Funding for Hackathon

[jeromekelleher]

At the 2019 workshop we decided that a group hackathon where a bunch of us got to the same place and hacked on stdpopsim and other projects would be a good idea. This thread is to discuss funding opportunities to support this.

From @brianzhang01's notes and mine, here are some suggestions:

• DIMACS (jk: not quite sure how they would fund us?)
• Mozilla hackathons (not quite sure about this?)
• Copernicus hackathons. Looks like they're not funding any more though.
• CZI open source software for science Next round closes on Feb 4th, so that's not feasible. Next round submission is mid June. CZI seems like a good match, but it's very competitive.
• NIMBios workshops look interesting and could be just the right thing? (thanks @DrK-Lo!)

Any other ideas? Are there any funding opportunities from more traditional sources, e.g. look for workshop funds from SMBE or something?

Ping @popsim-consortium/all

[reedacartwright]

NSF DBI probably has a vehicle to fund a hackathon. I can ask my PO next week.

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On Wed, Jan 29, 2020, 09:15 Jerome Kelleher ***@***.***> wrote: At the 2019 workshop we decided that a group hackathon where a bunch of us got to the same place and hacked on stdpopsim and other projects would be a good idea. This thread is to discuss funding opportunities to support this. From @brianzhang01 <https://github.com/brianzhang01>'s notes <https://github.com/brianzhang01/popsim-notes#discussion> and mine, here are some suggestions: - DIMACS <http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/> (jk: not quite sure how they would fund us?) - Mozilla hackathons (not quite sure about this?) - Copernicus hackathons <https://hackathons.copernicus.eu>. Looks like they're not funding any more though. - CZI open source software for science <https://chanzuckerberg.com/rfa/essential-open-source-software-for-science/> Next round closes on Feb 4th, so that's not feasible. Next round submission is mid June. CZI seems like a good match, but it's very competitive. Any other ideas? Are there any funding opportunities from more traditional sources, e.g. look for workshop funds from SMBE or something? Ping @popsim-consortium/all <https://github.com/orgs/popsim-consortium/teams/all> — You are receiving this because you are on a team that was mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#2?email_source=notifications&email_token=AAAY4HXR2JMBUXC2ELIHBHDRAGTS7A5CNFSM4KNHNR42YY3PNVWWK3TUL52HS4DFUVEXG43VMWVGG33NNVSW45C7NFSM4IJSUSJQ>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAAY4HW2RJI52TNY55ISBWDRAGTS7ANCNFSM4KNHNR4Q> .

[DrK-Lo]

Check out NIMBIOS. On Jan 29, 2020, 11:34 AM -0500, Reed A. Cartwright <[email protected]>, wrote: NSF DBI probably has a vehicle to fund a hackathon. I can ask my PO next week.

On Wed, Jan 29, 2020, 09:15 Jerome Kelleher ***@***.***> wrote: At the 2019 workshop we decided that a group hackathon where a bunch of us got to the same place and hacked on stdpopsim and other projects would be a good idea. This thread is to discuss funding opportunities to support this. From @brianzhang01 <https://github.com/brianzhang01>'s notes <https://github.com/brianzhang01/popsim-notes#discussion> and mine, here are some suggestions: - DIMACS <http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/> (jk: not quite sure how they would fund us?) - Mozilla hackathons (not quite sure about this?) - Copernicus hackathons <https://hackathons.copernicus.eu>. Looks like they're not funding any more though. - CZI open source software for science <https://chanzuckerberg.com/rfa/essential-open-source-software-for-science/> Next round closes on Feb 4th, so that's not feasible. Next round submission is mid June. CZI seems like a good match, but it's very competitive. Any other ideas? Are there any funding opportunities from more traditional sources, e.g. look for workshop funds from SMBE or something? Ping @popsim-consortium/all <https://github.com/orgs/popsim-consortium/teams/all> — You are receiving this because you are on a team that was mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#2?email_source=notifications&email_token=AAAY4HXR2JMBUXC2ELIHBHDRAGTS7A5CNFSM4KNHNR42YY3PNVWWK3TUL52HS4DFUVEXG43VMWVGG33NNVSW45C7NFSM4IJSUSJQ>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAAY4HW2RJI52TNY55ISBWDRAGTS7ANCNFSM4KNHNR4Q> .

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[agladstein]

I know some people who've participated/organized Mozilla hackathons. I get some info from them.
I've participated in a NCBI Hackathon (https://ncbi-codeathons.github.io/). I don't see information on how to get a Hackathon funded, but I think they'd be worth contacting. I can contact the organizer since I already know him.