CURIOSS Patterns — new patterns

Advertise for Open Source Interns

Bethany Philbrick — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

By Bethany Philbrick, Ciara Flanagan, David Lippert, Jeffrey Young, and Will Gearty. Reach relevant student candidates for open source internships by advertising across a variety of platforms and networks.

Assessing Students on Open Source Internship Programs

Ciara Flanagan — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

By Ciara Flanagan, Daniel Shown, Fang Liu, Jeffrey Young, Kendall Fortney, Sayeed Choudhury, and Tom Hughes. Design a holistic assessment approach that accounts for the diversity of open source internship projects alongside traditional measures of academic performance.

Co-hosting Student Events

Emily Lovell — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

By Emily Lovell, Stephanie Lieggi, Yelena Martynovskaya, Ciara Flanagan, and David Lippert. Collaborate with student clubs to co-host one-off, open source-focused campus events.

Collaborate with External Partners on Open Source Hackathons

Angela Newell — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

By Angela Newell, Ciara Flanagan, David Lippert, Emily Lovell, Laura Langdon, and Tom Hughes. Create a process for ensuring that partner contributions are purposeful and that roles and responsibilities are clearly defined in advance.

Create a Donor/Sponsorship Prospectus

Ciara Flanagan — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

By Ciara Flanagan, David Lippert, and Stephanie Lieggi. Create and publish a donor/sponsorship prospectus that articulates the opportunities, benefits and impact of financial supporting the OSPO and its activities.

Create template documents for GitHub Repositories

Ciara Flanagan — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

By Ciara Flanagan, Laura Langdon, and Richard Littauer. Create template documents for project repositories as a first step to attracting contributions.

Design a Collaborative Open Source Hackathon

Angela Newell — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

By Angela Newell, Ciara Flanagan, David Lippert, Emily Lovell, Laura Langdon, and Tom Hughes. Design university hackathons as collaborative learning experiences rather than as competitive events.

Embed wellbeing into Student Hackathons

Angela Newell — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

By Angela Newell, Ciara Flanagan, David Lippert, Emily Lovell, Laura Langdon, and Tom Hughes. Embed physical and psychological wellbeing into student hackathons to ensure that participants can perform at their best while remaining safe and supported throughout the event.

Embedding the OSPO as Research Infrastructure

Angela Newell — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

By Angela Newell, Alex Marden, Jennifer Schopf, Michael Shensky, Michelle McDermott, and Ciara Flanagan. The OSPO can be embedded as a core research facility of its university through a range of strategic, value-led actions.

Enable Student-led Hackathons

Angela Newell — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

By Angela Newell, Ciara Flanagan, David Lippert, Emily Lovell, Laura Langdon, and Tom Hughes. Support student hackathon organizers by acting as institutional advocates and managing bureaucratic processes that fall outside their reach.

Engage a Hackathon Facilitator

Angela Newell — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

By Angela Newell, Ciara Flanagan, David Lippert, Emily Lovell, Laura Langdon, and Tom Hughes. Engage experienced external facilitators to design and run student hackathons on behalf of the university.

Event Tabling

Nouha Elyazidi — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

By Nouha Elyazidi, and Ciara Flanagan. Learn how to run a tabling event with games, interactive open source activities and prizes to engage students across the university.

Facilitate connections at Open Source Conferences

Ciara Flanagan — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

By Ciara Flanagan, David Lippert, Emily Lovell, Laura Langdon, Sayeed Choudhury, and Stephanie Lieggi. Facilitate relationship building opportunities at open source/academic OSPO conferences by incorporating intentional introductory activities or interaction badges.

Framework for Managing University OSS

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Framework for Managing University OSS

Pattern Theme / Category

Awareness
Promoting Best Practices
Policy and Governance

OSPO Problem / Challenge

Often universities do not have an open source policy. How can we help them create useful policies, charters or...

Host an Open Source Conference

Allison Kittinger — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

By Allison Kittinger, Bethany Philbrick, Bill Branan, Ciara Flanagan, David Lippert, Emily Lovell, Fang Liu, Jacek Plucinski, Jeffrey Young, Kendall Fortney, Laura Langdon, Lorena Barba, Megan Forbes, Sayeed Choudhury, and Stephanie Lieggi. Host a conference or high profile event on the theme of open source to increase the visibility of the academic OSPO and to demonstrate its value.

Individual consultations / Office Hours

David Lippert — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

By David Lippert, Emily Lovell, Kendall Fortney, Tom Hughes, Will Gearty, and Ciara Flanagan. Offer consultations to students, researchers and faculty about their open source projects.

Industry and Community Expert Support: A Light-Touch Volunteer Model

Ciara Flanagan — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

By Ciara Flanagan, and Daniel Shown. Engage experienced industry professionals and open source community experts as ‘light-touch volunteers’ to provide mentorship, guidance, and real-world perspective across OSPO programs and events.

Informal OSPO focus group sessions at Open Source Events

Ciara Flanagan — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

By Ciara Flanagan, Emily Lovell, and Stephanie Lieggi. Dedicate a conference session to gather feedback from academic community members about their awareness, needs and satisfaction with the OSPO’s services and initiatives.

Integrating OSS into Institutional Software Pathways

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Integrating OSS into Institutional Software Pathways

Pattern Summary

Consult with researchers, faculty and staff about open source software (OSS) to create an educational resource on how the release and management of OSS fits within wider research translation, technolog...

Lower the barriers to entry for Student Hackathons

Angela Newell — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

By Angela Newell, Ciara Flanagan, David Lippert, Emily Lovell, Laura Langdon, and Tom Hughes. Offer pre-event training for participants and mentors to ensure that students of all skill levels can participate meaningfully in a hackathon.

Lunch and Learn

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Lunch and Learn

Pattern Theme / Category

Awareness & Education
Demonstrating value as an Academic OSPO
Policy & Governance
Promoting Best Practices

OSPO Problem / Challenge

OSPO is tasked with developing a response to a new funding requirement across the in...

Maintainers & Contributors Roundtable

Francesca Vera — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

By Francesca Vera, Zach Chandler, and Ciara Flanagan. Convene a community of practice consisting of students and staff who are actively maintaining or contributing to university open source software projects in the research enterprise.

Onboarding Graduate Leads for Open Source Internship Programs

Ciara Flanagan — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

By Ciara Flanagan, Daniel Shown, Kendall Fortney, and Jeffrey Young. Establish a structured onboarding process for gradluate students taking on team lead roles in open source internship programs.

Onboarding Students for Open Source Internship Programs

Ciara Flanagan — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

By Ciara Flanagan, Daniel Shown, and Kendall Fortney. Prepare incoming students with essential onboarding training that enables them to become productive participants in open source internship projects as soon as possible.

Open Project Managment Using Github Projects

Jood Alfadhel — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

By Jood Alfadhel, David Lippert, and Sunil Shah. Utilizing Github Projects to publicly and transparently organize and manage OSPO tasks.

Open Research Community Accelerator (ORCA)

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Open Research Community Accelerator (ORCA)

Pattern Summary

Create a structured student pipeline for open source contributions, blending paid internships, volunteering and course credit to deliver research translation projects with real-world impact.

Pattern Theme / ...

Open Source AI Pilot

Will Gearty — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

By Will Gearty, Ramya Patchala, Aryan Apte, and Ciara Flanagan. Develop a pilot program to investigate the capabilities and use of locally run “open source” LLM for university applications.

Open Source Capstone Course

Ciara Flanagan — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

By Ciara Flanagan, Daniel Shown, David Lippert, and Richard Littauer. Redesign the traditional computer science capstone into a professional open source development program, combining internships and layered mentorship to deliver real-world impact.

Open Source Catalog

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Open Source Catalog

Pattern Theme / Category

Community Building
OSS Discovery

OSPO Problem / Challenge

A lack of up to date information on how much open source software is being produced in a university.
There is no effective mechanism to identify or to ...

Open Source Grant Commitment Letter

David Lippert — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

By David Lippert, and Ciara Flanagan. Support faculty and research grant proposals with a commitment letter from the OSPO relating to open source and open requirements.

Open Source Software Prize

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

Open Source Software Prize

OSPO Problems / Challenges

A lack of up to date information on how much open source software is being produced in a university.
A gap in awareness and/or motivation amongst development teams on best practices in open source and open scie...

Open Source Survey

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

Open Source Survey

OSPO Problems / Challenges

A lack of up-to-date information on how much open source software is being produced in a university.
A lack of a coherent campus open source community.
Uncertainty about what types of support might be most desired by t...

Organize an Open Source Hackathon

Angela Newell — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

By Angela Newell, Ciara Flanagan, David Lippert, Emily Lovell, Laura Langdon, and Tom Hughes. Organize an open source hackathon to promote open source on campus.

Organize one-off workshops

Angela Newell — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

By Angela Newell, Alex Marden, David Lippert, and Ciara Flanagan. Organize short, one-off workshops to educate students, researchers, staff and faculty and to provide basic information on open source and related topics.

OSPO Advisory Board

Allison Kittinger — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

By Allison Kittinger, Ciara Flanagan, and David Lippert. Establish an OSPO Advisory Board/Committee to build relationships with key stakeholders, enhance effectiveness, amplify impact, and maintain awareness of the wider academic and external landscape.

OSPO as Co-Principal Investigator

Bethany Philbrick — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

By Bethany Philbrick, and Ciara Flanagan. Leverage OSPO staff’s open source expertise and cross-disciplinary collaboration skills to become co-Principal Investigators (co-PIs) on funding proposals.

OSPO as Lead Principal Investigator

Ciara Flanagan — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

By Ciara Flanagan. Leverage OSPO staff’s open source expertise skills to address relevant issues as lead Principal Investigators (PIs) on funding proposals.

OSPO Mailing List

Ciara Flanagan — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

By Ciara Flanagan, Francesca Vera, Laura Langdon, and Virginia Scarlett. Create a mailing list to maintain awareness of the OSPO and to promote engagement with a broad audience of stakeholders.

OSPO Student Ambassador Program

Mia Diewald — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

By Mia Diewald, Rosemary Pauley, and Ciara Flanagan. Create a paid Student Ambassador program that empowers undergraduate and graduate students to promote open source engagement, events and projects across the university.

OSPO Website

Ciara Flanagan — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

By Ciara Flanagan. Establish a website for an Academic Open Source Program Office (OSPO) to communicate its mission, activities, and opportunities. The website serves as the central public interface for stakeholders within the institution and beyond.

OSS Tutorials using Authoring Tools

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OSS Tutorials using Authoring Tools

Pattern Theme / Category

Education and Skills
Tools and Infrastructure

OSPO Problem / Challenge

There is limited knowledge across a university of how to create and use open source software (OSS) effectively; and how to follow...

Piggyback onto a larger conference

Bethany Philbrick — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

By Bethany Philbrick, Ciara Flanagan, David Lippert, Fang Liu, Jacek Plucinski, Jeffrey Young, and Kendall Fortney. Build the visibility of an academic OSPO by attaching typical conference activities (e.g. talks, workshops, meetups) to a larger event that addresses similar interests and themes.

Project Rolodex

Ciara Flanagan — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

By Ciara Flanagan, and Megan Forbes. Create an outreach script and contact sheet for conducting outreach with potential stakeholders during the initial stages of establishing and promoting an academic OSPO.

Publish an OSPO Newsletter

Angela Newell — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

By Angela Newell, Ciara Flanagan, David Lippert, David Pérez-Suárez, Laura Langdon, Rosemary Pauley, and Virginia Scarlett. Create a regular, curated newsletter to maintain awareness of and engagement with the OSPO amongst a broad audience of stakeholders.

Secure sponsorship for an Open Source Conference

Ciara Flanagan — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

By Ciara Flanagan, David Lippert, Lorena Barba, and Stephanie Lieggi. Source sponsors to fund an open source conference on campus.

Senior Leadership Keynote

Bill Branan — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

By Bill Branan, Ciara Flanagan, Megan Forbes, and Sayeed Choudhury. Secure keynote presentations from senior university leadership at open source conferences to demonstrate institutional commitment and to elevate the profile of open source activities on campus.

Set up an informal Communication Platform

Ciara Flanagan — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

By Ciara Flanagan, Francesca Vera, and Laura Langdon. Set up a a dedicated communication platform to provide students with a dedicated informal space to engage with the OSPO and with open source communities on campus.

Set up an OSPO Giving Page

Ciara Flanagan — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

By Ciara Flanagan, Lance Albertson, and Stephanie Lieggi. Channel direct funding to an academic OSPO by setting up a donations or giving page that aligns with the institution’s financial systems.

Source Industry Mentors for the I-Corps program

Ciara Flanagan — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

By Ciara Flanagan, Stephanie Lieggi, Tom Hughes, and Zach Chandler. Use internal university connections to source industry mentors who can commit to the 40 hour mentoring program requirement needed for the NSF I-Corps training program.

Sourcing Projects for Open Source Internships

Bethany Philbrick — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:57:37 +0000

By Bethany Philbrick, Ciara Flanagan, David Lippert, Jeffrey Young, and Will Gearty. Build a sustainable pipeline of open source internship projects through active outreach to faculty, researchers, external partners and/or internal project development.