Welcome to the Event Fund!
The submission period for our first request for proposals has ended. Thank you to everyone who applied! Check back this fall for an announcement about our awardees!
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Conference Planning Resources
To promote best practices in conference planning, we have compiled the following resources on conference planning. These are by no means exhaustive, but provide valuable insight and expertise on planning inclusive in-person and...
Program Overview
Code for Science & Society (CS&S) is announcing a conference fund to support events that promote inclusion and broaden participation in open data science that drives scholarship. This project is funded...
Virtual Event Awards
We aim to improve access to open data science practices and tools and support communities in open data science to grow sustainably and inclusively....
Our Process
In alignment with our goal to create a transparent process for funding conferences and events, we're providing a behind-the-scenes view of our process of developing the conference fund. We hope that this will...
Code of Conduct
We expect all awardees to abide by the behavioral standards outlined in Code for Science and Society's code of conduct. In addition, all awardees need to have event-specific codes of conduct reviewed by...
Governance
The fund is managed by CS&S employee Dr. Emily Lescak (Conference Fund Manager). Its development and management are overseen by an advisory committee consisting of the following individuals: Robin Champieux, M....