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Hannah Frick 1d ago

R Consortium 1d ago

🚀 The R Consortium Technical Grant Cycle is now open!

Have an idea to improve R’s technical infrastructure? Apply for funding!

We support projects with broad impact across the global R community—tools, infrastructure, and community initiatives.

📅 Apply by May 1
📅 Decisions by June 1

Get details + apply:
https://r-consortium.org/all-projects/callforproposals.html

#rstats #opensource #datascience #rconsortium #rcommunity

Hannah Frick 1d ago

rOpenSci 2d ago

[blog] A Better R Programming Experience Thanks to Tree-sitter

Did you know that thnaks to Tree-sitter's support for R help you get

✨ reformatting through Air and linting through Jarl;

✨ auto-completion or help on hover in the Positron IDE;

✨ better search for R on GitHub;
✨ and more!

By @maelle, edited by @etiennebacher, @davis, @steffilazerte

https://ropensci.org/blog/2026/04/02/tree-sitter-overview/

#RStats

A Better R Programming Experience Thanks to Tree-sitter

Modern tooling for parsing, searching, formatting, editing R code, just like for other programming languages.

Hannah Frick Mar 23

Max Kuhn Mar 21

Our list of 2026 #rstats and #python summer internships has been posted.

We can't wait to work with you and make great things!

https://tidyverse.org/blog/2026/03/2026-internships/

2026 Posit Internships

Posit is sponsoring four summer internship positions in 2026.

Hannah Frick Mar 23

R-Ladies Remote Mar 23

We’re excited to host a panel on:
Working Smarter in R: Tips, Tricks & Real-World Lessons

📅 April 22, 2026
⏰ 6 PM - 7 PM BST / 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT

Join an amazing group of speakers as they share:
- Productivity tips & workflows
- Data cleaning strategies
- Data visualisation & communication
- Debugging approaches
- Advanced R practices
•- Lessons learned along the way

Featuring:
@nrenniefosstodon.org, @paocorralesfosstodon.org, @meghansharrisfosstodon.org, Soraya Campbell, @ivelasq3fosstodon.org & Crystal Lewis 💜

🔗 https://www.meetup.com/rladies-remote/events/313908392/

#RStats #RLadies

Hannah Frick Mar 8

R-Ladies Global Mar 8

We Are R-Ladies

200+ chapters across 60+ countries. 100,000+ members worldwide.

Since 2012, our mission has been to promote gender diversity in the R community. We're a collaborative global network supporting minority gender R enthusiasts — including cis/trans women, trans men, non-binary, genderqueer, and agender individuals — to reach their programming potential.

Today, on International Women's Day, we're sharing who we are.

https://rladies.org

#RLadiesIWD2026 #IWD2026 #RStats

Hannah Frick Mar 7

Noam Ross Mar 6

UPDATE (2026-03-22): We are no longer accepting applications.
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We are hiring a full-time data scientist at Grant Witness, our project to track grant terminations and changes to U.S. Federal funding for the sciences + public health. We also have part-time positions.

It's a great team and making real impacts. We're scraping government and court data, re-assembling it, doing forensic analysis and providing data and analysis for activism, journalism, and litigation.

https://grant-witness.us/apply.html

Job Opening: Data Scientist – Grant Witness

Grant Witness seeks a data scientist for a full-time position on our team tracking changes to U.S. federal grantmaking. We are also hiring for part-time/contract positions. Join us!

Grant Witness

Hannah Frick Feb 18

useR! 2026 Conference Feb 11

🇵🇱 The useR! 2026 committee invites global R users and developers to submit abstracts for talks, panels, posters, and tutorials!

Submissions are peer-reviewed based on content and balance.

Submission Types:
🗣️ Talks (15-20 min)
🗣️ Lightning Talks (5 min)
📰 Posters: Visual research presentations.
🎓 Tutorials (3 hours)
👩🏻‍🏫 Panel: Expert discussions.

You're welcome to apply!

📢 https://user2026.r-project.org/call/

#useR2026 #DataScience #Warsaw

Hannah Frick Feb 3

useR! 2026 Conference Jan 12

We are honored to announce Dariia Mykhailyshyna as a Keynote Speaker for useR! 2026 in Warsaw!

A postdoctoral researcher at the Kyiv School of Economics and a recent PhD graduate from the University of Bologna, Dariia has been an avid R user for seven years. In July, she will join us to present a powerful and timely talk:
"R Under Sirens: Research, Students, and Community in Wartime Ukraine."

https://user2026.r-project.org/

#rstats

Hannah Frick Feb 3

useR! 2026 Conference Jan 22

We are thrilled to announce Dr. Kari L. Jordan, Executive Director at The Carpentries as a Keynote for useR! 2026 in Warsaw!

Dr. Jordan, is a leading figure in data science education, serving as the Executive Director for @thecarpentries a globally recognized nonprofit. Upon completing Bachelor's and Master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Technological University, she pursued a Ph.D. in Engineering Education at Ohio State University.

https://user2026.r-project.org/
#rstats #useR2026