Update from the Gathering Working Group + Call for Community Support

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The Gathering Working Group has been meeting regularly and has developed both a draft budget and a Concept Note for the next GOSH Gathering (planned for 2026). The next critical step is securing funding, and they could use your help.

1. Do you know of potential funding sources?
We’re compiling a list of possible leads. If you’re aware of any grants, fellowships, or funders that might align with GOSH, please share them. (We’ve already noted the Navigation Fund - thank you to those who flagged it!)

2. Can you help with grantwriting?
We’re looking for someone in the community with grantwriting experience - or simply comfort with proposal development - who might be willing to support our small fundraising team over the next 4–6 weeks. We’ll provide background materials (budget, Concept Note, etc.) and collaborate closely.

If you can contribute in either area, please reply below or message me directly. Thanks for helping us move this next Gathering forward!

Jamaica (on behalf of the Gathering Working Group)

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How can I volunteer for this

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I believe you just have. :slight_smile: I’ll reach out to gather some information - thanks so much for your interest!

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Thanks for flagging this @jamaica.

I can’t help directly with 1 or 2 at the moment.

However, I am willing to ask in my other open science networks about potential funding sources. Is there a blurb from the Gathering Working Group that I could share? Maybe something that looks like:

The Gathering for Open Science Hardware (GOSH) is looking for potential funding sources for our next in-person gathering planned for 2026. We need funding that can support:

  1. …
  2. …
  3. …

Can you suggest possible funding sources that we could investigate?

This way, I can copy and paste this question to the email lists and Slack groups of the various open science communities I’m a part of.

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Thank you for this generous offer, @hpy. I will follow up with some verbiage shortly.

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Hi Pen! Thanks again for this offer, and for getting us started with some language to use. Would the following work for your needs?

The Gathering for Open Science Hardware (GOSH) is looking for potential funding sources for our next in-person gathering planned for 2026. We need funding that can support:

  1. Logistics (venue hire, local support)
  2. Communication & media production
  3. Travel grants for participants

Can you suggest possible funding sources that we could investigate?

Thanks so much Pen - we really appreciate your support.

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Looks good @jamaica, thank you! I’ll copy and paste this to the relevant places I can think of.

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