Partnerships

Partnering with the Canadian Bioinformatics Hub

Community Partners are volunteer-led organizations that facilitate Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Life and Health Data Science (BCBLHDS) knowledge and resources sharing within local communities. Structured in four tiers, our Community Partnerships offer access to event sponsorship funds, marketing, and event management support.

• Contributor: Designed for individuals organizing events in their community and seeking advertising support. For example, a Principal Investigator organizing a special seminar.
• Active Partner: For organizations that engage with a community that includes individuals interested in BCBLHDS. 
• Associate Partner: Ideal for established organizations that focus on building BCBLHDS capacity through a variety of technical and/or professional development activities designed for a post-bachelor audience.
• Affiliate Partners: Intended for larger organizations with a track record of building BCBLHDS capacity.

Interested in becoming a CBH partner?
Take a look at Becoming a CBH Partner to learn more.

Eligibility

To be eligible for a partnership with CBH, regardless of the tier, individual contributors and organizations must:

• Have a physical presence in Canada.
• Be administered primarily by volunteers (more than 80% of the administrative team).
• Offer in-person and/or virtual events open to post-bachelor trainees and early career researchers in Canada. In-person events must be delivered in Canada.
• Offer quality programming relevant for bioinformatics, computational biology and data science (BCBDS).
• Use open access materials and tools, and make content freely available from in-person and/or virtual events.
• Align with CBH’s commitment to fostering safe and welcoming environments through Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA) principles.

Organizations aiming for partnership tiers beyond the Contributor level are also required to meet the following tier-specific criteria:

Partner Benefits

According to the tier, partners are eligible for the following:

*Event sponsorship program details coming soon.

Benefit Details 

• Event sponsorship funds:
  • In order to request event sponsorship, partners need to fill out this application form and send it to community@bioinformatics.ca at least 8 weeks prior to the event start date.
  • Access to sponsorship funds is only open to Canadian-based organizations.
  • Funds are independent for each tier, and cannot be combined.
  • Funding ranges are per individual event.
• Advertising events:
  • Registered partners should send links to the social media posts advertising the event via email to community@bioinformatics.ca.
  • Explicit commercial advertising is prohibited.
  • CBH will only advertise partner programming relevant to BCBDS. 
• Guidance and technical support:
  • To maintain a partner details page on our website. 
  • To create registration pages for events. 
• Programming review and quality checks:
  • Event outlines, prerequisites, target audience, and schedules.
  • Content outline, including quality, completeness, and feasibility.
• Access to our partner portal to create custom registration pages for events (coming soon):
  • For free registrations only
  • Other facilitation aspects available upon request for a fee (see below)
• Access to CBH staff for event management and facilitation (Some services may incur additional fees):
  • Support in pre-event logistics:
    • Venue booking
    • Finding caterers
    • Developing application/registration form questions
    • Use of bioinformatics.ca for registration
    • Applicant management and communication
  • Support in running events:
    • Presence during event, whether in-person or virtual (pending coordinator availability)
    • Active facilitation of event, including setup and teardown
  • Support post-event:
    • Development of post-event survey
    • Communication with participants
    • Payment reconciliation where relevant

Partner Expectations

In return, CBH Partners are expected to:

Partners are expected to formally acknowledge CBH support by displaying our logo during the event; and to make reasonable efforts to provide accommodations for individuals with disabilities, including hosting events at accessible locations.