# 2023-05-17 Meeting with CZI: Funding for Cambridge Hackathon

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tags: [scverse, czi, hackathon, funding, sanger]
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Attendees:
Emma Dann, Isaac Virshup, Lisa Dratva, Ivana Jelic, Gregor Sturm

## Notes

* What kind of events
* Ivana: up to 40 makes sense for event type, otherwise much greater amount of organization
* Emma sanger needs:
* Travel to campus
* Dinner
* What CZI needs
* Breakdown of costs
* Local travel, Dinner
* Sponsorship for travel
* Needs to be at least 3 months ahead
* CZI what would CZI want in return?
* Could just be gift of support
* Other times want some sort of output:
* Cellxgene

Qs:

* If this event is something CZI wants to help out with, what other kinds of events?
* So there have been workshops and conferences
* Workshop by someone else that was sponsered
* Sponsorships of competitions
* E.g. open problems
* NIH, northwestern clinical data
* Will share info
* What kinds of help?
* Locations?
* Events maybe, but big and a year in advance
* What kinds of projects
* Working with open problems?
* Ideally at multidisciplinary
* Cellxgene meeting?
* They are planning something in august

## Follow up:

* We need to get them estimates on costs
* Isaac will check in on cellxgene meeting