---
title: "Foundational Open Science Skills"
description: "CyVerse's Foundational Open Science Skills (FOSS) workshop and an archive of its offerings from 2019 to 2024."
type: Reference
tags:
  - Open Science
  - Workshops
  - FOSS
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  at: "2026-09-11T00:00:00Z"
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    title: "CyVerse Learning Materials: docs/edu/workshops/foss.md"
    author: "team:cyverse"
    last_modified: "2025-03-14T14:47:33-07:00"
---

# Foundational Open Science Skills

The most recent FOSS workshop in this archive ran virtually on Thursdays, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM US Arizona (Mountain Standard) Time, from Sept. 5 to Nov. 21, 2024.

CyVerse's 12-week virtual workshop teaches you the principles, practices, and how-tos for doing collaborative open science using cutting-edge, open source cyberinfrastructure. 

To see how our FOSS workshop can support your work, check out the workshop curriculum over the years: 

| Name | Dates | Description |
|------|-------|-------------|
| [Fall FOSS 2024](https://unm-carc.github.io/foss/course/schedule/){target=_blank} | Sept. 5 - Nov. 21, 2024 | Eighth virtual workshop series
| [Spring FOSS 2024](https://github.com/CyVerse-learning-materials/foss/releases/tag/2024.spring){target=_blank} | Jan. 25 - March 14, 2024  | Seventh virtual workshop series 
| [Fall FOSS 2023](https://github.com/CyVerse-learning-materials/foss/releases){target=_blank} | Sept. 7 - Nov. 2, 2023 |Sixth virtual workshop series
| [Spring FOSS 2023](https://unm-carc.github.io/foss/course/schedule/){target=_blank} | Jan 19 - Mar 30, 2023 | Fifth virtual workshop series |
| [Fall FOSS 2022](https://unm-carc.github.io/foss/course/schedule/){target=_blank} | Sept 15 - Nov 18, 2022 | Fourth virtual workshop series |
| [Fall FOSS 2021](https://cyverse-foss.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/latest/){target=_blank} | Sept 7 - Nov 18, 2021 | Third virtual workshop series |
| [Spring FOSS 2021](https://cyverse-foss.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/foss-2021-spring/){target=_blank} | Feb 9 - Apr 21, 2021 | Second virtual workshop series |
| [Summer FOSS 2020](https://cyverse-foss-2020.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/latest/){target=_blank} | July 28 - Nov 3, 2020 | First virtual workshop series |
| [Spring FOSS 2020](https://cyverse-foss.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/foss-2020-spring/){target=_blank} | Feb 17 - 21, 2020 | Second in-person workshop at UArizona |
| [Spring FOSS 2019](https://cyverse-foss.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/foss-2019-spring/){target=_blank} | Jun 3-7, 2019 | First in-person workshop at UArizona |

<p class="carc-provenance" markdown>Adapted from [CyVerse Learning Materials](https://github.com/CyVerse-learning-materials/learning-materials-home/blob/b7392d21be4fd6a67d051847f98c81a18e058a12/docs/edu/workshops/foss.md){target=_blank} (last source update 2025-03-14), CC BY 4.0. Spotted a problem? [Open an issue](https://github.com/UNM-CARC/cyverse/issues){target=_blank}.</p>