New project: Open science cloud infrastructure and training for communities in Latin America and Africa

"We are excited to share that the grant proposal that the IOI team contributed to, titled "A Collaborative Interactive Computing Service Model for Global Communities", has been awarded funding by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.... The goal of this proposal is to create a collaborative cloud infrastructure service that enables community-based cloud-native workflows in the biosciences. Together with our collaborators, we will promote values of open and inclusive community practices, infrastructure that enables these practices, and a “train-the-trainers” approach that empowers community leaders to share expertise in cloud infrastructure with others in their communities. Our focus will be on communities in Latin America and Africa, and we hope to learn how this model could be extended to other global communities that are historically marginalized from large-scale scientific infrastructure projects...."