{"id":3110,"date":"2015-12-18T09:26:02","date_gmt":"2015-12-18T17:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mozscienceblog.wpengine.com\/?p=3110"},"modified":"2019-02-28T12:40:05","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T20:40:05","slug":"looking-back-on-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/mozilla-science\/looking-back-on-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking back on 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">It&#8217;s been a busy year for the Science Lab. We&#8217;ve <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozillascience.org\/contributorship-badges-for-science-view-them-now\"><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze u\">shipped working prototypes<\/span><\/a><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">, welcomed our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozillascience.org\/announcing-our-2015-mozilla-fellows-for-science\"><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze u\">first class of Mozilla Fellows<\/span><\/a><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">, grown the team and added <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozillascience.org\/introducing-mozilla-science-study-groups\"><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze u\">programmatic supports<\/span><\/a><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\"> to both catalyze collaborative, open source software development as well as sustain those communities through leadership training and mentorship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Below are some of the highlights from our 2015 End-of-Year Report. It details our 2015 activities, specifically our efforts to <b>connect with the community<\/b>, <b>build capacity<\/b>, and <b>develop prototypes with the community<\/b>. The full report can be <a href=\"https:\/\/figshare.com\/articles\/Mozilla_Science_Lab_End_of_Year_Report_2015_\/2020332\">downloaded from figshare<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"magicdomid209\" class=\"ace-line\"><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze b\"><b>Connecting with the Community<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p id=\"magicdomid137\" class=\"ace-line\"><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">We provide members of the research community with the supports needed to advance open science practice in their communities. In 2015 we built out additional programmatic and technical supports to facilitate this, from advances to our website to running our second global sprint. In 2016, we\u2019ll continue this work and explore models for incentivizing and engaging researchers worldwide to join us in furthering open science.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ace-line\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ace-line\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozillascience.org\/about\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3125\" src=\"https:\/\/mozscienceblog.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/community.png\" alt=\"Some of our stellar Community\" width=\"805\" height=\"525\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<ul class=\"list-bullet1\">\n<li><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze b\"><b>Global Sprint: <\/b><\/span><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">In June, we hosted our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozillascience.org\/global-sprint-2015\"><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze u\">second annual Mozilla Science Global Sprint<\/span><\/a><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">. <\/span><span class=\"author-a-z86zz83zz88zz89zz69zz69zez70zz68zz122zpa98z70zz68z b\"><b>Over 40 project leads participated and over 100 meaningful code contributions were made<\/b><\/span><span class=\"author-a-z86zz83zz88zz89zz69zz69zez70zz68zz122zpa98z70zz68z\"> (measured through pull requests on projects) in the course of two days. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozillascience.org\/you-did-this-mozilla-science-global-sprint-2015\">Sprint activity nearly doubled from last year<\/a>, with<\/span><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\"> 170 community members c<\/span><span class=\"author-a-z86zz83zz88zz89zz69zz69zez70zz68zz122zpa98z70zz68z\">oming <\/span><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">together in more than 30 cities around the world for over 53 consecutive hours of collaboratio<\/span><span class=\"author-a-z86zz83zz88zz89zz69zz69zez70zz68zz122zpa98z70zz68z\">n and innovation<\/span><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\"> on tools, <\/span><span class=\"author-a-z86zz83zz88zz89zz69zz69zez70zz68zz122zpa98z70zz68z\">curriculum<\/span><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">, and resources for open science<\/span><span class=\"author-a-z86zz83zz88zz89zz69zz69zez70zz68zz122zpa98z70zz68z\">!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mozscienceblog.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/sprint3.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-full wp-image-3123 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mozscienceblog.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/sprint3.png\" alt=\"sprint3\" width=\"636\" height=\"549\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"list-bullet1\">\n<li><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze b\"><b>Local Sprint<\/b><\/span><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">: <\/span><span class=\"author-a-z86zz83zz88zz89zz69zz69zez70zz68zz122zpa98z70zz68z\">W<\/span><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">e <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozillascience.org\/toronto-open-science-code-sprint-2015\"><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze u\">piloted a smaller, local sprint<\/span><\/a><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\"> in the Mozilla Toronto offices in March 2015<\/span><span class=\"author-a-z86zz83zz88zz89zz69zz69zez70zz68zz122zpa98z70zz68z\">, to build a city-based community that would sustain open projects throughout the year <\/span><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">. This sprint featur<\/span><span class=\"author-a-z86zz83zz88zz89zz69zz69zez70zz68zz122zpa98z70zz68z\">ed<\/span> <span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze b\"><b>five local open source projects<\/b><\/span><span class=\"author-a-z86zz83zz88zz89zz69zz69zez70zz68zz122zpa98z70zz68z\"> and <\/span><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">br<\/span><span class=\"author-a-z86zz83zz88zz89zz69zz69zez70zz68zz122zpa98z70zz68z\">ou<\/span><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">g<\/span><span class=\"author-a-z86zz83zz88zz89zz69zz69zez70zz68zz122zpa98z70zz68z\">ht<\/span><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\"> together researchers, designers, and developers for two days of hacking.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"ace-line\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/heyDejan\/status\/606714578290941953?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3121 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mozscienceblog.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/sprint1.png\" alt=\"MozSprint Tweet\" width=\"637\" height=\"580\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"list-bullet1\">\n<li><strong><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze b\"><b>Mozilla Festival (\u201cMozFest\u201d):<\/b><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\"> This year\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/2015.mozillafestival.org\/\"><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze u\">MozFest<\/span><\/a><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\"> hit landmark registration with over 2,000 participants joining us in London on November 6-8. <\/span><span class=\"author-a-z86zz83zz88zz89zz69zz69zez70zz68zz122zpa98z70zz68z\">With the help of our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozillascience.org\/fellows\"><span class=\"author-a-z86zz83zz88zz89zz69zz69zez70zz68zz122zpa98z70zz68z u\">Mozilla Fellows<\/span><\/a><span class=\"author-a-z86zz83zz88zz89zz69zz69zez70zz68zz122zpa98z70zz68z\">, we c<\/span><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">urated the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mozillascience.org\/mozfest-2015\"><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze u\">Open Science track<\/span><\/a><span class=\"author-a-z86zz83zz88zz89zz69zz69zez70zz68zz122zpa98z70zz68z\">, <\/span><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">holding project sprints, trainings, <\/span><span class=\"author-a-z86zz83zz88zz89zz69zz69zez70zz68zz122zpa98z70zz68z\">mentorship events, <\/span><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">and an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozillascience.org\/coming-to-mozfest-2015-open-research-accelerator\"><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze u\">Open Research Accelerator<\/span><\/a><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">. <\/span><span class=\"author-a-z86zz83zz88zz89zz69zz69zez70zz68zz122zpa98z70zz68z b\"><b>We welcomed <\/b><\/span><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze b\"><b>67 session leads from a range of backgrounds<\/b><\/span> <span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">including <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/home.cern\"><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze u\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">CERN<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/\"><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze u\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">ProPublica<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">, the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitss.org\/\"><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze u\">Berkeley Institute for Transparency in Social Sciences<\/span><\/a><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hypothes.is\/\"><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze u\">Hypothes.is<\/span><\/a><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">, and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/github.com\"><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze u\">GitHub<\/span><\/a><span class=\"author-a-z86zz83zz88zz89zz69zz69zez70zz68zz122zpa98z70zz68z\">, <\/span><span class=\"author-a-z86zz83zz88zz89zz69zz69zez70zz68zz122zpa98z70zz68z b\"><b>who collaborated with <\/b><\/span><span class=\"author-a-z80zz82zj1oz78zz84zqtksqnz85zz77zz81z b\"><b>over<\/b><\/span><span class=\"author-a-z86zz83zz88zz89zz69zz69zez70zz68zz122zpa98z70zz68z b\"><b> 400 participants<\/b><\/span><span class=\"author-a-z86zz83zz88zz89zz69zz69zez70zz68zz122zpa98z70zz68z\">.<\/span><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"list-bullet1\">\n<li><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze b\"><b>Community Call<\/b><\/span><span class=\"author-a-z75z6e5476z81ztnz67z6v0pj b\"><b>s<\/b><\/span><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze b\"><b>:<\/b><\/span><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\"> We continue to run <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/ScienceLab\/Calls\"><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze u\">monthly public calls<\/span><\/a><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\"> around open science, featuring the work of the community and exploring ways to bridge efforts and increase awareness around new projects. Over the course of this year, <\/span><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze b\"><b>we had over 290 participants join us for these calls, 164 for the very first time<\/b><\/span><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"list-bullet1\">\n<li><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze b\"><b>Collaborate<\/b><\/span><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">: <\/span><span class=\"author-a-z86zz83zz88zz89zz69zz69zez70zz68zz122zpa98z70zz68z\">We <\/span><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">launched <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozillascience.org\/collaborate\"><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze u\">Collaborate<\/span><\/a> <span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">as the main project repository<\/span><span class=\"author-a-z80zz82zj1oz78zz84zqtksqnz85zz77zz81z\"> in September 2014<\/span><span class=\"author-a-z86zz83zz88zz89zz69zz69zez70zz68zz122zpa98z70zz68z\">. After just over a year, <\/span><span class=\"author-a-z86zz83zz88zz89zz69zz69zez70zz68zz122zpa98z70zz68z b\"><b>w<\/b><\/span><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze b\"><b>e have 41 projects listed on the site, <\/b><\/span><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">predominantly community-led endeavors,<\/span><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze b\"><b> with over 280 contributors across the platform.<\/b><\/span><b> <\/b><span class=\"author-a-z86zz83zz88zz89zz69zz69zez70zz68zz122zpa98z70zz68z\">We&#8217;ll continue to use this collection of projects to develop, refine, and model open source best practices.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"list-bullet2\">\n<li><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze b\"><b>Contributorship Badges for Science:<\/b><\/span><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze b\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\"> Our most recent prototyping effort (and Collaborate project) explored the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozillascience.org\/contributorship-badges-for-science-view-them-now\"><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze u\">use of digital badges for crediting contributors<\/span><\/a><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\"> to scholarly papers for their work. <\/span><span class=\"author-a-z86zz83zz88zz89zz69zz69zez70zz68zz122zpa98z70zz68z\">Collaborators on this project included<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biomedcentral.com\/\"><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze u\">BioMed Central<\/span><\/a><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\"> and the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plos.org\/\"><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze u\">Public Library of Science<\/span><\/a><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">; <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wellcome.ac.uk\/\"><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze u\">The Wellcome Trust<\/span><\/a><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digital-science.com\/\"><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze u\">Digital Science<\/span><\/a><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">; and<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/orcid.org\/\"><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze u\">ORCID<\/span><\/a><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"ace-line\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/mozillascience\/PaperBadger\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-large wp-image-3126 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mozscienceblog.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/badges-1024x360.png\" alt=\"Paper Badger Badges\" width=\"720\" height=\"253\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2 id=\"magicdomid1803\" class=\"ace-line\"><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze b\"><b>Building Capacity for Open Research Practice<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p id=\"magicdomid2706\" class=\"ace-line\"><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">This past year, we shifted our focus to supporting open source and open data training, building on our learnings from previous collaborations and feedback from the community. We brought on our first Instructional Designer in August (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozillascience.org\/welcoming-zannah-marsh\"><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze u\">Zannah Marsh<\/span><\/a><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">) and Open Data Training Lead in September (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mozillascience.org\/welcoming-our-first-open-data-training-lead\"><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze u\">Stephanie Wright<\/span><\/a><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">), as well as a Community Lead (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozillascience.org\/welcoming-aurelia-moser-to-the-team\"><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze u\">Aurelia Moser<\/span><\/a><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">) in December. This set up the foundation (and team) for our work moving forward.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ace-line\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ace-line\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mozscienceblog.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/learn.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-3128 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mozscienceblog.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/learn.png\" alt=\"Trainings for Science\" width=\"720\" height=\"179\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<ul class=\"list-bullet1\">\n<li><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze b\"><b>Study Group Program:<\/b><\/span> <span class=\"author-a-z80zz82zj1oz78zz84zqtksqnz85zz77zz81z\">In April we launched <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozillascience.org\/introducing-mozilla-science-study-groups\"><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze u\">Mozilla Science Study Groups<\/span><\/a><span class=\"author-a-z80zz82zj1oz78zz84zqtksqnz85zz77zz81z\">, <\/span><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">a community-based event series run by researchers to support open science training and relationship building within their institutions. These are regular, often weekly events, varying over the course of the semester<\/span><span class=\"author-a-z80zz82zj1oz78zz84zqtksqnz85zz77zz81z\"> fr<\/span><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">om programming lessons to communal working sessions and drinkups. We provide <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mozillascience.github.io\/studyGroupHandbook\/\"><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze u\">monthly calls, mentorship, and scaffolding for creating event sites<\/span><\/a><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\"> that come with Codes of Conduct and a handbook and lessons for getting started. To date, we have <\/span><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze b\"><b>19 Study Group Leaders <\/b><\/span><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">around the world<\/span><span class=\"author-a-z86zz83zz88zz89zz69zz69zez70zz68zz122zpa98z70zz68z\">, and<\/span><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\"> this group<\/span><b> <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozillascience.org\/mozilla-study-groups-december-update\"><strong><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">led<\/span><\/strong><\/a><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze b\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozillascience.org\/mozilla-study-groups-december-update\"> over 140 events and 46 open lesson plans at over 20 sites in less than a year<\/a>.<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"list-bullet1\">\n<li><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze b\"><b>\u201cWorking Open\u201d &amp; the Open Science Leadership Summit: <\/b><\/span><span class=\"author-a-z80zz82zj1oz78zz84zqtksqnz85zz77zz81z\">Our lead developer, Abby Cabunoc Mayes, created<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/mozillascience.github.io\/leadership-training\/index.html\"><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze u\">The Working Open <\/span><span class=\"author-a-z75z6e5476z81ztnz67z6v0pj u\">G<\/span><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze u\">uide<\/span><\/a> <span class=\"author-a-z80zz82zj1oz78zz84zqtksqnz85zz77zz81z\">which <\/span><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">provides a framework and resources for running successful open source projects, both software and curriculum based. We t<\/span><span class=\"author-a-z80zz82zj1oz78zz84zqtksqnz85zz77zz81z\">ested<\/span><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\"> the materials in this guide in a live workshop setting in September 2015. The 2.5 day event &#8211; called the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozillascience.org\/open-science-summit-2015\"><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze u\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u201cOpen Science Leadership Summit\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\"> &#8211; <\/span><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze b\"><b>brought together 15 project contributors, study group leads, and librarians to collaboratively craft and test workshop resources and better understand their needs<\/b><\/span><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"list-bullet1\">\n<li><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze b\"><b>Mozilla Fellows for Science:<\/b><\/span><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\"> With support from the Helmsley Charitable Trust, we <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/12\/announcing-the-mozilla-science-lab-fellowship-program\/\"><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze u\">launched a fellowship program<\/span><\/a><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\"> for researchers to support code, curriculum and community building around open data and open source. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozillascience.org\/fellows\"><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze u\">This program<\/span><\/a><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\"> expands Mozilla\u2019s existing fellowships for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/advocacy.mozilla.org\/open-web-fellows\/\"><span class=\"author-a-z75z6e5476z81ztnz67z6v0pj u\">O<\/span><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze u\">pen Web <\/span><span class=\"author-a-z75z6e5476z81ztnz67z6v0pj u\">A<\/span><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze u\">dvocates<\/span><\/a><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/opennews.org\/what\/fellowships\/info\/\"><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze u\">journalists<\/span><\/a><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">. The fellowships are paid, 10-month positions for researchers with healthcare, childcare, training, and other benefits. For more, visit: <\/span><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze u url\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozillascience.org\/fellows\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">https:\/\/www.mozillascience.org\/fellows<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mozscienceblog.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/escape.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-large wp-image-3119 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mozscienceblog.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/escape-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Fellows + Staff Teambuilding\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"magicdomid1912\" class=\"ace-line\"><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze b\"><b>Looking Forward<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p id=\"magicdomid1914\" class=\"ace-line\"><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">This year, we invested more time on 1-on-1 mentorship for project leads and community members, in order to help them build more prototypes and expand their contributorship base. This included mentorship in the lead up to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozillascience.org\/global-sprint-2015\"><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze u\">Global Sprint<\/span><\/a><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/2015.mozillafestival.org\/\"><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze u\">MozFest<\/span><\/a><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">, as well as the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozillascience.org\/open-science-summit-2015\"><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze u\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Open Science Leadership Summit<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozillascience.org\/open-science-fellows-onboarding-and-onward\"><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze u\">Fellows onboarding<\/span><\/a><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">. What we learned from those events is that there\u2019s a strong desire for community and project management support, for tasks such as roadmapping, facilitation, managing contributors and understanding your community. In 2016, we\u2019ll move towards supporting prototyping in the community rather than leading our own, through in person workshops, a cohort-based model, and mentorship.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ace-line\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"ace-line\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mozscienceblog.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/staff.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3127 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mozscienceblog.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/staff-e1450458252272.png\" alt=\"MSL Staff\" width=\"805\" height=\"241\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"magicdomid2122\" class=\"ace-line\"><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">\u00a0For more, <a href=\"https:\/\/figshare.com\/articles\/Mozilla_Science_Lab_End_of_Year_Report_2015_\/2020332\">download the full End of Year Report from figshare<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Animation in header image from one of our fellows Richard Smith-Unna (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/blahah404\">@blahah404<\/a>) &#8211; see it on <a href=\"http:\/\/codepen.io\/Blahah\/pen\/qbZYab\">CodePen<\/a>!<\/i><\/p>\n<div id=\"magicdomid1508\" class=\"ace-line\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"magicdomid219\" class=\"ace-line\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"magicdomid207\" class=\"ace-line\"><span class=\"author-a-53lz67zz86z74mz73zz89zz72z9z88zhz80ze\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a busy year for the Science Lab. We&#8217;ve shipped working prototypes, welcomed our first class of Mozilla Fellows, grown the team and added programmatic supports to both catalyze collaborative, open source software development as well as sustain those &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/mozilla-science\/looking-back-on-2015\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":3140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[290376],"tags":[419940,420095],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3110"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}