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Overview Open Box Science (OBS, OpenBoxScience.org) is a community-driven initiative and a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that emerged during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown. When traditional scientific exchanges through in-person seminars, meetings, and conferences were disrupted, a group of early-career scientists initiated a series of webinars where they invited first-author peers to present recent publications. Instead of limiting attendance, OBS opened these seminars to a global audience, breaking down institutional and geographical barriers that often impede open science. In four years, we have organized over 250 free, first–author–centered webinars, hosted participants from more than 70 countries (Fig 1), and amassed over 114,000 cumulative YouTube views—all based on the OBS volunteer community that we have built. These events consistently reach early-career researchers who lack the funds, visas, or institutional prestige to attend traditional meetings, and they emphasize practical, hands-on protocols rarely covered by senior-investigator talks. Scientific Rationale & Problem Statement Existing methods of scientific exchanges, including most in-person conferences and webinars, face several limitations: (1) They tend to focus on established investigators rather than trainees, limiting professional development opportunities and peer-to-peer coaching for hands-on topics, e.g., how to perform a sophisticated experiment or use new software. (2) The resulting content (even for webinars) often remains closed to registered or paid participants, creating a disparity in access. (3) They are limited by geographical boundaries and require travel, incurring financial and environmental costs. The research community urgently needs an initiative dedicated to training researcher-communicators, providing equitable access to scientific knowledge, and building a global community for scientific exchange. Scope of this proposal Building on its success since 2020, OBS proposes a three-year plan to: (1) Develop a dedicated training program for future scientific scholar-communicators, who will be selected for OBS fellowships over a one-year term. These three terms of fellows will, over their tenure in the program, (2) Provide a platform to disseminate cutting-edge research, focusing on review articles and how-to protocols presented by first authors, and (3) Strengthen the OBS community and guide scientific exchanges on the platform. Over a three-year period, OBS will award three cohorts of OBS fellowships each in six topic areas where OBS has already established engaged communities. OBS fellows will organize at least one webinar each month in each topic area, featuring first-author speakers and co-host(s) from the OBS community. They will also organize two workshops each year that cover newly developed methodologies and concepts. The talks will be selected based on established criteria to identify commonly useful protocols and new articles that generate strong interest, and are vouched for by the OBS executive team and scientific advisors. All talk recordings will be posted online and promoted through OBS’ widely viewed social media channels, as well as through OBS partners including research institutions, professional societies, journals, and other researcher communities. Past OBS talks have frequently attracted over a few hundreds and, in several instances, over a thousand views within a year, demonstrating the broad impact of our approach. During the project period, the OBS team will continuously measure outcomes in a data-driven manner to improve OBS events, including topic selection, promotion, and audience inclusion strategy, to best serve the global research community. We will focus on these topic areas that we have already gained strong momentum: Genetics & Genomic Medicine 2. Neuroscience Cell Biology & Organelle Dynamics 4. Immunology & Inflammation Cancer Biology 6. Translational Medicine For each area, we will recruit and mentor 2~3 OBS Fellows per year—post-docs or senior PhD candidates who are both domain experts and aspiring science communicators. Fellows receive intensive onboarding, then curate and host one webinar per month plus two hands-on workshops each year. The resulting open-access library will form one of the largest publicly archived collections of practical first-author talks spanning these six domains. Crowdfunding-Driven Flexibility Rather than relying on a single grantor who funds traditional conferences limited to selected participants, we are crowdfunding the program. Donors may earmark contributions for any of the six topics—or propose emerging sub-fields. Upon receiving ≥ USD 6,000 in targeted gifts, OBS will release a fellowship call tailored to that focus within three months, ensuring the platform remains nimble and community-driven. Data Sharing Commitments All recordings, slides, and protocols will be released under a CC-BY license on YouTube within ten days of each event. Captioning (English + auto-translated subtitles) ensures accessibility for the deaf, non-native English speakers, and users who prefer asynchronous learning. Program Timeline (36 months) Phase Activities Timing Launch & Setup Crowd-funding campaign; confirm partner institutions; finalize fellowship call materials; open application portal Months 0–1 Cohort 1 Recruitment Application review, interviews, selection of 12 Fellows (2 per area) Months 1–2 Fellow Onboarding Four-week intensive: inclusive-moderation, safety, social-media promotion, two co-hosted legacy webinars Months 2–3 Year 1 Delivery Each pair of fellows will host 12 webinars + 2 workshops; 1 area town-halls; continuous data capture & DEI monitoring Months 3–12 Cohort 2 Cycle Recruit next 24 Fellows (with any donor-directed special calls); repeat onboarding and Year-2 event cadence Months 12–24 Cohort 3 Cycle Recruit final 24 Fellows; integrate graduating Fellows as mentors/co-hosts; Year-3 event cadence Months 24–36 Final Evaluation & Reporting Aggregate three-year metrics; publish white paper; release full data set & sustainability roadmap Months 34–36 Overall Impact: The proposed Open Box Science (OBS) program aims to make a significant impact on the scientific community by (1) fostering a new generation of researcher-communicators, (2) providing open access to 300+ high-quality, interactive webinars/workshops, and (3) expanding a connected community of researchers without borders. The three-year plan is designed to address current challenges in scientific exchange, particularly the need for more inclusive platforms for knowledge sharing. This proposed plan will create a dynamic, inclusive, and intellectually stimulating community that promotes learning, collaboration, and innovation. Through this program, we will substantially strengthen the OBS community in the six targeted areas and cultivate engagement from adjacent fields. These developments will enable OBS to reach researchers across disciplines, strengthen peer-to-peer learning, enable scientific exchange across geographical and financial barriers, and facilitate scientific collaboration on a global scale. 2. Introduction Background & literature. Virtual conferences can democratise knowledge but often replicate inequities, lacking structured communicator training and open archiving. First-author-centric forums improve reproducibility by sharing tacit know-how, yet remain rare. Research questions. Does a structured fellowship measurably enhance participants’ science-communication skills and career networks? Can an open, hybrid webinar model achieve demonstrably global, high-yield reach and facilitate open scientific exchange? Will rapid open archiving drive sustained online engagement beyond typical seminar baselines? Hypotheses. H1. Fellowship completion increases fellows’ self-rated communication proficiency and professional-network size. H2. Each live event draws attendees from ≥ 4 continents and achieves ≥ 85 % satisfaction among speakers and audience. H3. Over 80 % of webinars surpass 100 YouTube views within six months, indicating wider uptake than closed seminars. Impact statement. Based on our last 3 years of experience, engaged OBS volunteers shared stories of enhanced communications and scientific networks. Whether or not all thresholds are met, the program will yield a freely accessible, multi-disciplinary knowledge base and a reproducible blueprint for training researcher-communicators—advantages that persist independent of outcome magnitude. 3. Methods Research Team (see also OpenBoxScience.org) OBS organizing committee and their area of research, affiliations in regards to this proposal: Co-Founder Kuan-lin Huang (Genetics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City), Co-Founder Chih-Chung Lin (Neuroscience, MGH and Harvard University, Boston), Co-Founder Eugenio Contreras Castillo (Cell Biology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico), Director Vivian Chiu (Neuroscience, Yale University, New Haven), and Director Anna Salamero Boix (Cell Biology, Georg-Speyer-Haus, Germany). OBS Scientific Advisors who are world-leading experts in the research areas covered by this proposal as well as science education and communication: (i) Dr. Angela Rasmussen: US NIH Advisory Committee (Science Communication), (ii) Dr. Gustavo Stolovitzky: CSO at GeneDx (Genetics), (iii) Dr. Kristen Brennand: Professor of Psychiatry at Yale (Cell Biology and Neuroscience), (iv) Dr. Lawrence Hunter: Director of the Computational Bioscience Program at UC Boulder (Genetics and Cell Biology), (v) Dr. Susan M. Fitzpatrick: President/CEO Retired of James S. McDonnell Foundation (Neuroscience), and (vi) Dr. Ting Wang: Chair of the Genetics Department at Washington University in St. Louis (Genetics). Participants / Sample Group Inclusion / exclusion Planned N (3 yrs) Rationale / justification OBS Fellows Post-docs or senior PhD students with ≥ 1 peer-reviewed article in one of six areas; commitment to DEI; global 48 (12 + 18 + 18) Enables monthly coverage while maintaining quality; no power calc needed—program-evaluation focus Speakers First authors of high-interest papers/protocols 5 k followers), listserv (1 500+), Our diverse partnership networks through other student and international research organization. No random sampling; programme targets are capacity-driven. Materials and Procedures Training module (weeks 1–4) Inclusive moderation, safety protocols, Zoom & YouTube ops, social-media promotion, analytics reading. Fellows shadow two legacy events. Event delivery (months 3–36) Webinars: 60-min talk + Q&A on Zoom; YouTube Live overflow as needed. Workshops: 1-h method tutorials with live code/protocol walkthrough. Dual-host model—one technical/safety, one scientific. Recordings edited (minor redactions) and posted ≤ 10 days. Planned Analyses Hypothesis Data & preprocessing Statistical test / rule IF-THEN contingency H1 Pre/post Likert (1–7) on communication skill; LinkedIn follower delta Paired t-test; success = p < 0.05 & Cohen’s d ≥ 0.8 IF effect < 0.5 SD for 2 cohorts → add advanced coaching sessions H2 Zoom registration → continent count; 5-item satisfaction survey (1–5) Descriptive; pass if ≥ 4 continents & mean ≥ 4.25 IF either metric missed 2 quarters → targeted outreach & moderator refresh H3 YouTube view counts @180 days; compare to 100-view target Proportion test vs 80 % threshold IF < 80 % meet target → partner cross-posting Ethics and Data Management IRB status: Program involves no human subjects research per 45 CFR 46. 102. Confidentiality: Registration info stored in secured OBS G-Suite; only aggregated, de-identified data reported. Data sharing / archiving: Videos & slides CC-BY on YouTube; annual CSV of anonymised metrics + R/python scripts for analyses. 4. Pilot Data The fast-growing OBS community consists of 2,000+ followers each on Twitter and Facebook, 1,800+ followers on YouTube and LinkedIn, and 150+ members actively nominating and co-hosting webinars on Slack. OBS is committed to speaker diversity as shown by our updated list of speaker demographics in 2023 (Fig 2). OBS talks, uploaded to YouTube with speaker consent, have accumulated over 110K views. Auto-translation on YouTube enables worldwide scientists to learn from our content (Fig 3). 5. Budget Category Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Notes Fellow stipends ($3,000/fellow) 36,000 72,000 72,000 OBS Fellowship (12 in Year 1, 24 in Year 2, 24 in Year 3) Webinar platforms & IT 4,000 4,000 4,000 Zoom Ent., Website, YouTube Total / year 40,000 76,000 76,000 OBS Fellow Stipends. The direct cost will be allocated to sponsor the OBS Fellowship in each topic area. The proposed webinars and workshops will host 2~3 fellows per year in each subject area for a one-year term over three years (three cohorts over three years), with the opportunity to volunteer and serve on the OBS executive team in the subsequent year. Fellowship Selection: OBS fellows will be carefully chosen based on their previous engagement with the OBS community (ex., talk nominations, co-hosting webinars, scientific discussion), experience in scientific communication, and their expertise in the seminar series' topic area (e.g., publication records in the topic area). Eligibility is limited to early-career researchers, including Postdoc or PhD candidates who have shown commitment to the research area, and the call will specify that all qualified applicants, including minorities, women, and individuals with disabilities, are encouraged to apply. Webinar platforms & IT ($4,000/yr, Years 1-3) This will cover webinar (e.g., Zoom Pro), web platform (e.g. OBS website hosting via GoDaddy and https secure domain), and other IT costs. 6. Open Box Science Websites Web Page Facebook Twitter Bluesky YouTube LinkedIn Slack5b:T3994,The Open Box Science Fellowship Program for Enhancing Scientific Communication and Open Science 1. Overview Open Box Science (OBS, OpenBoxScience.org) is a community-driven initiative and a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that emerged during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown. When traditional scientific exchanges through in-person seminars, meetings, and conferences were disrupted, a group of early-career scientists initiated a series of webinars where they invited first-author peers to present recent publications. Instead of limiting attendance, OBS opened these seminars to a global audience, breaking down institutional and geographical barriers that often impede open science. In four years, we have organized over 250 free, first–author–centered webinars, hosted participants from more than 70 countries (Fig 1), and amassed over 114,000 cumulative YouTube views—all based on the OBS volunteer community that we have built. These events consistently reach early-career researchers who lack the funds, visas, or institutional prestige to attend traditional meetings, and they emphasize practical, hands-on protocols rarely covered by senior-investigator talks. Scientific Rationale & Problem Statement Existing methods of scientific exchanges, including most in-person conferences and webinars, face several limitations: (1) They tend to focus on established investigators rather than trainees, limiting professional development opportunities and peer-to-peer coaching for hands-on topics, e.g., how to perform a sophisticated experiment or use new software. (2) The resulting content (even for webinars) often remains closed to registered or paid participants, creating a disparity in access. (3) They are limited by geographical boundaries and require travel, incurring financial and environmental costs. The research community urgently needs an initiative dedicated to training researcher-communicators, providing equitable access to scientific knowledge, and building a global community for scientific exchange. Scope of this proposal Building on its success since 2020, OBS proposes a three-year plan to: (1) Develop a dedicated training program for future scientific scholar-communicators, who will be selected for OBS fellowships over a one-year term. These three terms of fellows will, over their tenure in the program, (2) Provide a platform to disseminate cutting-edge research, focusing on review articles and how-to protocols presented by first authors, and (3) Strengthen the OBS community and guide scientific exchanges on the platform. Over a three-year period, OBS will award three cohorts of OBS fellowships each in six topic areas where OBS has already established engaged communities. OBS fellows will organize at least one webinar each month in each topic area, featuring first-author speakers and co-host(s) from the OBS community. They will also organize two workshops each year that cover newly developed methodologies and concepts. The talks will be selected based on established criteria to identify commonly useful protocols and new articles that generate strong interest, and are vouched for by the OBS executive team and scientific advisors. All talk recordings will be posted online and promoted through OBS’ widely viewed social media channels, as well as through OBS partners including research institutions, professional societies, journals, and other researcher communities. Past OBS talks have frequently attracted over a few hundreds and, in several instances, over a thousand views within a year, demonstrating the broad impact of our approach. During the project period, the OBS team will continuously measure outcomes in a data-driven manner to improve OBS events, including topic selection, promotion, and audience inclusion strategy, to best serve the global research community. We will focus on these topic areas that we have already gained strong momentum: Genetics & Genomic Medicine 2. Neuroscience Cell Biology & Organelle Dynamics 4. Immunology & Inflammation Cancer Biology 6. Translational Medicine For each area, we will recruit and mentor 2~3 OBS Fellows per year—post-docs or senior PhD candidates who are both domain experts and aspiring science communicators. Fellows receive intensive onboarding, then curate and host one webinar per month plus two hands-on workshops each year. The resulting open-access library will form one of the largest publicly archived collections of practical first-author talks spanning these six domains. Crowdfunding-Driven Flexibility Rather than relying on a single grantor who funds traditional conferences limited to selected participants, we are crowdfunding the program. Donors may earmark contributions for any of the six topics—or propose emerging sub-fields. Upon receiving ≥ USD 6,000 in targeted gifts, OBS will release a fellowship call tailored to that focus within three months, ensuring the platform remains nimble and community-driven. Data Sharing Commitments All recordings, slides, and protocols will be released under a CC-BY license on YouTube within ten days of each event. Captioning (English + auto-translated subtitles) ensures accessibility for the deaf, non-native English speakers, and users who prefer asynchronous learning. Program Timeline (36 months) Phase Activities Timing Launch & Setup Crowd-funding campaign; confirm partner institutions; finalize fellowship call materials; open application portal Months 0–1 Cohort 1 Recruitment Application review, interviews, selection of 12 Fellows (2 per area) Months 1–2 Fellow Onboarding Four-week intensive: inclusive-moderation, safety, social-media promotion, two co-hosted legacy webinars Months 2–3 Year 1 Delivery Each pair of fellows will host 12 webinars + 2 workshops; 1 area town-halls; continuous data capture & DEI monitoring Months 3–12 Cohort 2 Cycle Recruit next 24 Fellows (with any donor-directed special calls); repeat onboarding and Year-2 event cadence Months 12–24 Cohort 3 Cycle Recruit final 24 Fellows; integrate graduating Fellows as mentors/co-hosts; Year-3 event cadence Months 24–36 Final Evaluation & Reporting Aggregate three-year metrics; publish white paper; release full data set & sustainability roadmap Months 34–36 Overall Impact: The proposed Open Box Science (OBS) program aims to make a significant impact on the scientific community by (1) fostering a new generation of researcher-communicators, (2) providing open access to 300+ high-quality, interactive webinars/workshops, and (3) expanding a connected community of researchers without borders. The three-year plan is designed to address current challenges in scientific exchange, particularly the need for more inclusive platforms for knowledge sharing. This proposed plan will create a dynamic, inclusive, and intellectually stimulating community that promotes learning, collaboration, and innovation. Through this program, we will substantially strengthen the OBS community in the six targeted areas and cultivate engagement from adjacent fields. These developments will enable OBS to reach researchers across disciplines, strengthen peer-to-peer learning, enable scientific exchange across geographical and financial barriers, and facilitate scientific collaboration on a global scale. 2. Introduction Background & literature. Virtual conferences can democratise knowledge but often replicate inequities, lacking structured communicator training and open archiving. First-author-centric forums improve reproducibility by sharing tacit know-how, yet remain rare. Research questions. Does a structured fellowship measurably enhance participants’ science-communication skills and career networks? Can an open, hybrid webinar model achieve demonstrably global, high-yield reach and facilitate open scientific exchange? Will rapid open archiving drive sustained online engagement beyond typical seminar baselines? Hypotheses. H1. Fellowship completion increases fellows’ self-rated communication proficiency and professional-network size. H2. Each live event draws attendees from ≥ 4 continents and achieves ≥ 85 % satisfaction among speakers and audience. H3. Over 80 % of webinars surpass 100 YouTube views within six months, indicating wider uptake than closed seminars. Impact statement. Based on our last 3 years of experience, engaged OBS volunteers shared stories of enhanced communications and scientific networks. Whether or not all thresholds are met, the program will yield a freely accessible, multi-disciplinary knowledge base and a reproducible blueprint for training researcher-communicators—advantages that persist independent of outcome magnitude. 3. Methods Research Team (see also OpenBoxScience.org) OBS organizing committee and their area of research, affiliations in regards to this proposal: Co-Founder Kuan-lin Huang (Genetics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City), Co-Founder Chih-Chung Lin (Neuroscience, MGH and Harvard University, Boston), Co-Founder Eugenio Contreras Castillo (Cell Biology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico), Director Vivian Chiu (Neuroscience, Yale University, New Haven), and Director Anna Salamero Boix (Cell Biology, Georg-Speyer-Haus, Germany). OBS Scientific Advisors who are world-leading experts in the research areas covered by this proposal as well as science education and communication: (i) Dr. Angela Rasmussen: US NIH Advisory Committee (Science Communication), (ii) Dr. Gustavo Stolovitzky: CSO at GeneDx (Genetics), (iii) Dr. Kristen Brennand: Professor of Psychiatry at Yale (Cell Biology and Neuroscience), (iv) Dr. Lawrence Hunter: Director of the Computational Bioscience Program at UC Boulder (Genetics and Cell Biology), (v) Dr. Susan M. Fitzpatrick: President/CEO Retired of James S. McDonnell Foundation (Neuroscience), and (vi) Dr. Ting Wang: Chair of the Genetics Department at Washington University in St. Louis (Genetics). Participants / Sample Group Inclusion / exclusion Planned N (3 yrs) Rationale / justification OBS Fellows Post-docs or senior PhD students with ≥ 1 peer-reviewed article in one of six areas; commitment to DEI; global 48 (12 + 18 + 18) Enables monthly coverage while maintaining quality; no power calc needed—program-evaluation focus Speakers First authors of high-interest papers/protocols < 18 mo old; consent to record; emphasis on UR groups ~720 (15 webinars + 2 workshops × 6 areas × 3 yrs) Matches event cadence Audience Anyone with a Zoom/YouTube account; no geographic restriction 2 000–4 000 live attendances/yr Based on OBS historical analytics Recruitment: public calls on social media (>5 k followers), listserv (1 500+), Our diverse partnership networks through other student and international research organization. No random sampling; programme targets are capacity-driven. Materials and Procedures Training module (weeks 1–4) Inclusive moderation, safety protocols, Zoom & YouTube ops, social-media promotion, analytics reading. Fellows shadow two legacy events. Event delivery (months 3–36) Webinars: 60-min talk + Q&A on Zoom; YouTube Live overflow as needed. Workshops: 1-h method tutorials with live code/protocol walkthrough. Dual-host model—one technical/safety, one scientific. Recordings edited (minor redactions) and posted ≤ 10 days. Planned Analyses Hypothesis Data & preprocessing Statistical test / rule IF-THEN contingency H1 Pre/post Likert (1–7) on communication skill; LinkedIn follower delta Paired t-test; success = p < 0.05 & Cohen’s d ≥ 0.8 IF effect < 0.5 SD for 2 cohorts → add advanced coaching sessions H2 Zoom registration → continent count; 5-item satisfaction survey (1–5) Descriptive; pass if ≥ 4 continents & mean ≥ 4.25 IF either metric missed 2 quarters → targeted outreach & moderator refresh H3 YouTube view counts @180 days; compare to 100-view target Proportion test vs 80 % threshold IF < 80 % meet target → partner cross-posting Ethics and Data Management IRB status: Program involves no human subjects research per 45 CFR 46. 102. Confidentiality: Registration info stored in secured OBS G-Suite; only aggregated, de-identified data reported. Data sharing / archiving: Videos & slides CC-BY on YouTube; annual CSV of anonymised metrics + R/python scripts for analyses. 4. Pilot Data The fast-growing OBS community consists of 2,000+ followers each on Twitter and Facebook, 1,800+ followers on YouTube and LinkedIn, and 150+ members actively nominating and co-hosting webinars on Slack. OBS is committed to speaker diversity as shown by our updated list of speaker demographics in 2023 (Fig 2). OBS talks, uploaded to YouTube with speaker consent, have accumulated over 110K views. Auto-translation on YouTube enables worldwide scientists to learn from our content (Fig 3). 5. Budget Category Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Notes Fellow stipends ($3,000/fellow) 36,000 72,000 72,000 OBS Fellowship (12 in Year 1, 24 in Year 2, 24 in Year 3) Webinar platforms & IT 4,000 4,000 4,000 Zoom Ent., Website, YouTube Total / year 40,000 76,000 76,000 OBS Fellow Stipends. The direct cost will be allocated to sponsor the OBS Fellowship in each topic area. The proposed webinars and workshops will host 2~3 fellows per year in each subject area for a one-year term over three years (three cohorts over three years), with the opportunity to volunteer and serve on the OBS executive team in the subsequent year. Fellowship Selection: OBS fellows will be carefully chosen based on their previous engagement with the OBS community (ex., talk nominations, co-hosting webinars, scientific discussion), experience in scientific communication, and their expertise in the seminar series' topic area (e.g., publication records in the topic area). Eligibility is limited to early-career researchers, including Postdoc or PhD candidates who have shown commitment to the research area, and the call will specify that all qualified applicants, including minorities, women, and individuals with disabilities, are encouraged to apply. Webinar platforms & IT ($4,000/yr, Years 1-3) This will cover webinar (e.g., Zoom Pro), web platform (e.g. OBS website hosting via GoDaddy and https secure domain), and other IT costs. 6. Open Box Science Websites Web Page Facebook Twitter Bluesky YouTube LinkedIn Slack 5c:T12777,{"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"heading","attrs":{"id":"9d383ea4-1ade-46e3-9b33-465498a571b9","data-toc-id":"9d383ea4-1ade-46e3-9b33-465498a571b9","textAlign":null,"level":1},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"The Open Box Science Fellowship Program for Enhancing Scientific Communication and Open Science"}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"id":"34987806-10bf-4536-9ffd-df9396e7fa83","data-toc-id":"d8b8e652-935e-44a8-83b1-5383b7df7e78","textAlign":"left","level":2},"content":[{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"textStyle","attrs":{"fontSize":"13pt","fontFamily":"Arial, sans-serif","color":"rgb(0, 0, 0)"}},{"type":"bold"}],"text":"1. Overview"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"id":"ee021c81-94bc-4981-b49f-7e2634af5ca3","class":null,"textAlign":null},"content":[{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"textStyle","attrs":{"fontSize":"14.6667px","fontFamily":"Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif","color":"rgb(0, 0, 0)"}}],"text":"Open Box Science (OBS, OpenBoxScience.org) is a community-driven initiative and a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that emerged during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown. When traditional scientific exchanges through in-person seminars, meetings, and conferences were disrupted, a group of early-career scientists initiated a series of webinars where they invited first-author peers to present recent publications. Instead of limiting attendance, OBS opened these seminars to a global audience, breaking down institutional and geographical barriers that often impede open science."},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"textStyle","attrs":{"fontSize":"11pt","fontFamily":"Arial, sans-serif","color":"rgb(0, 0, 0)"}}],"text":" In four years, we have organized "},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"textStyle","attrs":{"fontSize":"11pt","fontFamily":"Arial, sans-serif","color":"rgb(0, 0, 0)"}},{"type":"bold"}],"text":"over 250 free, first–author–centered webinars"},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"textStyle","attrs":{"fontSize":"11pt","fontFamily":"Arial, sans-serif","color":"rgb(0, 0, 0)"}}],"text":", hosted participants from more than "},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"textStyle","attrs":{"fontSize":"11pt","fontFamily":"Arial, sans-serif","color":"rgb(0, 0, 0)"}},{"type":"bold"}],"text":"70 countries (Fig 1)"},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"textStyle","attrs":{"fontSize":"11pt","fontFamily":"Arial, sans-serif","color":"rgb(0, 0, 0)"}}],"text":", and amassed "},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"textStyle","attrs":{"fontSize":"11pt","fontFamily":"Arial, sans-serif","color":"rgb(0, 0, 0)"}},{"type":"bold"}],"text":"over 114,000 cumulative YouTube views"},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"textStyle","attrs":{"fontSize":"11pt","fontFamily":"Arial, sans-serif","color":"rgb(0, 0, 0)"}}],"text":"—all based on the OBS volunteer community that we have built. These events consistently reach early-career researchers who lack the funds, visas, or institutional prestige to attend traditional meetings, and they emphasize practical, hands-on protocols rarely covered by senior-investigator talks."}]},{"type":"imageBlock","attrs":{"src":"https://storage.prod.researchhub.com/uploads/notes/users/116790/c2edb605-02f6-4708-bc75-4514c0e93cc0/figures.png","width":"50%","align":"center"}},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"id":"7e148407-2af9-4d35-8990-2af9767721d7","data-toc-id":"7e148407-2af9-4d35-8990-2af9767721d7","textAlign":null,"level":4},"content":[{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"textStyle","attrs":{"fontSize":"11pt","fontFamily":"Arial, sans-serif","color":"rgb(0, 0, 0)"}},{"type":"bold"}],"text":"Scientific Rationale & Problem Statement"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"id":"4b6ea6a3-cb84-41d3-838e-476955e5133f","class":null,"textAlign":null},"content":[{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"textStyle","attrs":{"fontSize":"14.6667px","fontFamily":"Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif","color":"rgb(0, 0, 0)"}}],"text":"Existing methods of scientific exchanges, including most in-person conferences and webinars, face several limitations: (1) They tend to focus on established investigators rather than trainees, limiting professional development opportunities and peer-to-peer coaching for hands-on topics, e.g., how to perform a sophisticated experiment or use new software. (2) The resulting content (even for webinars) often remains closed to registered or paid participants, creating a disparity in access. (3) They are limited by geographical boundaries and require travel, incurring financial and environmental costs. The research community urgently needs an initiative dedicated to training researcher-communicators, providing equitable access to scientific knowledge, and building a global community for scientific exchange."},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"textStyle","attrs":{"fontSize":"11pt","fontFamily":"Arial, sans-serif","color":"rgb(0, 0, 0)"}}],"text":" "}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"id":"d99a02d9-1ce3-432a-8a09-f6f254b1bf5d","class":null,"textAlign":null},"content":[{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"textStyle","attrs":{"fontSize":"11pt","fontFamily":"Arial, sans-serif","color":"rgb(0, 0, 0)"}},{"type":"bold"}],"text":"Scope of this proposal"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"id":"04f60593-c06d-49d9-8f4c-94514b506515","class":null,"textAlign":null},"content":[{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"textStyle","attrs":{"fontSize":"11pt","fontFamily":"Arial, sans-serif","color":"rgb(0, 0, 0)"}}],"text":"Building on its success since 2020, OBS proposes a three-year plan to: (1) Develop a dedicated training program for future scientific scholar-communicators, who will be selected for OBS fellowships over a one-year term. These three terms of fellows will, over their tenure in the program, (2) Provide a platform to disseminate cutting-edge research, focusing on review articles and how-to protocols presented by first authors, and (3) Strengthen the OBS community and guide scientific exchanges on the platform. Over a three-year period, OBS will award three cohorts of OBS fellowships each in six topic areas where OBS has already established engaged communities. OBS fellows will organize at least one webinar each month in each topic area, featuring first-author speakers and co-host(s) from the OBS community. They will also organize two workshops each year that cover newly developed methodologies and concepts. The talks will be selected based on established criteria to identify commonly useful protocols and new articles that generate strong interest, and are vouched for by the OBS executive team and scientific advisors. All talk recordings will be posted online and promoted through OBS’ widely viewed social media channels, as well as through OBS partners including research institutions, professional societies, journals, and other researcher communities. Past OBS talks have frequently attracted over a few hundreds and, in several instances, over a thousand views within a year, demonstrating the broad impact of our approach. During the project period, the OBS team will continuously measure outcomes in a data-driven manner to improve OBS events, including topic selection, promotion, and audience inclusion strategy, to best serve the global research community. 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Overview Open Box Science (OBS, OpenBoxScience.org) is a community-driven initiative and a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that emerged during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown. When traditional scientific exchanges through in-person seminars, meetings, and conferences were disrupted, a group of early-career scientists initiated a series of webinars where they invited first-author peers to present recent publications. Instead of limiting attendance, OBS opened these seminars to a global audience, breaking down institutional and geographical barriers that often impede open science. In four years, we have organized over 250 free, first–author–centered webinars, hosted participants from more than 70 countries (Fig 1), and amassed over 114,000 cumulative YouTube views—all based on the OBS volunteer community that we have built. These events consistently reach early-career researchers who lack the funds, visas, or institutional prestige to attend traditional meetings, and they emphasize practical, hands-on protocols rarely covered by senior-investigator talks. Scientific Rationale & Problem Statement Existing methods of scientific exchanges, including most in-person conferences and webinars, face several limitations: (1) They tend to focus on established investigators rather than trainees, limiting professional development opportunities and peer-to-peer coaching for hands-on topics, e.g., how to perform a sophisticated experiment or use new software. (2) The resulting content (even for webinars) often remains closed to registered or paid participants, creating a disparity in access. (3) They are limited by geographical boundaries and require travel, incurring financial and environmental costs. The research community urgently needs an initiative dedicated to training researcher-communicators, providing equitable access to scientific knowledge, and building a global community for scientific exchange. Scope of this proposal Building on its success since 2020, OBS proposes a three-year plan to: (1) Develop a dedicated training program for future scientific scholar-communicators, who will be selected for OBS fellowships over a one-year term. These three terms of fellows will, over their tenure in the program, (2) Provide a platform to disseminate cutting-edge research, focusing on review articles and how-to protocols presented by first authors, and (3) Strengthen the OBS community and guide scientific exchanges on the platform. Over a three-year period, OBS will award three cohorts of OBS fellowships each in six topic areas where OBS has already established engaged communities. OBS fellows will organize at least one webinar each month in each topic area, featuring first-author speakers and co-host(s) from the OBS community. They will also organize two workshops each year that cover newly developed methodologies and concepts. The talks will be selected based on established criteria to identify commonly useful protocols and new articles that generate strong interest, and are vouched for by the OBS executive team and scientific advisors. All talk recordings will be posted online and promoted through OBS’ widely viewed social media channels, as well as through OBS partners including research institutions, professional societies, journals, and other researcher communities. Past OBS talks have frequently attracted over a few hundreds and, in several instances, over a thousand views within a year, demonstrating the broad impact of our approach. During the project period, the OBS team will continuously measure outcomes in a data-driven manner to improve OBS events, including topic selection, promotion, and audience inclusion strategy, to best serve the global research community. We will focus on these topic areas that we have already gained strong momentum: Genetics & Genomic Medicine 2. Neuroscience Cell Biology & Organelle Dynamics 4. Immunology & Inflammation Cancer Biology 6. Translational Medicine For each area, we will recruit and mentor 2~3 OBS Fellows per year—post-docs or senior PhD candidates who are both domain experts and aspiring science communicators. Fellows receive intensive onboarding, then curate and host one webinar per month plus two hands-on workshops each year. The resulting open-access library will form one of the largest publicly archived collections of practical first-author talks spanning these six domains. Crowdfunding-Driven Flexibility Rather than relying on a single grantor who funds traditional conferences limited to selected participants, we are crowdfunding the program. Donors may earmark contributions for any of the six topics—or propose emerging sub-fields. Upon receiving ≥ USD 6,000 in targeted gifts, OBS will release a fellowship call tailored to that focus within three months, ensuring the platform remains nimble and community-driven. Data Sharing Commitments All recordings, slides, and protocols will be released under a CC-BY license on YouTube within ten days of each event. Captioning (English + auto-translated subtitles) ensures accessibility for the deaf, non-native English speakers, and users who prefer asynchronous learning. Program Timeline (36 months) Phase Activities Timing Launch & Setup Crowd-funding campaign; confirm partner institutions; finalize fellowship call materials; open application portal Months 0–1 Cohort 1 Recruitment Application review, interviews, selection of 12 Fellows (2 per area) Months 1–2 Fellow Onboarding Four-week intensive: inclusive-moderation, safety, social-media promotion, two co-hosted legacy webinars Months 2–3 Year 1 Delivery Each pair of fellows will host 12 webinars + 2 workshops; 1 area town-halls; continuous data capture & DEI monitoring Months 3–12 Cohort 2 Cycle Recruit next 24 Fellows (with any donor-directed special calls); repeat onboarding and Year-2 event cadence Months 12–24 Cohort 3 Cycle Recruit final 24 Fellows; integrate graduating Fellows as mentors/co-hosts; Year-3 event cadence Months 24–36 Final Evaluation & Reporting Aggregate three-year metrics; publish white paper; release full data set & sustainability roadmap Months 34–36 Overall Impact: The proposed Open Box Science (OBS) program aims to make a significant impact on the scientific community by (1) fostering a new generation of researcher-communicators, (2) providing open access to 300+ high-quality, interactive webinars/workshops, and (3) expanding a connected community of researchers without borders. The three-year plan is designed to address current challenges in scientific exchange, particularly the need for more inclusive platforms for knowledge sharing. This proposed plan will create a dynamic, inclusive, and intellectually stimulating community that promotes learning, collaboration, and innovation. Through this program, we will substantially strengthen the OBS community in the six targeted areas and cultivate engagement from adjacent fields. These developments will enable OBS to reach researchers across disciplines, strengthen peer-to-peer learning, enable scientific exchange across geographical and financial barriers, and facilitate scientific collaboration on a global scale. 2. Introduction Background & literature. Virtual conferences can democratise knowledge but often replicate inequities, lacking structured communicator training and open archiving. First-author-centric forums improve reproducibility by sharing tacit know-how, yet remain rare. Research questions. Does a structured fellowship measurably enhance participants’ science-communication skills and career networks? Can an open, hybrid webinar model achieve demonstrably global, high-yield reach and facilitate open scientific exchange? Will rapid open archiving drive sustained online engagement beyond typical seminar baselines? Hypotheses. H1. Fellowship completion increases fellows’ self-rated communication proficiency and professional-network size. H2. Each live event draws attendees from ≥ 4 continents and achieves ≥ 85 % satisfaction among speakers and audience. H3. Over 80 % of webinars surpass 100 YouTube views within six months, indicating wider uptake than closed seminars. Impact statement. Based on our last 3 years of experience, engaged OBS volunteers shared stories of enhanced communications and scientific networks. Whether or not all thresholds are met, the program will yield a freely accessible, multi-disciplinary knowledge base and a reproducible blueprint for training researcher-communicators—advantages that persist independent of outcome magnitude. 3. Methods Research Team (see also OpenBoxScience.org) OBS organizing committee and their area of research, affiliations in regards to this proposal: Co-Founder Kuan-lin Huang (Genetics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City), Co-Founder Chih-Chung Lin (Neuroscience, MGH and Harvard University, Boston), Co-Founder Eugenio Contreras Castillo (Cell Biology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico), Director Vivian Chiu (Neuroscience, Yale University, New Haven), and Director Anna Salamero Boix (Cell Biology, Georg-Speyer-Haus, Germany). OBS Scientific Advisors who are world-leading experts in the research areas covered by this proposal as well as science education and communication: (i) Dr. Angela Rasmussen: US NIH Advisory Committee (Science Communication), (ii) Dr. Gustavo Stolovitzky: CSO at GeneDx (Genetics), (iii) Dr. Kristen Brennand: Professor of Psychiatry at Yale (Cell Biology and Neuroscience), (iv) Dr. Lawrence Hunter: Director of the Computational Bioscience Program at UC Boulder (Genetics and Cell Biology), (v) Dr. Susan M. Fitzpatrick: President/CEO Retired of James S. McDonnell Foundation (Neuroscience), and (vi) Dr. Ting Wang: Chair of the Genetics Department at Washington University in St. Louis (Genetics). Participants / Sample Group Inclusion / exclusion Planned N (3 yrs) Rationale / justification OBS Fellows Post-docs or senior PhD students with ≥ 1 peer-reviewed article in one of six areas; commitment to DEI; global 48 (12 + 18 + 18) Enables monthly coverage while maintaining quality; no power calc needed—program-evaluation focus Speakers First authors of high-interest papers/protocols < 18 mo old; consent to record; emphasis on UR groups ~720 (15 webinars + 2 workshops × 6 areas × 3 yrs) Matches event cadence Audience Anyone with a Zoom/YouTube account; no geographic restriction 2 000–4 000 live attendances/yr Based on OBS historical analytics Recruitment: public calls on social media (>5 k followers), listserv (1 500+), Our diverse partnership networks through other student and international research organization. No random sampling; programme targets are capacity-driven. Materials and Procedures Training module (weeks 1–4) Inclusive moderation, safety protocols, Zoom & YouTube ops, social-media promotion, analytics reading. Fellows shadow two legacy events. Event delivery (months 3–36) Webinars: 60-min talk + Q&A on Zoom; YouTube Live overflow as needed. Workshops: 1-h method tutorials with live code/protocol walkthrough. Dual-host model—one technical/safety, one scientific. Recordings edited (minor redactions) and posted ≤ 10 days. Planned Analyses Hypothesis Data & preprocessing Statistical test / rule IF-THEN contingency H1 Pre/post Likert (1–7) on communication skill; LinkedIn follower delta Paired t-test; success = p < 0.05 & Cohen’s d ≥ 0.8 IF effect < 0.5 SD for 2 cohorts → add advanced coaching sessions H2 Zoom registration → continent count; 5-item satisfaction survey (1–5) Descriptive; pass if ≥ 4 continents & mean ≥ 4.25 IF either metric missed 2 quarters → targeted outreach & moderator refresh H3 YouTube view counts @180 days; compare to 100-view target Proportion test vs 80 % threshold IF < 80 % meet target → partner cross-posting Ethics and Data Management IRB status: Program involves no human subjects research per 45 CFR 46. 102. Confidentiality: Registration info stored in secured OBS G-Suite; only aggregated, de-identified data reported. Data sharing / archiving: Videos & slides CC-BY on YouTube; annual CSV of anonymised metrics + R/python scripts for analyses. 4. Pilot Data The fast-growing OBS community consists of 2,000+ followers each on Twitter and Facebook, 1,800+ followers on YouTube and LinkedIn, and 150+ members actively nominating and co-hosting webinars on Slack. OBS is committed to speaker diversity as shown by our updated list of speaker demographics in 2023 (Fig 2). OBS talks, uploaded to YouTube with speaker consent, have accumulated over 110K views. Auto-translation on YouTube enables worldwide scientists to learn from our content (Fig 3). 5. Budget Category Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Notes Fellow stipends ($3,000/fellow) 36,000 72,000 72,000 OBS Fellowship (12 in Year 1, 24 in Year 2, 24 in Year 3) Webinar platforms & IT 4,000 4,000 4,000 Zoom Ent., Website, YouTube Total / year 40,000 76,000 76,000 OBS Fellow Stipends. The direct cost will be allocated to sponsor the OBS Fellowship in each topic area. The proposed webinars and workshops will host 2~3 fellows per year in each subject area for a one-year term over three years (three cohorts over three years), with the opportunity to volunteer and serve on the OBS executive team in the subsequent year. Fellowship Selection: OBS fellows will be carefully chosen based on their previous engagement with the OBS community (ex., talk nominations, co-hosting webinars, scientific discussion), experience in scientific communication, and their expertise in the seminar series' topic area (e.g., publication records in the topic area). Eligibility is limited to early-career researchers, including Postdoc or PhD candidates who have shown commitment to the research area, and the call will specify that all qualified applicants, including minorities, women, and individuals with disabilities, are encouraged to apply. Webinar platforms & IT ($4,000/yr, Years 1-3) This will cover webinar (e.g., Zoom Pro), web platform (e.g. OBS website hosting via GoDaddy and https secure domain), and other IT costs. 6. Open Box Science Websites Web Page Facebook Twitter Bluesky YouTube LinkedIn Slack 5e:T12777,{"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"heading","attrs":{"id":"9d383ea4-1ade-46e3-9b33-465498a571b9","data-toc-id":"9d383ea4-1ade-46e3-9b33-465498a571b9","textAlign":null,"level":1},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"The Open Box Science Fellowship Program for Enhancing Scientific Communication and Open Science"}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"id":"34987806-10bf-4536-9ffd-df9396e7fa83","data-toc-id":"d8b8e652-935e-44a8-83b1-5383b7df7e78","textAlign":"left","level":2},"content":[{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"textStyle","attrs":{"fontSize":"13pt","fontFamily":"Arial, sans-serif","color":"rgb(0, 0, 0)"}},{"type":"bold"}],"text":"1. 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Instead of limiting attendance, OBS opened these seminars to a global audience, breaking down institutional and geographical barriers that often impede open science."},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"textStyle","attrs":{"fontSize":"11pt","fontFamily":"Arial, sans-serif","color":"rgb(0, 0, 0)"}}],"text":" In four years, we have organized "},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"textStyle","attrs":{"fontSize":"11pt","fontFamily":"Arial, sans-serif","color":"rgb(0, 0, 0)"}},{"type":"bold"}],"text":"over 250 free, first–author–centered webinars"},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"textStyle","attrs":{"fontSize":"11pt","fontFamily":"Arial, sans-serif","color":"rgb(0, 0, 0)"}}],"text":", hosted participants from more than "},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"textStyle","attrs":{"fontSize":"11pt","fontFamily":"Arial, sans-serif","color":"rgb(0, 0, 0)"}},{"type":"bold"}],"text":"70 countries (Fig 1)"},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"textStyle","attrs":{"fontSize":"11pt","fontFamily":"Arial, sans-serif","color":"rgb(0, 0, 0)"}}],"text":", and amassed "},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"textStyle","attrs":{"fontSize":"11pt","fontFamily":"Arial, sans-serif","color":"rgb(0, 0, 0)"}},{"type":"bold"}],"text":"over 114,000 cumulative YouTube views"},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"textStyle","attrs":{"fontSize":"11pt","fontFamily":"Arial, sans-serif","color":"rgb(0, 0, 0)"}}],"text":"—all based on the OBS volunteer community that we have built. These events consistently reach early-career researchers who lack the funds, visas, or institutional prestige to attend traditional meetings, and they emphasize practical, hands-on protocols rarely covered by senior-investigator talks."}]},{"type":"imageBlock","attrs":{"src":"https://storage.prod.researchhub.com/uploads/notes/users/116790/c2edb605-02f6-4708-bc75-4514c0e93cc0/figures.png","width":"50%","align":"center"}},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"id":"7e148407-2af9-4d35-8990-2af9767721d7","data-toc-id":"7e148407-2af9-4d35-8990-2af9767721d7","textAlign":null,"level":4},"content":[{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"textStyle","attrs":{"fontSize":"11pt","fontFamily":"Arial, sans-serif","color":"rgb(0, 0, 0)"}},{"type":"bold"}],"text":"Scientific Rationale & Problem Statement"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"id":"4b6ea6a3-cb84-41d3-838e-476955e5133f","class":null,"textAlign":null},"content":[{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"textStyle","attrs":{"fontSize":"14.6667px","fontFamily":"Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif","color":"rgb(0, 0, 0)"}}],"text":"Existing methods of scientific exchanges, including most in-person conferences and webinars, face several limitations: (1) They tend to focus on established investigators rather than trainees, limiting professional development opportunities and peer-to-peer coaching for hands-on topics, e.g., how to perform a sophisticated experiment or use new software. (2) The resulting content (even for webinars) often remains closed to registered or paid participants, creating a disparity in access. (3) They are limited by geographical boundaries and require travel, incurring financial and environmental costs. The research community urgently needs an initiative dedicated to training researcher-communicators, providing equitable access to scientific knowledge, and building a global community for scientific exchange."},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"textStyle","attrs":{"fontSize":"11pt","fontFamily":"Arial, sans-serif","color":"rgb(0, 0, 0)"}}],"text":" "}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"id":"d99a02d9-1ce3-432a-8a09-f6f254b1bf5d","class":null,"textAlign":null},"content":[{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"textStyle","attrs":{"fontSize":"11pt","fontFamily":"Arial, sans-serif","color":"rgb(0, 0, 0)"}},{"type":"bold"}],"text":"Scope of this proposal"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"id":"04f60593-c06d-49d9-8f4c-94514b506515","class":null,"textAlign":null},"content":[{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"textStyle","attrs":{"fontSize":"11pt","fontFamily":"Arial, sans-serif","color":"rgb(0, 0, 0)"}}],"text":"Building on its success since 2020, OBS proposes a three-year plan to: (1) Develop a dedicated training program for future scientific scholar-communicators, who will be selected for OBS fellowships over a one-year term. 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The Open Box Science Fellowship Program for Enhancing Scientific Communication and Open Science

1. Overview

Open Box Science (OBS, OpenBoxScience.org) is a community-driven initiative and a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that emerged during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown. When traditional scientific exchanges through in-person seminars, meetings, and conferences were disrupted, a group of early-career scientists initiated a series of webinars where they invited first-author peers to present recent publications. Instead of limiting attendance, OBS opened these seminars to a global audience, breaking down institutional and geographical barriers that often impede open science. In four years, we have organized over 250 free, first–author–centered webinars, hosted participants from more than 70 countries (Fig 1), and amassed over 114,000 cumulative YouTube views—all based on the OBS volunteer community that we have built. These events consistently reach early-career researchers who lack the funds, visas, or institutional prestige to attend traditional meetings, and they emphasize practical, hands-on protocols rarely covered by senior-investigator talks.

Scientific Rationale & Problem Statement

Existing methods of scientific exchanges, including most in-person conferences and webinars, face several limitations: (1) They tend to focus on established investigators rather than trainees, limiting professional development opportunities and peer-to-peer coaching for hands-on topics, e.g., how to perform a sophisticated experiment or use new software. (2) The resulting content (even for webinars) often remains closed to registered or paid participants, creating a disparity in access. (3) They are limited by geographical boundaries and require travel, incurring financial and environmental costs. The research community urgently needs an initiative dedicated to training researcher-communicators, providing equitable access to scientific knowledge, and building a global community for scientific exchange.

Scope of this proposal

Building on its success since 2020, OBS proposes a three-year plan to: (1) Develop a dedicated training program for future scientific scholar-communicators, who will be selected for OBS fellowships over a one-year term. These three terms of fellows will, over their tenure in the program, (2) Provide a platform to disseminate cutting-edge research, focusing on review articles and how-to protocols presented by first authors, and (3) Strengthen the OBS community and guide scientific exchanges on the platform. Over a three-year period, OBS will award three cohorts of OBS fellowships each in six topic areas where OBS has already established engaged communities. OBS fellows will organize at least one webinar each month in each topic area, featuring first-author speakers and co-host(s) from the OBS community. They will also organize two workshops each year that cover newly developed methodologies and concepts. The talks will be selected based on established criteria to identify commonly useful protocols and new articles that generate strong interest, and are vouched for by the OBS executive team and scientific advisors. All talk recordings will be posted online and promoted through OBS’ widely viewed social media channels, as well as through OBS partners including research institutions, professional societies, journals, and other researcher communities. Past OBS talks have frequently attracted over a few hundreds and, in several instances, over a thousand views within a year, demonstrating the broad impact of our approach. During the project period, the OBS team will continuously measure outcomes in a data-driven manner to improve OBS events, including topic selection, promotion, and audience inclusion strategy, to best serve the global research community. We will focus on these topic areas that we have already gained strong momentum:

Genetics & Genomic Medicine 2. Neuroscience
Cell Biology & Organelle Dynamics 4. Immunology & Inflammation
Cancer Biology 6. Translational Medicine

For each area, we will recruit and mentor 2~3 OBS Fellows per year—post-docs or senior PhD candidates who are both domain experts and aspiring science communicators. Fellows receive intensive onboarding, then curate and host one webinar per month plus two hands-on workshops each year. The resulting open-access library will form one of the largest publicly archived collections of practical first-author talks spanning these six domains.

Crowdfunding-Driven Flexibility

Rather than relying on a single grantor who funds traditional conferences limited to selected participants, we are crowdfunding the program. Donors may earmark contributions for any of the six topics—or propose emerging sub-fields. Upon receiving ≥ USD 6,000 in targeted gifts, OBS will release a fellowship call tailored to that focus within three months, ensuring the platform remains nimble and community-driven.

Data Sharing Commitments

All recordings, slides, and protocols will be released under a CC-BY license on YouTube within ten days of each event. Captioning (English + auto-translated subtitles) ensures accessibility for the deaf, non-native English speakers, and users who prefer asynchronous learning.

Program Timeline (36 months)

Phase	Activities	Timing
Launch & Setup	Crowd-funding campaign; confirm partner institutions; finalize fellowship call materials; open application portal	Months 0–1
Cohort 1 Recruitment	Application review, interviews, selection of 12 Fellows (2 per area)	Months 1–2
Fellow Onboarding	Four-week intensive: inclusive-moderation, safety, social-media promotion, two co-hosted legacy webinars	Months 2–3
Year 1 Delivery	Each pair of fellows will host 12 webinars + 2 workshops; 1 area town-halls; continuous data capture & DEI monitoring	Months 3–12
Cohort 2 Cycle	Recruit next 24 Fellows (with any donor-directed special calls); repeat onboarding and Year-2 event cadence	Months 12–24
Cohort 3 Cycle	Recruit final 24 Fellows; integrate graduating Fellows as mentors/co-hosts; Year-3 event cadence	Months 24–36
Final Evaluation & Reporting	Aggregate three-year metrics; publish white paper; release full data set & sustainability roadmap	Months 34–36

Overall Impact: The proposed Open Box Science (OBS) program aims to make a significant impact on the scientific community by (1) fostering a new generation of researcher-communicators, (2) providing open access to 300+ high-quality, interactive webinars/workshops, and (3) expanding a connected community of researchers without borders. The three-year plan is designed to address current challenges in scientific exchange, particularly the need for more inclusive platforms for knowledge sharing. This proposed plan will create a dynamic, inclusive, and intellectually stimulating community that promotes learning, collaboration, and innovation. Through this program, we will substantially strengthen the OBS community in the six targeted areas and cultivate engagement from adjacent fields. These developments will enable OBS to reach researchers across disciplines, strengthen peer-to-peer learning, enable scientific exchange across geographical and financial barriers, and facilitate scientific collaboration on a global scale.

2. Introduction

Background & literature. Virtual conferences can democratise knowledge but often replicate inequities, lacking structured communicator training and open archiving. First-author-centric forums improve reproducibility by sharing tacit know-how, yet remain rare.

Research questions.

Does a structured fellowship measurably enhance participants’ science-communication skills and career networks?
Can an open, hybrid webinar model achieve demonstrably global, high-yield reach and facilitate open scientific exchange?
Will rapid open archiving drive sustained online engagement beyond typical seminar baselines?

Hypotheses.
H1. Fellowship completion increases fellows’ self-rated communication proficiency and professional-network size.
H2. Each live event draws attendees from ≥ 4 continents and achieves ≥ 85 % satisfaction among speakers and audience.
H3. Over 80 % of webinars surpass 100 YouTube views within six months, indicating wider uptake than closed seminars.

Impact statement. Based on our last 3 years of experience, engaged OBS volunteers shared stories of enhanced communications and scientific networks. Whether or not all thresholds are met, the program will yield a freely accessible, multi-disciplinary knowledge base and a reproducible blueprint for training researcher-communicators—advantages that persist independent of outcome magnitude.

3. Methods

Research Team (see also OpenBoxScience.org)

OBS organizing committee and their area of research, affiliations in regards to this proposal: Co-Founder Kuan-lin Huang (Genetics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City), Co-Founder Chih-Chung Lin (Neuroscience, MGH and Harvard University, Boston), Co-Founder Eugenio Contreras Castillo (Cell Biology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico), Director Vivian Chiu (Neuroscience, Yale University, New Haven), and Director Anna Salamero Boix (Cell Biology, Georg-Speyer-Haus, Germany).

OBS Scientific Advisors who are world-leading experts in the research areas covered by this proposal as well as science education and communication: (i) Dr. Angela Rasmussen: US NIH Advisory Committee (Science Communication), (ii) Dr. Gustavo Stolovitzky: CSO at GeneDx (Genetics), (iii) Dr. Kristen Brennand: Professor of Psychiatry at Yale (Cell Biology and Neuroscience), (iv) Dr. Lawrence Hunter: Director of the Computational Bioscience Program at UC Boulder (Genetics and Cell Biology), (v) Dr. Susan M. Fitzpatrick: President/CEO Retired of James S. McDonnell Foundation (Neuroscience), and (vi) Dr. Ting Wang: Chair of the Genetics Department at Washington University in St. Louis (Genetics).

Participants / Sample

Group	Inclusion / exclusion	Planned N (3 yrs)	Rationale / justification
OBS Fellows	Post-docs or senior PhD students with ≥ 1 peer-reviewed article in one of six areas; commitment to DEI; global	48 (12 + 18 + 18)	Enables monthly coverage while maintaining quality; no power calc needed—program-evaluation focus
Speakers	First authors of high-interest papers/protocols < 18 mo old; consent to record; emphasis on UR groups	~720 (15 webinars + 2 workshops × 6 areas × 3 yrs)	Matches event cadence
Audience	Anyone with a Zoom/YouTube account; no geographic restriction	2 000–4 000 live attendances/yr	Based on OBS historical analytics

Recruitment: public calls on social media (>5 k followers), listserv (1 500+), Our diverse partnership networks through other student and international research organization. No random sampling; programme targets are capacity-driven.

Materials and Procedures

Training module (weeks 1–4)

Inclusive moderation, safety protocols, Zoom & YouTube ops, social-media promotion, analytics reading.
Fellows shadow two legacy events.

Event delivery (months 3–36)

Webinars: 60-min talk + Q&A on Zoom; YouTube Live overflow as needed.
Workshops: 1-h method tutorials with live code/protocol walkthrough.
Dual-host model—one technical/safety, one scientific.
Recordings edited (minor redactions) and posted ≤ 10 days.

Planned Analyses

Hypothesis	Data & preprocessing	Statistical test / rule	IF-THEN contingency
H1	Pre/post Likert (1–7) on communication skill; LinkedIn follower delta	Paired t-test; success = p < 0.05 & Cohen’s d ≥ 0.8	IF effect < 0.5 SD for 2 cohorts → add advanced coaching sessions
H2	Zoom registration → continent count; 5-item satisfaction survey (1–5)	Descriptive; pass if ≥ 4 continents & mean ≥ 4.25	IF either metric missed 2 quarters → targeted outreach & moderator refresh
H3	YouTube view counts @180 days; compare to 100-view target	Proportion test vs 80 % threshold	IF < 80 % meet target → partner cross-posting

Ethics and Data Management

IRB status: Program involves no human subjects research per 45 CFR 46. 102.
Confidentiality: Registration info stored in secured OBS G-Suite; only aggregated, de-identified data reported.
Data sharing / archiving: Videos & slides CC-BY on YouTube; annual CSV of anonymised metrics + R/python scripts for analyses.

4. Pilot Data

The fast-growing OBS community consists of 2,000+ followers each on Twitter and Facebook, 1,800+ followers on YouTube and LinkedIn, and 150+ members actively nominating and co-hosting webinars on Slack. OBS is committed to speaker diversity as shown by our updated list of speaker demographics in 2023 (Fig 2).

OBS talks, uploaded to YouTube with speaker consent, have accumulated over 110K views. Auto-translation on YouTube enables worldwide scientists to learn from our content (Fig 3).

5. Budget

Category	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Notes
Fellow stipends ($3,000/fellow)	36,000	72,000	72,000	OBS Fellowship (12 in Year 1, 24 in Year 2, 24 in Year 3)
Webinar platforms & IT	4,000	4,000	4,000	Zoom Ent., Website, YouTube
Total / year	40,000	76,000	76,000

OBS Fellow Stipends. The direct cost will be allocated to sponsor the OBS Fellowship in each topic area. The proposed webinars and workshops will host 2~3 fellows per year in each subject area for a one-year term over three years (three cohorts over three years), with the opportunity to volunteer and serve on the OBS executive team in the subsequent year. Fellowship Selection: OBS fellows will be carefully chosen based on their previous engagement with the OBS community (ex., talk nominations, co-hosting webinars, scientific discussion), experience in scientific communication, and their expertise in the seminar series' topic area (e.g., publication records in the topic area). Eligibility is limited to early-career researchers, including Postdoc or PhD candidates who have shown commitment to the research area, and the call will specify that all qualified applicants, including minorities, women, and individuals with disabilities, are encouraged to apply.

Webinar platforms & IT ($4,000/yr, Years 1-3)

This will cover webinar (e.g., Zoom Pro), web platform (e.g. OBS website hosting via GoDaddy and https secure domain), and other IT costs.

6. Open Box Science Websites

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The Open Box Science Fellowship Program for Enhancing Scientific Communication and Open Science

1. Overview

Scientific Rationale & Problem Statement

Scope of this proposal

Genetics & Genomic Medicine 2. Neuroscience
Cell Biology & Organelle Dynamics 4. Immunology & Inflammation
Cancer Biology 6. Translational Medicine

Crowdfunding-Driven Flexibility

Data Sharing Commitments

Program Timeline (36 months)

Phase	Activities	Timing
Launch & Setup	Crowd-funding campaign; confirm partner institutions; finalize fellowship call materials; open application portal	Months 0–1
Cohort 1 Recruitment	Application review, interviews, selection of 12 Fellows (2 per area)	Months 1–2
Fellow Onboarding	Four-week intensive: inclusive-moderation, safety, social-media promotion, two co-hosted legacy webinars	Months 2–3
Year 1 Delivery	Each pair of fellows will host 12 webinars + 2 workshops; 1 area town-halls; continuous data capture & DEI monitoring	Months 3–12
Cohort 2 Cycle	Recruit next 24 Fellows (with any donor-directed special calls); repeat onboarding and Year-2 event cadence	Months 12–24
Cohort 3 Cycle	Recruit final 24 Fellows; integrate graduating Fellows as mentors/co-hosts; Year-3 event cadence	Months 24–36
Final Evaluation & Reporting	Aggregate three-year metrics; publish white paper; release full data set & sustainability roadmap	Months 34–36

2. Introduction

Research questions.

Does a structured fellowship measurably enhance participants’ science-communication skills and career networks?
Can an open, hybrid webinar model achieve demonstrably global, high-yield reach and facilitate open scientific exchange?
Will rapid open archiving drive sustained online engagement beyond typical seminar baselines?

3. Methods

Research Team (see also OpenBoxScience.org)

Participants / Sample

Group	Inclusion / exclusion	Planned N (3 yrs)	Rationale / justification
OBS Fellows	Post-docs or senior PhD students with ≥ 1 peer-reviewed article in one of six areas; commitment to DEI; global	48 (12 + 18 + 18)	Enables monthly coverage while maintaining quality; no power calc needed—program-evaluation focus
Speakers	First authors of high-interest papers/protocols < 18 mo old; consent to record; emphasis on UR groups	~720 (15 webinars + 2 workshops × 6 areas × 3 yrs)	Matches event cadence
Audience	Anyone with a Zoom/YouTube account; no geographic restriction	2 000–4 000 live attendances/yr	Based on OBS historical analytics

Materials and Procedures

Training module (weeks 1–4)

Inclusive moderation, safety protocols, Zoom & YouTube ops, social-media promotion, analytics reading.
Fellows shadow two legacy events.

Event delivery (months 3–36)

Webinars: 60-min talk + Q&A on Zoom; YouTube Live overflow as needed.
Workshops: 1-h method tutorials with live code/protocol walkthrough.
Dual-host model—one technical/safety, one scientific.
Recordings edited (minor redactions) and posted ≤ 10 days.

Planned Analyses

Hypothesis	Data & preprocessing	Statistical test / rule	IF-THEN contingency
H1	Pre/post Likert (1–7) on communication skill; LinkedIn follower delta	Paired t-test; success = p < 0.05 & Cohen’s d ≥ 0.8	IF effect < 0.5 SD for 2 cohorts → add advanced coaching sessions
H2	Zoom registration → continent count; 5-item satisfaction survey (1–5)	Descriptive; pass if ≥ 4 continents & mean ≥ 4.25	IF either metric missed 2 quarters → targeted outreach & moderator refresh
H3	YouTube view counts @180 days; compare to 100-view target	Proportion test vs 80 % threshold	IF < 80 % meet target → partner cross-posting

Ethics and Data Management

IRB status: Program involves no human subjects research per 45 CFR 46. 102.
Confidentiality: Registration info stored in secured OBS G-Suite; only aggregated, de-identified data reported.
Data sharing / archiving: Videos & slides CC-BY on YouTube; annual CSV of anonymised metrics + R/python scripts for analyses.

4. Pilot Data

OBS talks, uploaded to YouTube with speaker consent, have accumulated over 110K views. Auto-translation on YouTube enables worldwide scientists to learn from our content (Fig 3).

5. Budget

Category	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Notes
Fellow stipends ($3,000/fellow)	36,000	72,000	72,000	OBS Fellowship (12 in Year 1, 24 in Year 2, 24 in Year 3)
Webinar platforms & IT	4,000	4,000	4,000	Zoom Ent., Website, YouTube
Total / year	40,000	76,000	76,000

Webinar platforms & IT ($4,000/yr, Years 1-3)

This will cover webinar (e.g., Zoom Pro), web platform (e.g. OBS website hosting via GoDaddy and https secure domain), and other IT costs.

6. Open Box Science Websites

61:T398c,The Open Box Science Fellowship Program for Enhancing Scientific Communication and Open Science 1. Overview Open Box Science (OBS, OpenBoxScience.org) is a community-driven initiative and a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that emerged during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown. When traditional scientific exchanges through in-person seminars, meetings, and conferences were disrupted, a group of early-career scientists initiated a series of webinars where they invited first-author peers to present recent publications. Instead of limiting attendance, OBS opened these seminars to a global audience, breaking down institutional and geographical barriers that often impede open science. In four years, we have organized over 250 free, first–author–centered webinars, hosted participants from more than 70 countries (Fig 1), and amassed over 114,000 cumulative YouTube views—all based on the OBS volunteer community that we have built. These events consistently reach early-career researchers who lack the funds, visas, or institutional prestige to attend traditional meetings, and they emphasize practical, hands-on protocols rarely covered by senior-investigator talks. Scientific Rationale & Problem Statement Existing methods of scientific exchanges, including most in-person conferences and webinars, face several limitations: (1) They tend to focus on established investigators rather than trainees, limiting professional development opportunities and peer-to-peer coaching for hands-on topics, e.g., how to perform a sophisticated experiment or use new software. (2) The resulting content (even for webinars) often remains closed to registered or paid participants, creating a disparity in access. (3) They are limited by geographical boundaries and require travel, incurring financial and environmental costs. The research community urgently needs an initiative dedicated to training researcher-communicators, providing equitable access to scientific knowledge, and building a global community for scientific exchange. Scope of this proposal Building on its success since 2020, OBS proposes a three-year plan to: (1) Develop a dedicated training program for future scientific scholar-communicators, who will be selected for OBS fellowships over a one-year term. These three terms of fellows will, over their tenure in the program, (2) Provide a platform to disseminate cutting-edge research, focusing on review articles and how-to protocols presented by first authors, and (3) Strengthen the OBS community and guide scientific exchanges on the platform. Over a three-year period, OBS will award three cohorts of OBS fellowships each in six topic areas where OBS has already established engaged communities. OBS fellows will organize at least one webinar each month in each topic area, featuring first-author speakers and co-host(s) from the OBS community. They will also organize two workshops each year that cover newly developed methodologies and concepts. The talks will be selected based on established criteria to identify commonly useful protocols and new articles that generate strong interest, and are vouched for by the OBS executive team and scientific advisors. All talk recordings will be posted online and promoted through OBS’ widely viewed social media channels, as well as through OBS partners including research institutions, professional societies, journals, and other researcher communities. Past OBS talks have frequently attracted over a few hundreds and, in several instances, over a thousand views within a year, demonstrating the broad impact of our approach. During the project period, the OBS team will continuously measure outcomes in a data-driven manner to improve OBS events, including topic selection, promotion, and audience inclusion strategy, to best serve the global research community. We will focus on these topic areas that we have already gained strong momentum: Genetics & Genomic Medicine 2. Neuroscience Cell Biology & Organelle Dynamics 4. Immunology & Inflammation Cancer Biology 6. Translational Medicine For each area, we will recruit and mentor 2~3 OBS Fellows per year—post-docs or senior PhD candidates who are both domain experts and aspiring science communicators. Fellows receive intensive onboarding, then curate and host one webinar per month plus two hands-on workshops each year. The resulting open-access library will form one of the largest publicly archived collections of practical first-author talks spanning these six domains. Crowdfunding-Driven Flexibility Rather than relying on a single grantor who funds traditional conferences limited to selected participants, we are crowdfunding the program. Donors may earmark contributions for any of the six topics—or propose emerging sub-fields. Upon receiving ≥ USD 6,000 in targeted gifts, OBS will release a fellowship call tailored to that focus within three months, ensuring the platform remains nimble and community-driven. Data Sharing Commitments All recordings, slides, and protocols will be released under a CC-BY license on YouTube within ten days of each event. Captioning (English + auto-translated subtitles) ensures accessibility for the deaf, non-native English speakers, and users who prefer asynchronous learning. Program Timeline (36 months) Phase Activities Timing Launch & Setup Crowd-funding campaign; confirm partner institutions; finalize fellowship call materials; open application portal Months 0–1 Cohort 1 Recruitment Application review, interviews, selection of 12 Fellows (2 per area) Months 1–2 Fellow Onboarding Four-week intensive: inclusive-moderation, safety, social-media promotion, two co-hosted legacy webinars Months 2–3 Year 1 Delivery Each pair of fellows will host 12 webinars + 2 workshops; 1 area town-halls; continuous data capture & DEI monitoring Months 3–12 Cohort 2 Cycle Recruit next 24 Fellows (with any donor-directed special calls); repeat onboarding and Year-2 event cadence Months 12–24 Cohort 3 Cycle Recruit final 24 Fellows; integrate graduating Fellows as mentors/co-hosts; Year-3 event cadence Months 24–36 Final Evaluation & Reporting Aggregate three-year metrics; publish white paper; release full data set & sustainability roadmap Months 34–36 Overall Impact: The proposed Open Box Science (OBS) program aims to make a significant impact on the scientific community by (1) fostering a new generation of researcher-communicators, (2) providing open access to 300+ high-quality, interactive webinars/workshops, and (3) expanding a connected community of researchers without borders. The three-year plan is designed to address current challenges in scientific exchange, particularly the need for more inclusive platforms for knowledge sharing. This proposed plan will create a dynamic, inclusive, and intellectually stimulating community that promotes learning, collaboration, and innovation. Through this program, we will substantially strengthen the OBS community in the six targeted areas and cultivate engagement from adjacent fields. These developments will enable OBS to reach researchers across disciplines, strengthen peer-to-peer learning, enable scientific exchange across geographical and financial barriers, and facilitate scientific collaboration on a global scale. 2. Introduction Background & literature. Virtual conferences can democratise knowledge but often replicate inequities, lacking structured communicator training and open archiving. First-author-centric forums improve reproducibility by sharing tacit know-how, yet remain rare. Research questions. Does a structured fellowship measurably enhance participants’ science-communication skills and career networks? Can an open, hybrid webinar model achieve demonstrably global, high-yield reach and facilitate open scientific exchange? Will rapid open archiving drive sustained online engagement beyond typical seminar baselines? Hypotheses. H1. Fellowship completion increases fellows’ self-rated communication proficiency and professional-network size. H2. Each live event draws attendees from ≥ 4 continents and achieves ≥ 85 % satisfaction among speakers and audience. H3. Over 80 % of webinars surpass 100 YouTube views within six months, indicating wider uptake than closed seminars. Impact statement. Based on our last 3 years of experience, engaged OBS volunteers shared stories of enhanced communications and scientific networks. Whether or not all thresholds are met, the program will yield a freely accessible, multi-disciplinary knowledge base and a reproducible blueprint for training researcher-communicators—advantages that persist independent of outcome magnitude. 3. Methods Research Team (see also OpenBoxScience.org) OBS organizing committee and their area of research, affiliations in regards to this proposal: Co-Founder Kuan-lin Huang (Genetics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City), Co-Founder Chih-Chung Lin (Neuroscience, MGH and Harvard University, Boston), Co-Founder Eugenio Contreras Castillo (Cell Biology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico), Director Vivian Chiu (Neuroscience, Yale University, New Haven), and Director Anna Salamero Boix (Cell Biology, Georg-Speyer-Haus, Germany). OBS Scientific Advisors who are world-leading experts in the research areas covered by this proposal as well as science education and communication: (i) Dr. Angela Rasmussen: US NIH Advisory Committee (Science Communication), (ii) Dr. Gustavo Stolovitzky: CSO at GeneDx (Genetics), (iii) Dr. Kristen Brennand: Professor of Psychiatry at Yale (Cell Biology and Neuroscience), (iv) Dr. Lawrence Hunter: Director of the Computational Bioscience Program at UC Boulder (Genetics and Cell Biology), (v) Dr. Susan M. Fitzpatrick: President/CEO Retired of James S. McDonnell Foundation (Neuroscience), and (vi) Dr. Ting Wang: Chair of the Genetics Department at Washington University in St. Louis (Genetics). Participants / Sample Group Inclusion / exclusion Planned N (3 yrs) Rationale / justification OBS Fellows Post-docs or senior PhD students with ≥ 1 peer-reviewed article in one of six areas; commitment to DEI; global 48 (12 + 18 + 18) Enables monthly coverage while maintaining quality; no power calc needed—program-evaluation focus Speakers First authors of high-interest papers/protocols < 18 mo old; consent to record; emphasis on UR groups ~720 (15 webinars + 2 workshops × 6 areas × 3 yrs) Matches event cadence Audience Anyone with a Zoom/YouTube account; no geographic restriction 2 000–4 000 live attendances/yr Based on OBS historical analytics Recruitment: public calls on social media (>5 k followers), listserv (1 500+), Our diverse partnership networks through other student and international research organization. No random sampling; programme targets are capacity-driven. Materials and Procedures Training module (weeks 1–4) Inclusive moderation, safety protocols, Zoom & YouTube ops, social-media promotion, analytics reading. Fellows shadow two legacy events. Event delivery (months 3–36) Webinars: 60-min talk + Q&A on Zoom; YouTube Live overflow as needed. Workshops: 1-h method tutorials with live code/protocol walkthrough. Dual-host model—one technical/safety, one scientific. Recordings edited (minor redactions) and posted ≤ 10 days. Planned Analyses Hypothesis Data & preprocessing Statistical test / rule IF-THEN contingency H1 Pre/post Likert (1–7) on communication skill; LinkedIn follower delta Paired t-test; success = p < 0.05 & Cohen’s d ≥ 0.8 IF effect < 0.5 SD for 2 cohorts → add advanced coaching sessions H2 Zoom registration → continent count; 5-item satisfaction survey (1–5) Descriptive; pass if ≥ 4 continents & mean ≥ 4.25 IF either metric missed 2 quarters → targeted outreach & moderator refresh H3 YouTube view counts @180 days; compare to 100-view target Proportion test vs 80 % threshold IF < 80 % meet target → partner cross-posting Ethics and Data Management IRB status: Program involves no human subjects research per 45 CFR 46. 102. Confidentiality: Registration info stored in secured OBS G-Suite; only aggregated, de-identified data reported. Data sharing / archiving: Videos & slides CC-BY on YouTube; annual CSV of anonymised metrics + R/python scripts for analyses. 4. Pilot Data The fast-growing OBS community consists of 2,000+ followers each on Twitter and Facebook, 1,800+ followers on YouTube and LinkedIn, and 150+ members actively nominating and co-hosting webinars on Slack. OBS is committed to speaker diversity as shown by our updated list of speaker demographics in 2023 (Fig 2). OBS talks, uploaded to YouTube with speaker consent, have accumulated over 110K views. Auto-translation on YouTube enables worldwide scientists to learn from our content (Fig 3). 5. Budget Category Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Notes Fellow stipends ($3,000/fellow) 36,000 72,000 72,000 OBS Fellowship (12 in Year 1, 24 in Year 2, 24 in Year 3) Webinar platforms & IT 4,000 4,000 4,000 Zoom Ent., Website, YouTube Total / year 40,000 76,000 76,000 OBS Fellow Stipends. The direct cost will be allocated to sponsor the OBS Fellowship in each topic area. The proposed webinars and workshops will host 2~3 fellows per year in each subject area for a one-year term over three years (three cohorts over three years), with the opportunity to volunteer and serve on the OBS executive team in the subsequent year. Fellowship Selection: OBS fellows will be carefully chosen based on their previous engagement with the OBS community (ex., talk nominations, co-hosting webinars, scientific discussion), experience in scientific communication, and their expertise in the seminar series' topic area (e.g., publication records in the topic area). Eligibility is limited to early-career researchers, including Postdoc or PhD candidates who have shown commitment to the research area, and the call will specify that all qualified applicants, including minorities, women, and individuals with disabilities, are encouraged to apply. Webinar platforms & IT ($4,000/yr, Years 1-3) This will cover webinar (e.g., Zoom Pro), web platform (e.g. OBS website hosting via GoDaddy and https secure domain), and other IT costs. 6. 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The Open Box Science Fellowship Program for Enhancing Scientific Communication and Open Science

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