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.

	George Mason University (online) Instructors: Angela Li, Deborah (Debby) Kermer, Wendy Mann Helpers: Christopher Magee	Jan 8 - Jan 29, 2021
	UCLA iSchool Instructors: Tim Dennis, Jamie Jamison, Geno Sanchez, Elizabeth McAulay, Doug Daniels Helpers: Tim Dennis, Jamie Jamison, Geno Sanchez, Elizabeth McAulay, Doug Daniels	Jan 8 - Feb 26, 2021
	Leiden University and Delft University of Technology (online) Instructors: Kristina Hettne, Jeff Love Helpers: Esther Plomp, Yan Wang	Jan 14 - Jan 22, 2021
	University of Wisconsin-Madison (online) Instructors: Christina Koch, Sarah Stevens, Trisha Adamus, Clare Michaud Helpers: Heather Shimon, Cid Freitag, Scott Wildman	Jan 18 - Jan 25, 2021
	Emory University ** Instructors: Sena Agezo, David Nicholson, Elyse Morin, Stephanie Prince, Nadia Harerimana	Jan 19 - Jan 22, 2021
	Institute for Modeling Collaboration and Innovation @ The University of Idaho (online) Instructors: Travis Seaborn, Breanna Sipley, Chava Castaneda Barba, Yesol Sapozhnikov Helpers: Erich Seamon	Jan 19 - Feb 4, 2021
	The Jackson Laboratory (online) Instructors: Peter Hoyt, Elise Lauterbur, Aditya Bandla, Leah Guthrie	Jan 20 - Jan 29, 2021
	African Library and Information Associations & Institutions (AfLIA) (online) Instructors: Benson Muite	Jan 22 - Jan 30, 2021
	University of California, Santa Barbara (online) ** Instructors: Jon Jablonski, Kristi Liu, Torin White Helpers: Renata Curty	Jan 22 - Jan 22, 2021
	University of Alabama at Birmingham (online) Instructors: Cody Hennesy, Annajiat Alim Rasel, Mary Ann Warner, Camilla Bressan	Jan 22 - Apr 23, 2021
	Stonebrook Instructors: Katherine Simeon, Rohit Goswami, Elnaz Amanzadeh Jajin, Nadine Bestard	Jan 23 - Jan 25, 2021
	EMBL (online) ** Instructors: Florian Huber, Thea Van Rossum, Hugo Tavares, Fotis Psomopoulos, Renato Alves, Gaurav Diwan Helpers: Christian Schudoma, Ece Kartal	Jan 25 - Jan 29, 2021
	Swansea University (online) Instructors: Ed Bennett, Mark Dawson, Michele Mesiti, Ben Thorpe Helpers: Tom Pritchard	Jan 25 - Jan 29, 2021
	Rutgers University (online) Instructors: Vasileios Panagiotis, Aleksander Jankowski, MONAH ABOU ALEZZ, Nadine Bestard	Jan 26 - Jan 29, 2021
	Augusta University (online) Instructors: MONAH ABOU ALEZZ, Annajiat Alim Rasel, Douglas Joubert	Jan 26 - Feb 4, 2021
	University of Delaware (online) Instructors: Muhammad Zohaib Anwar, Kelsey Montgomery, Annajiat Alim Rasel	Jan 27 - Feb 4, 2021
	BetterLab Instructors: Nelly Sélem, José Manuel Villalobos Escobedo, Abraham Avelar	Jan 29 - Jan 29, 2021
	Centre for Digital Life Norway & ELIXIR Norway (online) Instructors: David Grellscheid, Matúš Kalaš, Korbinian Bösl	Feb 1 - Feb 4, 2021
	AMOS 2021 Instructors: Damien Irving, Holger Wolff, Claire Trenham	Feb 4 - Feb 4, 2021
	Carpentries @ MIT: Intro to UnixShell/Python/Git Instructors: Ye Li, Ece Turnator, Madeline Wrable, Daniel Sheehan, Christine Malinowski Helpers: Ye Li, Ece Turnator, Madeline Wrable, Daniel Sheehan, Christine Malinowski, Phoebe Ayers	Feb 4 - Feb 9, 2021
	Discord Instructors: Thomas Guignard, Tim Ribaric, Daniel Brett Helpers: John Fink	Feb 16 - Feb 18, 2021
	Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (online) Instructors: Liz Ing-Simmons, Aleksander Jankowski, MONAH ABOU ALEZZ, Tobias Busch	Feb 16 - Feb 19, 2021
	Ohio State, University Libraries and Translational Data Analytics Institute (online) Instructors: Scott Peterson, Jennifer Lee, Annajiat Alim Rasel	Feb 18 - Feb 19, 2021
	Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Medical Library Association (online) Instructors: Trisha Adamus, Jennifer Lee, Saranya Canchi	Mar 2 - Mar 5, 2021
	Institute for Modeling Collaboration and Innovation @ The University of Idaho (online) Instructors: James Van Leuven, Breanna Sipley Helpers: Travis Seaborn, Amanda Stahlke	Mar 2 - Mar 11, 2021
	Uppsala University, SciLifeLab, BMC, ** Instructors: Wolmar Nyberg Åkerström, Niclas Jareborg, Elin Kronander	Apr 13 - Apr 15, 2021
	Institute for Modeling Collaboration and Innovation @ The University of Idaho (online) Instructors: Erich Seamon Helpers: Travis Seaborn	Apr 20 - Apr 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 online. The corresponding flag notes the country where the host organization is based.