Partnerships

Partnering with the Canadian Bioinformatics Hub

Structured in four tiers, our partnerships offer access to increasing event sponsorship funds, advertising support, technical guidance and event management services. 

• Contributor: Designed for individuals organizing events in their community and seeking advertising support. For example, a Principal Investigator organizing a special seminar.
• Active Partner: Are organizations engaging with a community that includes individuals interested in BCBDS. 
• Associate Partner: Ideal for established organizations that focus on building BCBDS capacity through a variety of technical and/or professional development activities designed for a post-bachelor audience.
• Affiliate Partners: Intended for established organizations that additionally make clear efforts to promote Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA) principles.

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

Eligibility

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

1. Have a physical presence in Canada;
2. 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;
3. Offer quality programming relevant for bioinformatics, computational biology and data science (BCBDS); and
4. Use open access materials and tools, and make content freely available from in-person and/or virtual events.

In addition, organizations must meet the following tier-specific criteria:

Partner Benefits

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

Benefit Details 

• Access to our partner portal to create custom registration pages for events:
  • For free registrations only
  • Other facilitation aspects available upon request for a fee
• Sponsorship funds:
  • 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:
  • 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 implement Bioschemas markup on your own 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
  • Logistics review including delivery method, Faculty-TA ratios
  • Suggestions for updates to curriculum/agenda
• Access to CBH staff for event management and facilitation, including:
  • 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:

Contributors

Registered contributor partners should send a link to the social media posts advertising the event via email to info@bioinformatics.ca. 

Contributors 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.