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.

	NC Central University ** Instructors: R Uma, Alade Tokuta, Tonny Sangutei	Aug 12 - Apr 8, 2022
	Brac University (online) ** Instructors: Annajiat Alim Rasel, Md Intekhabul Hafiz	Oct 16 - Jan 22, 2022
	Brac University (online) ** Instructors: Benson Muite, Annajiat Alim Rasel, Md Intekhabul Hafiz Helpers: Nakayiza Hellen, Md Sabbir Hossain	Oct 22 - Jan 28, 2022
	Aarhus University ** Instructors: Adela Sobotkova, Petra Heřmánková	Nov 2 - Dec 10, 2021
	Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery Instructors: Sarah Williams, William Pinzon Perez, Amanda Miotto, Gayathri Thillaiyampalam	Dec 3 - Dec 10, 2021
	Netherlands eScience Center (online) Instructors: Leon Oostrum, Francesco Nattino, Sven van der Burg Helpers: Ou Ku	Dec 6 - Dec 9, 2021
	Jackson Laboratory Instructors: Mary-Francis LaPorte, Annajiat Alim Rasel, Madeleine Gastonguay	Dec 7 - Dec 10, 2021
	Research Software London (online) Instructors: Katerina Michalickova, Iain Stenson, Amit Mandal Helpers: Iain Barrass, Jeremy Cohen, Sarah Jaffa, Tom Roberts, Jay DesLauriers, Hannah Williams, David Wong, Alessandro Felder, Aasiyah Rashan, Yasel Quintero, Mary Tziraki	Dec 8 - Dec 10, 2021
	Princeton University Instructors: Marcel Stimberg, Avishek Kumar, Devasena Inupakutika	Dec 13 - Dec 14, 2021
	Environmental Chemistry and Public Health Research Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, UK (online) Instructors: Kishore Kumar Jagadeesan	Dec 13 - Dec 17, 2021
	University of North Texas (online) ** Instructors: Lauren Ko Helpers: Manuel Gottardi	Dec 16 - Dec 16, 2021
	University of Wisconsin-Madison (online) Instructors: Trisha Adamus, Christopher Endemann, Dorothea Salo, Casey Schacher, Sarah Stevens Helpers: Erwin Lares, Tobin Magle, Clare Michaud, Sailendharan Sudakaran	Jan 10 - Jan 21, 2022
	Project DA-FANH ** Instructors: Robin Donatello, Jingjing Guo, Essia Hamouda	Jan 13 - Jan 14, 2022
	Carpentries @ MIT: Intro to UnixShell/Python/Git (online) Instructors: Phoebe Ayers, Ye Li, Christine Malinowski, Daniel Sheehan, Ece Turnator Helpers: Jack Cavanagh, Sabhya Gupta, Mark Szarko, Barbara Williams, Elizabeth Kuhlman, Sadie Roosa, Wen Wen Teh	Jan 19 - Jan 21, 2022
	EMBL (online) ** Instructors: Renato Alves, Gaurav Diwan, Florian Huber, Ece Kartal, Supriya Khedkar, Fotis Psomopoulos, Hugo Tavares Helpers: Lisanna Paladin, Christian Schudoma	Jan 31 - Feb 4, 2022
	NH Library Carpentries Group ** Instructors: Jacqueline Frisina, Kevin French, Molly Driscoll, Chelsea Paige, Sarah St. Martin	Feb 1 - Feb 4, 2022
	Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) (online) Instructors: Kudakwashe Madzima, Annajiat Alim Rasel, Mubanga Nsofu Helpers: Timothy Gachanga, Rachida Namoune	Feb 7 - Feb 28, 2022
	ICSHMO 2022 (online) Instructors: Damien Irving, Claire Trenham Helpers: Mitchell Black, Zebedee Nicholls	Feb 8 - Feb 8, 2022
	Earlham Institute (online) Instructors: Rob Davey, Nicola Soranzo, Alice Minotto, Felix Shaw, Joseja De Vega	Feb 28 - Mar 3, 2022
	St Hugh's College, University of Oxford Instructors: Chenzi Xu, Srinivasa Rao, Winnie Smith Helpers: Malika Ihle	Mar 15 - Mar 16, 2022

** 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 organisation is based.