The 2020 cohort of the ASAPbio Fellows program included 26 participants who worked on six projects, you can read more about the projects, their accomplishments and the 2020 Fellows below.

Interested in the ASAPbio Fellows program? You can read more about the program on the Handbook, or contact Iratxe at iratxe.puebla@asapbio.org with any questions.

2020 ASAPbio Fellows’ projects

Project	ASAPbio Fellows	Project items
Organize a preprint event	Bradley Alicea, Marco Fumasoni, Yamini Ravichandran, Sarah Stryeck	‘The past, the present and the future of preprints’ online panel event 19 October 2020, recording here and blog post here Handbook guide to organize online events
Preprint journal clubs	Christine Cuccinotta, Sandra Franco Iborra, Thabiso Motaung, Fabio Palmieri, Pablo Ranea-Robles	November 2020 Community Call, recording here Journal clubs around the world survey The benefits of preprint journal clubs infographic
Engaging with the clinical community about preprints	Vanessa Bortoluzzi, Kirsty Ferguson, Suraj Kannan, Aleksandra Petelski	Clinician’s Corner, a blog series aimed at opening the dialogue surrounding preprint usage in the clinical community Welcome to Clinician’s Corner An interview with Dr Karin Purshouse How might preprints benefit sharing clinical trial results? From a “Forgotten Experiment” in the 1960s to today: Clinical Preprints in the Light of History
Preprint-related infographics	Ana Dorrego-Rivas, Carrie Iwema, Mafalda Pimentel	Five preprint-related infographics, available via the Preprint FAQ (associated translations to Spanish, French, Portuguese and Italian coming soon)
Training course – the scientific process and where preprints fit	Vanessa Bortoluzzi, Jonny Coates, Gautam Dey, Tara Fischer, Gilbert Kibet-Rono, Aleksandra Petelski	Training course materials in progress
The future of preprints vs. ‘classical’ publishing -scenario building	Giri Athrey, Corrado Nai	Blog post exploring possible future scenarios here Twine game

2020 ASAPbio Fellows