Data Science Events

Find virtual and in-person data science events, webinars, and trainings from NIAID and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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Upcoming Events

NCI Office of Data Sharing Impact Prize

Mon, August 3 - Mon, October 5, 2026

Researchers are invited to submit applications to the NCI Office of Data Sharing's Impact Prize. The challenge seeks to collect ideas and strategies that advance the broad, rapid, and equitable sharing of NCI-funded cancer research outputs. Applications will be accepted August 3-October 5. Winners will be announced Mid-November.

ImmPort End-to-End: A Hands-On Workshop on AI-Powered Data Access, Discovery, and Analysis

Tue, August 18, 2026, 12:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Virtual

ImmPort is hosting a workshop to walk through the full ImmPort lifecycle from submitting a study to running a guided analysis on an AI-ready dataset. Participants are encouraged to register to ImmPort to follow along.

NIAID-BRCs AI Codeathon 2.0

Wed, September 16 - Fri, September 18, 2026
Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL Bldg 240, Room 1416

Researchers, data scientists, and developers are invited to apply by June 30, 2026 to participate in this 3-day, in-person event focused on using AI, LLMs, and agentic frameworks to advance infectious disease research.

NCI Data Sharing Symposium Data to Discovery: Leveraging Cancer Data in the "Real World"

Thu, November 5 - Fri, November 6, 2026
Hybrid

The National Cancer Institute is hosting the fourth Annual Data Sharing Symposium focused on advancing cancer research via the sharing and reuse of real world cancer data. Follow the link to learn more and register.

NCI Data Jamboree: Enhancing Data Sharing and Utility to Advance Cancer Research

Mon, November 16 - Wed, November 18, 2026
NIH Neuroscience Center Building, 6001 Executive Blvd., Rockville, Maryland 20852

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) invites applicants to participate in the 2026 NCI Data Jamboree. Small teams will collaborate to solve scientific and technical challenges using publicly available datasets. Follow the link to learn more and register.

Seminar Series and Recurring Events

NCI ODS Data Jamboree Seminar Series

The National Cancer Institute’s Office of Data Sharing is hosting a monthly webinar series for presentations from project teams after their inaugural data jamboree in September 2025. Projects included enhancing data interoperability, evaluating data quality and AI-readiness, integrating and analyzing data, and developing educational materials. 

Tools for Tomorrow NIAID BRCs Webinar Series

The NIAID-funded Bioinformatics Resource Centers provide sustainable, data-driven platforms, portable computational tools, and interoperability standards — all designed to serve the infectious diseases research community. Register through the link for an invitation to monthly webinars across the BRCs.

ScHARe Think-a-Thons

Hosted monthly by the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities, Think-a-Thons are open to researchers at any level to learn about and discuss bias mitigation in artificial intelligence and health research. Follow the link to learn more about upcoming meetings and view past meeting recordings.

The Foundations of Biomedical Data Science Seminar Series

Speakers from a variety of biomedical data science disciplines present at this series weekly each Friday at noon ET. Publicly available recordings of past seminars can also be found at this link.

Bridge2AI Educational Materials

These materials include seminar series, blogs, and other educational resources from the NIH-funded Bridge2AI Consortium. Bridge2AI brings together experts across biomedical and behavioral research to develop FAIR datasets and ethical AI/ML practices.

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