ScienceLab

	Mozilla Science Lab
	Owner: Stephanie Wright	Updated: 2020-03-3
	The Mozilla Science Lab was an initiative of the Mozilla Foundation from 2013 - 2018. We explored how the power of open source could change the way science was done on the web. We operated under the belief that a community of peers that work, learn and build together could make research thrive on the open web. We did this through sprints, participatory learning, and prototyping with the research community to make science more like the web: open, collaborative and efficient. If you’re interested in Mozilla’s continuing efforts around open science, please visit the Mozilla Festival website at mozillafestival.org.

Timeline

14 June 2013 - Thanks to funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Mozilla Science Lab (MSL) is "born"

Aug 2013 - MSL begins the Code Review pilot with PLOS Computational Biology

Oct 2013 - Mozilla Science Lab website goes "live"!

Nov 2013 - The Lab begins Community Calls and participates in its first Mozilla Festival

Dec 2013 - MSL partners with GitHub and figshare to launch "Code as a Research Object".

May 2014 - The first Data Carpentry workshop takes place.

July 2014 - The Science Lab runs its first Global Sprint.

Oct 2014 - Software Carpentry leaves the Mozilla Science Lab to become the Software Carpentry Foundation.

Nov 2014 - Contributorship Badges project takes off.

Jan 2015 - The Science Lab receives funding from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust.

Mar 2015 - MSL releases Collaborate, a community portal for open science projects.

Apr 2015 - Mozilla Science Study Groups are introduced.

Jun 2015 - Applications open for the first cohort of Mozilla Fellows for Open Science.

Sep 2015 - The Lab holds the Open Science Leadership Summit at the Mozilla Toronto office.

Oct 2015 - The first Mozilla Fellows for Open Science are announced.

Nov 2015 - MSL adds to its regular monthly community calls with Project Calls

Feb 2016 - The first Working Open Workshop is held in Berlin and the start of our first Open Leadership Training Cohort.

Mar 2016 - Our first Friendly Intro to GitHub workshop is held at UBC.

Sep 2016 - The Science Lab welcomes its second cohort of Mozilla Fellows for Open Science.

Oct 2016 - The Mozilla Science Lab Book Club is formed.

Nov 2016 - Alfred P. Sloan renews its financial support for the Mozilla Science Lab.

Mar 2017 - The Siegel Family Endowment makes a multi-year commitment to support the Science Lab.

May 2017 - The Lab opens the call for proposals for the Mozilla Science Mini Grants program.

Sep 2017 - The third cohort of Mozilla Fellows for Open Science is announced.

Oct 2017 - The first Mozilla Science Mini Grants are awarded.

Jul 2018 - The Open Data Instructor Guides and Open Data Primers are published.

Sep 2018 - The Mozilla Science Lab program is sunsetted and its programs are folded into other Foundation programs and partner organizations.

Study Groups

Study Groups were started in 2015 as a way for folks to hold informal spaces to hangout and learn from each other about coding in the lab.

Science Fellows

Fellows

Open Leadership

WOWs OLC OL101

Data Guides

Training Guides

Publications

Annual Reports Assessment Other Pubs

Support

The Mozilla Science Lab was supported over the years by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Helmsley Charitable Trust, and the Siegel Family Endowment.

License

This work by the Mozilla Science Lab is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.