Our #opensource scientific software projects are changing the world. We support #datascience tools like pandas, #JuliaLang & #Jupyter + organize @PyData! #python
NumFOCUS is seeking its next Executive Director. To guide this important process, the Board of Directors has established an Executive Director Hiring Committee. Read their recent blog post to learn more about the hiring process and the committee's progress at https://bit.ly/4ij7n1g
We also want to hear from you! What questions would you ask a candidate for Executive Director? Learn more and share your input at https://bit.ly/41wbAZL
We’re back with the first round of project updates for the year: January 2025 edition! Read more about what all of our amazing projects have been up to 🥳 https://hubs.la/Q034JZJT0
The PyData Virginia CFP closes in TWO WEEKS! 😱
Share your technical talks with technical people. We’re looking for enthusiastic speakers of all backgrounds to fill out our schedule of insightful talks and engaging tutorials for our first-ever PyData Virginia!
Don’t wait! Submit your proposal by Feb. 10 https://hubs.la/Q03479f10
Vega, a powerful ecosystem of visualization libraries, joins NumFOCUS! From Vega-Lite to Vega-Altair, their tools create stunning, scalable visuals with ease. Learn more: https://numfocus.org/project/vega. Welcome, Vega team!
The community collider is back! Join us to make some fun, rapid-fire open source/open science connections! Register for the recurring below:
Jan 24, 8am ET:
https://bit.ly/40vuFe7
Feb 14, 12pm ET:
https://bit.ly/4gV6L1g
New Sponsored Project Announcement: @dynare
Dynare is an open source software platform offering computational tools to handle a wide range of economic models. With its intuitive interface and well-documented features, Dynare simplifies the process of describing economic models, and provides academic, professional, and student social scientists with reliable routines to solve, simulate, and estimate them.
Learn more about Dynare at https://numfocus.org/project/dynare and give them a warm welcome!
The SciPy conference is RETURNING to Tacoma, WA, July 7-13! The 24th SciPy conference is a full WEEK of tutorials, talks, and sprints. Our Call for Proposals is open, so submit your proposal by Feb. 26. https://hubs.la/Q031xfgB0
Happy New Year from NumFOCUS! ⭐
The future is bright when we work together. We greatly appreciate all the support you gave us in 2024–let’s keep it going and make 2025 a year of innovation, impact, and progress for open science worldwide! 🥳
This is it! Support the tools you use and love, fuel the future of scientific computing, and send in your donation TODAY!
To all our donors—thank you! Your generosity is shaping a brighter future. It’s still not too late to #FuelTheFuture! https://hubs.la/Q030TKzH0
Small Development Grant Spotlight: SunPy
A $10K grant in 2024 helped refactor key components, expanding capabilities for solar physics research. Support advancements in scientific computing—donate today to #FuelTheFuture of open source! #OpenCode4BetterScience
Small Development Grant Spotlight: Matplotlib
A $10K grant in 2024 improved font/text support & boosted accessibility for users with assistive tech. Help shape the future of open source—donate today!
Small Development Grant Spotlight: FreeMoCap
A $5K grant in 2024 helped this open-source motion capture tool expand with advanced computer vision & ML, empowering research, education, and creativity. Support more projects—donate today!
Small Development Grant Spotlight: Colour
A $9K grant in 2024 enabled Colour, a Python library for color science, to enhance accuracy in complex color transformations. Support more open-source achievements—donate today! 💙🧡 https://hubs.la/Q030ntf60
Support our mission to drive innovation by funding open-source science projects and communities and spreading the word about our End-of-Year Fundraiser! Improve your tools, grow project communities, and fuel the future of open source by donating today: https://hubs.la/Q030dYbW0
All funds, except those directed to a specific project, will go toward our Small Development Grants.
NumFOCUS provides the infrastructure and resources scientific OSS projects need to thrive. On the road to $150k as part of our End-of-Year Fundraiser, join the #OpenCode4BetterScience movement and drive innovation with a donation! Learn more about the financial impact your money can have on our projects by checking out our blog here: https://hubs.la/Q0305s4B0
All funds, except those directed to a specific project, will go toward our Small Development Grants.
We’ve gotten 4 corporate pledges to our #20at5k, meaning there’s still room for 16 organizations to support our mission! Got a company you think would be a good fit? Anyone with the ability to leverage corporate funds can pledge or do a matching donation. Invest in #OpenCode4BetterScience for a brighter future! https://hubs.la/Q02_ZcKG0
All funds, except those directed to a specific project, will go toward our Small Development Grants.
We’re currently 12% of the way to our $150k End-of-Year Fundraiser goal! Donate now to help us hit our next goal, 25%! https://hubs.la/Q02_NDqT0
Share this mission with colleagues, peers, and your networks to amplify our impact.
All funds, except those directed to a specific project, will go toward our Small Development Grants.
We've officially kicked off our #OpenCode4BetterScience campaign, and #GivingTuesday was a great start toward reaching our $100,000 goal! Help us fuel the future of open source scientific computing by donating to support our Small Development Grants program.
Learn more and become an individual donor or corporate pledge at https://numfocus.org/open-code
So, what is an open-source project? Let’s set the stage.
Open-source allows research to move from theory to practice, leading to new scientific breakthroughs that rely on the power of several NumFOCUS projects to complete their research.
As we promote #OpenCode4BetterScience, you can help projects continue pushing boundaries by donating today! https://hubs.la/Q02-nBzP0
All funds, except those directed to a specific project, will go toward our Small Development Grants.
NumFOCUS believes that Open Code = Better Science; the power of open-source lies in the people who continue pushing boundaries and opening doors. This #GivingTuesday, show your support for open-source and nonprofits by donating to strengthen our initiative. 💙🧡
Become an open-source champion, and fuel the future of better science by donating today here: https://hubs.ly/Q02-40BX0
All funds, except those directed to a specific project, will go toward our Small Development Grants.
