessengruppe Wissenschaftliche BibliothekarInnen Schweiz - ONLINE (online) Instructors: Konrad Förstner, Thomas Guignard, Till Sauerwein, Martin Czygan, Rabea Müller	Sep 21 - Oct 9, 2020
	Netherlands eScience Center Instructors: Mateusz Kuzak, Pablo Rodríguez Sánchez Helpers: Dafne van Kuppevelt	Sep 21 - Sep 24, 2020
	Macquarie University Instructors: Richard Miller, Belinda Fabian, Evan Matthews Helpers: Paula Andrea Martinez, Vince Polito, Sara King, Hume Winzar, Lucie Semenec, Jon Mifsud, Ly Tong, Alex Southern, Maria Korochkina, Natalie Wall	Sep 21 - Sep 25, 2020
	ESR (online) ** Instructors: Janet Stacey, Christina Straub, Richard Dean, Jing Wang, Shane Sturrock Helpers: Bridget Armstrong, Leah	Sep 22 - Sep 23, 2020
	Stockholm Trio university libraries (online) ** Instructors: Joakim Philipson, Thomas Lind, Glenn Haya, Lina Andrén Helpers: Rosa Lönneborg	Sep 22 - Sep 30, 2020
	Flatiron Institute (online) Instructors: Melissa Fabros, Rohit Goswami, Elnaz Amanzadeh Jajin, Yuanxi Fu	Sep 24 - Sep 25, 2020
	University of Minnesota (online) ** Instructors: David Naughton, yectli huerta Helpers: Peter Wiringa, Nicholas Dunn	Sep 24 - Sep 25, 2020
	BetterLab ** Instructors: Nelly Sélem, José Manuel Villalobos Escobedo, Abraham Avelar	Sep 25 - Sep 26, 2020
	University of Texas at Arlington ** Instructors: kristopher row, Farah Shamma, Peace Ossom Williamson Helpers: Isaac Williams, Hammad Khan, Fatema Begum Ruma	Sep 26 - Oct 4, 2020
	SADiLaR, South Africa Instructors: Aditya Bandla, Annajiat Alim Rasel, Sebastian Mosidi, Benson Muite	Sep 28 - Oct 2, 2020
	Oklahoma State University ** Instructors: Phillip Doehle, Damith Mahapatabendige Helpers: Rob Burnap, Kevin Dyke, Hua Lin, Beth Jones	Sep 28 - Sep 29, 2020
	University of Minnesota (online) ** Instructors: Cody Hennesy, David Naughton Helpers: Nicholas Dunn, Wanda Marsolek, Shawn Golley	Sep 29 - Sep 29, 2020
	University College London Instructors: David Perez-Suarez, Thomas Dowrick, Matthew Gillman, Timothy Spain Helpers: Tuomas Koskela, Aasiyah Rashan, Alessandro Felder, Nisha Lad	Sep 30 - Oct 2, 2020
	NM EPSCoR Supercomputing Challenge (online) ** Instructors: Karl Benedict, Mark Servilla Helpers: Jon Wheeler	Oct 3 - Oct 3, 2020
	Online Instructors: Kristina Hettne, Matthijs de Zwaan, Alice Doek, Henriette Reerink Helpers: Judith Spijk	Oct 5 - Oct 13, 2020
	NOAA Instructors: Thomas Guignard, Hamid Mokhtarzadeh, David Yakobovitch, Annajiat Alim Rasel	Oct 5 - Oct 8, 2020
	University of Minnesota (online) ** Instructors: Peter Wiringa, Nicholas Dunn Helpers: Cody Hennesy, David Naughton, Wanda Marsolek	Oct 5 - Oct 9, 2020
	October 2020 SWC Workshop @TU Delft (online) Instructors: Heather Andrews, Nicolas Dintzner Helpers: Kees den Heijer, Santosh Ilamparuthi, Yan Wang, Masha Rudneva, Lora Armstrong	Oct 7 - Oct 14, 2020
	The Jackson Laboratory (online) Instructors: David Yakobovitch, Sichong Peng	Oct 13 - Oct 22, 2020
	Carpentries @ MIT: Intro to UnixShell/Python/Git (online) Instructors: Ye Li, Ece Turnator, Madeline Wrable, Daniel Sheehan, Christine Malinowski Helpers: Ye Li, Madeline Wrable, Daniel Sheehan, Christine Malinowski, Phoebe Ayers	Oct 13 - Oct 16, 2020
	Monash University Malaysia (online) Instructors: Matthias Liffers, Anton Angelo, Danping Dong, Belinda Sta Maria, Liz Stokes Helpers: Matthias Liffers, Anton Angelo, Danping Dong, Belinda Sta Maria, Liz Stokes	Oct 13 - Oct 14, 2020
	Software Sustainability Institute (online) Instructors: Mario Antonioletti, Peter Smyth Helpers: Aleksandra Nenadic, Robert Nagy	Oct 13 - Oct 13, 2020
	Queensland Cyber Infrastructure Foundation ** Instructors: Jason Bell Helpers: David Green, Marlies Hankel	Oct 14 - Oct 14, 2020
	Nord University Instructors: Endre Sebestyén, Luca Di Stasio	Oct 14 - Oct 16, 2020
	EMBL via Zoom ** Instructors: Holger Dinkel, Malvika Sharan, Toby Hodges, Thomas Schwarzl, Mike Smith, Frank Thommen, Renato Alves	Oct 19 - Oct 23, 2020
	Nord University Instructors: Endre Sebestyén, Luca Di Stasio	Oct 21 - Oct 23, 2020
	Universidad Libre - Seccional Barranquilla ** Instructors: Tito Peña Montenegro Helpers: Juan Calderon	Oct 23 - Oct 24, 2020
	Queensland Cyber Infrastructure Foundation Instructors: Jason Bell, Stéphane Guillou, Dag Evensberget Helpers: Masami Yamaguchi, Toan Phung, Mathew Fletcher	Oct 26 - Nov 3, 2020
	BetterLab ** Instructors: Nelly Sélem, José Manuel Villalobos Escobedo, Abraham Avelar	Oct 30 - Oct 31, 2020
	Software Sustainability Institute (online) Instructors: Antonia Mey Helpers: Aleksandra Nenadic	Nov 10 - Nov 11, 2020
	BetterLab Instructors: Nelly Sélem, José Manuel Villalobos Escobedo, Abraham Avelar	Dec 14 - Dec 15, 2020
	BetterLab Instructors: Nelly Sélem, José Manuel Villalobos Escobedo, Abraham Avelar	Jan 29 - Jan 29, 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 on line. The corresponding flag notes the country where the host organization is based.