We are keen to support those in the ASAPbio Community who want to learn more about preprints or who wish to become an advocate about preprints in their communities. Interested in a deep dive into preprints? Want to learn what the buzz is about preprint review? Seeking to drive forward your own preprint initiative? Then our ASAPbio Fellows program is for you!
Applications for the 2025 Fellows program will open soon. The program will run from March to September 2025. Applications for the 2025 program will open January 1st 2025 and we will be recruiting 35 Fellows.
Here are five reasons why you should join the program:
- Learn more about preprints and how they can benefit your research
- Connect with others in the research community and beyond
- Gain confidence to drive conversations about preprints; including creating and delivering a preprint related talk
- Contribute to an ASAPbio initiative or develop your own preprint project.
- 5. It’s fun! You’ll meet others interested in preprints and learn more about publishing, peer review & open science
Program activities
The Fellows program activities include:
Orientation
Three orientation sessions covering:
- Overview of the program
- An introduction to preprints
- An overview of the preprint landscape
- Preprint review initiatives
- Preprints in the broader publishing context
- Handling conversations about preprints, principles and practice
- Advocating for preprints
Culture & Community track
The primary activities of the Fellows program occur as part of the culture and community track, culminating in Fellows delivering a local talk around preprints. This track contains all of the large cohort calls in addition to smaller group discussion meetings. The track runs March-August 2025.
Project work
An additional and optional track in the Fellows program where you work in collaboration with other Fellows to help develop an ASAPbio strategic initiative. This track runs May-September 2025
More information
You can find more information on the ASAPbio Fellows program Handbook. You can also check out previous Fellows – 2020 Fellows, 2021 Fellows, 2023 Fellows, 2024 Fellows, and see the accomplishments from 2023 and 2024. If you have any questions about the program, please email Jonny at jonny.coates@asapbio.org.
