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. 2015 Jul 23:4:e09944.
doi: 10.7554/eLife.09944.

Science hackathons for developing interdisciplinary research and collaborations

Derek Groen  1 , Ben Calderhead  2
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Science hackathons for developing interdisciplinary research and collaborations

Derek Groen et al. Elife. .

Abstract

Science hackathons can help academics, particularly those in the early stage of their careers, to build collaborations and write research proposals.

Keywords: careers in science; collaboration; cutting edge; early career researchers; hackathons; interdisciplinary research.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests:The authors declare that no competing interests exist.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.. Overview of the main tasks that contribute to a successful science hackathon.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.. Left: Group photo of a subset of participants (since several of them were still working on their projects).
Right: A project group working during the event.
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