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DESCRIPTION:The Open Life Science program helps **early stage researchers a
 nd potential academic leaders** in becoming **Open Science ambassadors**.\
 n\nAny questions? We are here to help - feel free to email [hello@openlife
 sci.org](mailto:hello@openlifesci.org) or connect with us on Twitter [@ope
 nlifesci](https://twitter.com/openlifesci). \n\n## About\n\nThis is a **15
 -week long personal mentorship and cohort-based training**\, where partici
 pants (organisers\, hosts\, mentors and mentees) of this program will:\n- 
 share their expertise and gain knowledge essential to create\, lead\, and 
 sustain an Open Science project\n- connect with members across different p
 rojects\, communities\, backgrounds\, and identities\n- empower each other
  to become effective Open Science ambassadors in their communities\n\nWe a
 re recruiting for our first cohort of mentees for the first round that sta
 rts in January 2020. We are also inviting mentors\, experts and content de
 velopers to join us in shaping this program.\n\n## Projects\n\nParticipant
 s will join this program with a project that they either are already worki
 ng on or want to develop during this program.\n\nYour project ideas can ra
 nge from solving technical questions\, to creating an open data project 
 or report\, developing open source software project\, writing open publica
 tion\, facilitating community/team culture movements\, advancing open educ
 ational resource or contributing to other existing projects/community.\n\n
 All applications are welcome\, whether your project is just an idea at thi
 s stage\, or something that is running for years\, but\, your projects mus
 t:\n\n- promote one or several [Open Science practices](https://www.foster
 openscience.eu/content/what-open-science-introduction) (i.e. Open Access\,
  Open Source\, Citizen Science\, ) in life science\n- state a possible mea
 surable outcome (i.e. feature\, module\, or minimum viable product) from t
 his program\n- create an inclusive space and welcome contributions from th
 eir community members\n\n### Why focus on life science?\n\nModern life sci
 ence and related communities stand in the interface of computational and b
 iological research. This position provides an exciting opportunity for new
  scientists to understand and welcome "open by design" practices.\n\nWe un
 derstand that our curriculum is applicable to various fields\, but we want
  to focus on life science community/projects with this program due to an u
 rgent need to promote open practices in this field.\n\nIf you have a proje
 ct idea that is not directly related to life science\, we will ask you to 
 describe how you aim to advance openness in life science through your work
 .\n\n### What's in it for you?\n\nWe want to make this program mutually be
 neficial for all the participants.\nHere are a few values we think you wil
 l receive from participating in this project.\n\n- Become a contributing m
 ember of this community\n- Collaborate with others in Open Science project
 s\n- Exchange skills with others and build your own profiles\n- Highlight 
 and promote your resources\n- Gain insights from other experts in the fiel
 d\n- Work on a short-term projects and publish online\n- Get recognition a
 nd acknowledgement for your work\n- Co-develop this program by sharing fee
 dback\n\n## Timeline\n\n\n\n## The program itself\n\n*To illustrate the pr
 ogram\, we will share the persona/story of Joy\, a mentee participating in
  the program\, and Sam\, their personal mentor\, as they progress through 
 their open science journey.*\n\nIn their applications\, they will indicate
  their interests in the topics related to Open Science in bioinformatics. 
 Joy will provide a short outline of their project\, and Sam will list thei
 r expertise that they want to share with their mentee.\n\nAfter the select
 ion process\, they will be involved in the following steps of this program
 :\n\n1. Based on their common interests\, they will be introduced to each 
 other as suitable mentee and mentor\n\n    They will meet every 2 weeks. I
 n these **mentee-mentor calls** (around 30 minutes)\, Sam will help Joy ev
 aluate their understanding of the new topics\, and review their progress b
 y providing constructive feedback. Joy will be given relevant exercises be
 fore these calls to help them apply new skills in their project. When need
 ed\, Joy and Sam will be able to connect with other [experts](about#expert
 s) and get consulted on their project.\n\n2. Joy will participate to onlin
 e calls where relevant contents related to Open Life Science is shared and
  discussed with all participants of the program.\n\n    In these **cohort 
 calls**\, the program leaders will introduce new topics and resources\, fa
 cilitate break-out discussions\, and invite experts from the field to give
  talks. In the first call Joy will get to know all the participants of the
  program\, present their project\, learn about others' projects. A final c
 ohort call will allow Joy to present their project to other participants a
 nd exchange values.\n\n3. Sam will participate to **mentoring training** w
 ith topic-based discussions with other mentors aimed at enhancing their me
 ntoring skills.\n\nAfter the 15 weeks of the program\, a self-evaluation s
 urvey will help Joy and Sam in positioning their knowledge in open science
  leadership before and after the program.\n\nFor the next round\, Joy may 
 share what they learnt by mentoring a project and Sam continue their mento
 r effort and/or become an expert\n\n## Applications\n\nThis program will f
 ocus on Open Science in the life sciences and bioinformatics domains.\n\nW
 e are particularly keen to connect with the participants from less-represe
 nted European countries such as Hungary\, Greece\, Estonia\, and Cyprus. W
 e also invite applicants from outside Europe\, particularly from developin
 g countries (e.g. India and Africa - who are also timezone-compatible).\n\
 nCohort calls will be conducted in English. However\, our participants who
  have different primary languages such as Spanish\, French\, German\, Hind
 i\, and Portuguese\, will be paired with mentors who can communicate in th
 eir preferred languages.\n
SUMMARY:Open Life Science 
URL;VALUE=URI:https://openlifesci.org/
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