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Current Open Calls for ELIXIR Travel Grant Scheme, Staff Exchange Scheme and Knowledge Exchange Scheme

Nodes are kindly reminded that there is still time to apply for the open calls for Travel Grant, Staff Exchange and Knowledge Exchange Schemes.

The deadline for these is October 2023, and reports will need to be submitted before 31 October 2023. This is to ensure all reimbursements and payments can be completed before the end of the current Programme in December 2023.

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BioHackathon Europe 2023: Call for project proposals!

Deadline: 10 April 2023

The BioHackathon Europe brings together bioinformaticians from around the world offering an intense week of hacking on diverse and exciting projects. Submit your project proposals by Oxford Abstract ahead of the deadline of 10 April 2023.

More information and submission

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ELIXIR 2022 Annual Report

ELIXIR has published its Annual Report for 2022, showcasing the major achievements of over 800 experts from 22 ELIXIR Nodes last year. The report presents the progress towards the strategic objectives of the Scientific Programme for 2019-2023 and highlights ELIXIRs focus on connecting people, data and resources across and beyond Europe.

Find out more

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Dublin hosts ELIXIR community for All Hands 2023

Dublin, with its seminal early contributions to bioinformatics, served as an ideal host for the ninth ELIXIR All Hands meeting. The event brought 382 in-person guests and 114 remote attendees and provides a platform for ELIXIR colleagues to advance their collective vision of making life science data and resources accessible to everyone.

Read the highlights of ELIXIR All Hands 2023

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Expressions of Interest for Science Priority Area co-Leads

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Thank you for joining us in Dublin!

Thank you to all that attended, spoke at and engaged with the ELIXIR All Hands 2023. It was great to see everyone having lively discussions in person. Please upload your slides and presentations to the F1000 ELIXIR community

We look forward to meeting you all again next year in Uppsala, Sweden!

For Information

Minutes of the Heads of Nodes Retreat, May 2023

The minutes (summary of conclusions) of the Heads of Nodes Retreat which took place from 10-11 May in Prague are now available in the shared folder on Google Drive.

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ELIXIR All Hands event kick-off!

We hope that you're all excited to delve into the ELIXIR All Hands 2023! With over 300 people registered and a huge diversity of workshops and mini-symposia, we're sure it's going to be a fantastic event.
Please use #ELIXIR23 when sharing the event on social media, we look forward to seeing you in Dublin!

All Hands 2023 website

For Action

Ongoing

Final Reminder! Extension of deadline - Request for nominations for open ExCo position

Heads of Nodes (HoNs) were informed at the Retreat this week and due to limited gender balance in the nominations received for the one open ExCo position in the Compute Platform, we have extended the deadline for nominations until Wednesday, 31 May.

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Updated version of ELIXIR's Long-term Sustainability Plan

ELIXIR updated its Long-term Sustainability Plan to show the actions to support the sustainability of ELIXIRs activities, particularly ELIXIR Nodes and the services they run.

Find out more