Spread the word about the 2023 SPARC FAIR Codeathon - and its prize pool of USD$50,000
David Nickerson
Hi all,
As I introduced at HARMONY last month in Seattle, I wanted to reach out to share our upcoming exciting codeathon event. Please help us get the word out by sharing this information broadly. To facilitate, we have created a flyer that you can post and distribute to your network of students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty.
The SPARC Data and Resource Center invites you to submit your project ideas for the three-day in-the-cloud SPARC FAIR codeathon occurring later this summer (August 5-7, 2023), with a total prize pool of US$50,000!
This interactive event is open to participants at every skill level (including PIs!) from any country.
Right now, we want your ideas for codeathon projects. Please submit your SPARC Codeathon proposals by June 8, 2023 to the submission site. The codeathon is free to participate in, participants need only have access to a computer and reliable internet access.
What topics are in scope?
The DRC is developing key technology to enable not only open sharing of FAIRly produced data, but also surfacing relationships and connections that bridge organs, experimental approaches and other relevant information to bring focus to the peripheral and autonomic nervous system. In this codeathon, we are looking for exciting projects which use SPARC data and/or SPARC tools and resources in novel ways, particularly in helping to visualize, enhance, demonstrate, or measure the findability, accessibility, interoperability, or reusability (FAIRness) of the data. Visit our website (https://sparc.science/news-and-events/events/2023sparc-codeathon) for more details and explore examples of previous codeathon projects here.
Applications for those who would like to participate in the projects selected for the codeathon will be available in July. Sign up for the codeathon listserv and follow us on Twitter to keep informed about codeathon announcements on dates and special events.
Thank you!
David On behalf of the SPARC FAIR Codeathon team