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-title: "Openscapes Champions Cohorts"
+title: "Openscapes Champions Program"
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-The NOAA Fisheries Openscapes Mentor Community led 3 Champions Cohorts in Fall 2025! Read on to learn what this is and see the NOAA Fisheries Science Blog, [Open Science Momentum at NOAA Fisheries](https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/science-blog/open-science-momentum-noaa-fisheries) and past [cohort pages](/cohorts) to learn stories of what past participants have accomplished.
+The NOAA Fisheries Openscapes Mentor Community will lead 3 Champions Cohorts in Fall 2026! Read on to learn what this is and read past [cohort pages](/cohorts) to learn stories of what participants have accomplished.
 
-[**Fall 2025 theme: cloud migration and data preservation**](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Q6zerBOYfSr-Sw0YTz2JV8OOskjw_0oGOIM2WSMmS84/edit?slide=id.g3720335bad7_1_989#slide=id.g3720335bad7_1_989). <!-- We encourage teams interested in this theme to sign up, although you do not need to be interested in this theme to apply. Please sign up if you are interested in participating, whether or not the theme resonates with you now.
+**Fall 2026 theme: Making your work and processes understandable, transferable, and open** ([theme details in FAQ below](#sec-2026-theme) <!---; [info session slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1SW_EBcxcD8ZHDXANucBcF-K5f-E1IR5OpVnWJmIAvHE/edit?slide=id.g3720335bad7_1_989#slide=id.g3720335bad7_1_989)--->). We encourage teams or individuals interested in this theme to sign up. You do not need to be interested in the theme to apply. Please sign up whether or not the theme resonates with you now.
 
-[Info session slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Q6zerBOYfSr-Sw0YTz2JV8OOskjw_0oGOIM2WSMmS84/edit?slide=id.g3723cbac770_0_0#slide=id.g3723cbac770_0_0) ⬢ [Sample email to share announcement](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pYiPebka2DXzWOvD1Mqje_GyJs2ykpPRDPO2o_XVUUQ/). --->
+<!--- \[Sample email to share announcement\] (TODO). --->
 
-Signups for Fall 2025 Cohorts are now closed. We will lead 3 more Champions Cohorts in Fall 2026.
+## Sign up for Fall 2026
 
-```{=html}
-<!-- ## Sign up for Fall 2025
+Deadline: Sept 8, 2026, COB (close of business) in your time zone via [this Google Spreadsheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hLmrrvajZb9yR8Vt8ngUPp4wdCeBeYjFBxb02OvX4nU/). We will confirm participation via email by Sept 10.
 
-Sign up by Sept 8, 2025, COB (close of business) in your time zone via [this Google Spreadsheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fpMJpReMuAW3W_U7rGSBkM1BgzWdVySLqLec-xoZYUc/). Please indicate the Cohort date-times you are available; we will confirm participation via email by Sept 15. You can sign up individually or with a colleague or team (have everyone enter their name on a separate line).--->
-```
+Please indicate the Cohort date-times you are available. You can sign up individually or with a colleague or team (enter everyone's name on a separate line).
 
 ## What is the Champions Program?
 
-**This is a workflow transformation & leadership opportunity.**
+**This is an opportunity to make your work and processes understandable, transferable, and open — and strengthen connections with colleagues**
+
+Since 2020, the Openscapes Champions Program has helped over 600 NOAA Fisheries staff make substantial progress on difficult workflow transformation goals and strengthen connections across NOAA Fisheries. Goals from previous teams and individuals include transitioning to new cloud computing or data storage workflows, improving team awareness and collaboration, fostering and teaching team learning techniques, documenting standard operating procedures to onboard and offboard staff, and automating (scripting) large data-heavy reports.
 
-40 staff from across NOAA Fisheries come together bi-weekly to work on goals related to data science workflows. Do you want an opportunity to make progress on a project you are already working on? Do you or your team have a ‘big goal’ that involves changing how you work and you want to make progress on making your data and science workflows more efficient and reproducible (however you define that)? Do you want to migrate to new data and science workflows, like cloud-based workflows, but don’t know how to get started? Do you want to connect with others across NOAA Fisheries who are interested in Open Science, Open Data and Open Source? The Fall Openscapes Champions Cohorts are for you (and your team)! Make progress on those goals that seem so intangible and hard to get traction on by working in facilitated sessions with your peers and the Openscapes team. [Scroll the blogs](blog.qmd#category=champions) on what NOAA Fisheries teams and individuals have accomplished in the 13 NOAA Fisheries Champions Cohorts over the past 4 years.
+Openscapes Champions is a remote-by-design, cohort-based mentorship program that helps teams re-imagine data analysis and stewardship as a collaborative effort, develop modern skills that are of immediate value to them, and cultivate collaborative and inclusive communities. It is focused on open science and data modernization via biweekly curriculum that Openscapes has improved over 30 Cohorts 2019-2026. The goal is strengthening a teaching and learning culture within teams and organizations. This program is not only for scientists: admin, IT staff, and beyond are welcomed. Individuals and teams need not have familiarity or expertise in open science, data science, or coding, to benefit from the Openscapes Champions Program.
 
-Openscapes Champions is a remote-by-design, cohort-based mentorship program that helps teams re-imagine data analysis and stewardship as a collaborative effort, develop modern skills that are of immediate value to them, and cultivate collaborative and inclusive communities. It is focused on open science and data modernization via biweekly curriculum that Openscapes has improved over 25 Cohorts 2019-2025. The goal is strengthening a teaching and learning culture within teams and organizations. This program is not only for scientists: admin, IT staff, and beyond are welcomed. Individuals and teams do not have to have familiarity or expertise in open science, data science, or coding, to benefit from the Openscapes Champions Program.
+Come join us and make progress on new tasks or big goals that can be hard to get traction on by working in facilitated sessions with your peers and the Openscapes team. [Scroll the blogs](blog.qmd#category=champions) on what NOAA Fisheries teams and individuals have accomplished in the 16 NOAA Fisheries Champions Cohorts over the past 5 years.
 
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 <!--- Through Openscapes cohorts, you focus on your own work with your peers or a team. As the program introduces modern concepts, tooling, and examples from your peers for collaborative open data science, groups focus on where you are and where you want to go together. **Openscapes Champions is "not your traditional training/workshop" because teams:**
@@ -35,45 +35,40 @@ Openscapes Champions is a remote-by-design, cohort-based mentorship program that
 
 ## Champions Program Details
 
-**Fall NOAA Fisheries Openscapes Champions Cohorts run from November 2025-January 2026!** We will meet as a cohort five times over two months, on alternating weeks, with additional optional coworking times.
+**Fall NOAA Fisheries Openscapes Champions Cohorts run from September-November 2026!** We will meet as a cohort five times over two months, on alternating weeks, with additional optional coworking times.
 
--   **Date-Times**:
-    -   **Cohort-A: Nov 18, Dec 2, 16, Jan 6, 20**. Alternating Tuesdays from 1:00pm - 2:30pm PT.
-    -   **Cohort-B: Nov 19, Dec 3, 17, Jan 7, 21**. Alternating Wednesdays from 10:00 - 11:30am PT.
-    -   **Cohort-C: Nov 19, Dec 3, 17, Jan 7, 21**. Alternating Wednesdays from 1:00 - 2:30pm PT.
-    -   **Coworking** for all cohorts (optional): Nov 25, Dec 9, Jan 13, Alternating Tuesdays from 12:00pm - 1:30pm PT.
--   **Where:** remotely, via Zoom
--   **What we learn:** [Champions program core lessons](https://openscapes.github.io/series), with NOAA Fisheries examples
--   **Cost:** Free; this opportunity is supported by NOAA funding to Openscapes
--   **Expected time commitment:** 8hrs/month for 2 months is a minimum expected time commitment. This accounts for 3 hours/month of synchronous Cohort Calls, optional Coworking hours, and team Seaside Chats where you plan with your research group to strengthen shared workflows.
--   **Who:** NOAA Fisheries staff, affiliates, contractors, and others who are interested in improving their data science workflows. We aim to remove barriers to outside collaboration. It is important that those who participate can do so in all or most sessions, and are energized to be interacting with like-minded individuals across NOAA Fisheries. Sign up to participate individually, with a colleague or your team.
+- **Date-Times**:
 
-### Cohort Timeline
+  - **Cohort-A: Sep 22, Oct 6, 20, Nov 3, 17.** Tuesdays 1:00 - 2:30pm PT.
 
-This image gives a visual sense of time span, cadence, and time commitments for an Openscapes Cohort.
+  - **Cohort-B: Sep 23, Oct 7, 21, Nov 4, 18.** Wednesdays 10:00 - 11:30am PT.
 
-![](images/openscapes_cohort-timeline.png){fig-align="center"}
+  - **Cohort-C: Sep 23, Oct 7, 21, Nov 4, 18.** Wednesdays 1:00 - 2:30pm PT.
 
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-<!--- ## "Ask Us Anything" info sessions
+  - **Coworking** for all cohorts (optional): Sep 29, Oct 13, 27, Nov 10. Tuesdays 12:00 - 1:30pm PT.
+
+- **Where:** remotely, via Zoom (from your browser, no install needed)
+
+- **What we learn:** [Champions program core lessons](https://openscapes.github.io/series), with NOAA Fisheries examples.
 
-**Are you curious about participating in the Champions Program** and want to learn more? We will host "Ask Us Anything" info sessions on Sept 2 & 3 (details in table below). Anyone is welcome to attend.
+- **Cost:** Free; this opportunity is supported by NOAA funding to Openscapes.
 
-**Are you a NMFS Openscapes Mentor or past Champion?** Consider giving a talk at your Center/Regional Office (talk/brown-bag, 5 mins at All Hands…). Please add sessions to [Sign up sheet, 'Talks, AMA Schedule'](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fpMJpReMuAW3W_U7rGSBkM1BgzWdVySLqLec-xoZYUc/edit?gid=1241468325#gid=1241468325) tab and to the NMFS Open Science Google Calendar so others can find them. Here are [slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Q6zerBOYfSr-Sw0YTz2JV8OOskjw_0oGOIM2WSMmS84/) introducing the Fall 2025 Champions Program with background information we can all use to present.
+- **Expected time commitment:** 8hrs/month for 2 months is a minimum expected time commitment. This accounts for 3 hours/month of synchronous Cohort Calls, optional Coworking hours, and group Seaside Chats where you plan and implement changes to how you work.
 
-**Table.** Center / Office info sessions. To join an info session below, find Google Meet links in this [Google Sheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fpMJpReMuAW3W_U7rGSBkM1BgzWdVySLqLec-xoZYUc/edit?gid=1423956583#gid=1423956583) or in the NMFS Open Science Google Calendar.
+- **Who:** Anyone interested in improving their data science workflows. FTEs and Affiliates from any Fisheries Science Center, Regional Office, or HQ Office are welcome to participate. This program is not only for scientists: admin, IT staff, and beyond are welcomed. We aim to remove barriers to outside collaboration. It is important that those who participate can do so in all or most sessions, and are energized to be interacting with like-minded individuals across NOAA Fisheries. Sign up to participate individually, with a colleague, or your team.
+
+## "Ask Us Anything" info sessions
+
+**Are you curious about participating in the Champions Program** and want to learn more? We give talks to many audiences and standing meetings (details in table below). Anyone is welcome to attend.
+
+**Are you a NMFS Openscapes Mentor or past Champion?** Consider giving a talk at your Center/Regional Office (talk/brown-bag, 5 mins at All Hands). Please add sessions to [Sign up sheet, 'Talks, AMA Schedule'](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hLmrrvajZb9yR8Vt8ngUPp4wdCeBeYjFBxb02OvX4nU/edit?gid=1423956583#gid=1423956583) tab and to the NMFS Open Science Google Calendar so others can find them. <!--- Here are [slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1SW_EBcxcD8ZHDXANucBcF-K5f-E1IR5OpVnWJmIAvHE/edit?slide=id.g3723cbac770_1_6#slide=id.g3723cbac770_1_6) introducing the Fall 2026 Champions Program with background information we can all use to present. --->
+
+**Table.** Center / Office info sessions. To join an info session below, find Google Meet links in this [Sign up sheet, 'Talks, AMA Schedule'](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hLmrrvajZb9yR8Vt8ngUPp4wdCeBeYjFBxb02OvX4nU/edit?gid=1423956583#gid=1423956583) tab or in the NMFS Open Science Google Calendar.
 
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 |------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
 | **Date** | **Time** | **Center/Office** | **Event info name / length** | **Mentor/Point person** | **Speaker** |
-| 2025-08-07 | 10:00 am ET | SEFSC | All Hands / \<10 min | Carissa Gervasi | Carissa Gervasi |
-| 2025-08-20 | 12:30 pm PT | NMFS DGC | Fisheries Monthly Data Governance Meeting | Eli Holmes | Eli Holmes + Julie Lowndes |
-| 2025-08-27 | 1:00 pm HST | PIFSC | PIFSC webinar | Amanda Bradford and PIFSC Openscapes Mentors | Amanda Bradford and PIFSC Openscapes Mentors |
-| 2025-08-27 | 8:00 am AKDT | AKRO | Alaska Regional Office habitat conservation division | Julie Lowndes, Cathy Coons | Julie Lowndes |
-| 2025-09-02 | 12:00 pm PT | All NMFS | Openscapes Champions info Q&A / 50 min | Julie Lowndes | Julie Lowndes + Molly Stevens |
-| 2025-09-03 | 12:00 pm PT | All NMFS | Openscapes Champions info Q&A / 50 min | Julie Lowndes | Julie Lowndes + TBD |
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+| 2026-08-17 | 11:00 am PT |  | AMA / 1 hr | Julie Lowndes, Eli Holmes | Julie Lowndes, Eli Holmes |
 
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@@ -107,9 +102,23 @@ Please add sessions to [Sign up sheet, 'Talks, AMA Schedule'](https://docs.googl
 
 ## FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
 
-### What does the "cloud" theme mean for the cohorts? Will the lessons change in any way?
+### What is the theme for the 2026 cohorts? {#sec-2026-theme}
 
-We will be teaching the Champions core lessons and some will be tailored to help people think through what this year’s theme - reimagine data and workflows in the cloud - might mean for their own work. Participants will use the Pathways sheet to take stock of their workflows, and as always we expect and will teach to a wide range of skills and levels of experience with what “cloud” means.
+The NOAA Fisheries Openscapes Champions Cohorts’ theme for 2026 is **“Making your work and processes understandable, transferable, and open”**. These Cohorts are about creating workflows that are more accessible to your entire team, and giving you dedicated time to invest in habits to make this easier. We welcome anyone to participate, whether or not you are interested in this theme, and whether you join as an individual or with others. This opportunity is open to all staff and affiliates, across all job titles, at no cost to your staff. There are no prerequisites. As a participant, you may be someone:
+
+- **Onboarding to a new role or position** and interested in developing an open science mindset and connecting to people in similar situations at NOAA Fisheries.
+
+- **Offboarding from your projects** and wanting to honor that work and legacy by documenting and sharing your processes for others to take on.
+
+- **Documenting your IT or procurement workflows** since these underpin all projects and can be a way to connect and streamline processes.
+
+- **Transitioning to cloud workflows** and wanting to learn how others approach data and workflow optimization, project management, and refactoring.
+
+- **Supporting your staff or team** as they transition their processes and wanting to better understand how they work and their needs.
+
+### What does the theme mean for the cohorts? Will the lessons change in any way?
+
+We will be teaching the Champions core lessons and some will be tailored to help people think through what this year’s theme might mean for their own work. Participants will use the [Pathways sheet](https://openscapes.github.io/series/pathways.html#pathways-concept) to take stock of their workflows, and as always we expect and will teach to a wide range of skills and levels of experience.
 
 ### What is a team?
 
@@ -121,11 +130,11 @@ Teams do not need to be a formal research group; they can be collaborating in ot
 
 That’s ok, please sign up! We’ll help you connect with participants who share some of your goals or needs.
 
-### **If a team is participating together, how important is it for them all to be in the same cohort?**
+### If a team is participating together, how important is it for them all to be in the same cohort?
 
 Not too important. Sometimes people feel more 'connected' if they see people they know in the virtual room. The activities during the cohort calls are not by 'team'; they are in random breakout groups. Participants are expected to have ‘Seaside Chats’ together with their teams in the weeks between Cohort Calls. It’s more important that participants are committed to attending all sessions in the time slot they have chosen.
 
-### **Can I sign up if I have participated in a previous Openscapes Champions Cohort?**
+### Can I sign up if I have participated in a previous Openscapes Champions Cohort?
 
 Yes. If Cohorts are oversubscribed, this would be discussed by a small selection committee.
 
@@ -133,7 +142,17 @@ See [Frequently Asked Questions](https://openscapes.github.io/series/what-to-exp
 
 ## Stories from past participants
 
-[Open Science Momentum at NOAA Fisheries](https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/science-blog/open-science-momentum-noaa-fisheries), 2025, by the NMFS Openscapes Mentors.
+### Cloud migration and data preservation progress happens with collaboration.
+
+As NOAA is migrating data to the cloud, this means many people are needing to change their workflows. One exciting example of something that wasn’t possible before is the [NOAA Fisheries Cloud Computing Setup](https://github.com/nmfs-opensci/CloudComputingSetup/) documentation that NOAA Fisheries Openscapes Mentor Molly Stevens (SEFSC) started in preparation for the Champions Cohort (following six months of [collaborative testing](https://github.com/orgs/nmfs-openscapes/projects/46/views/6?filterQuery=workstation&pane=issue&itemId=102920703&issue=nmfs-openscapes%7Chow-we-work%7C33) with other Mentors). When Alex Norelli learned about it while participating in the Champions Cohort, she found this setup resource valuable for her own work. She began collaborating with Molly to test it, achieving something she could not do before the Cohort started:
+
+> “I benchmarked different cloud environments and explored data management solutions like Google Cloud Buckets, which sparked so many seaside chats about best practices in migrating current workflows to the cloud.” - **Alex Norelli, SEFSC**
+
+Ultimately, Alex co-led a Google Workstations Clinic during the last weeks of the Cohort with Molly and Jon Peake (NMFS Open Science), which benefitted additional participants and helped further develop the documentation. This example embodies how change happens within organizations: people are able to do more together than they can alone. And it starts with the practice of creating something useful for others, sharing it early, and iterating together.
+
+Read more in the [Fall 2025 Champions Recap](https://openscapes.org/blog/2026-02-26-nmfs-champions-2025/).
+
+### [Open Science Momentum at NOAA Fisheries](https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/science-blog/open-science-momentum-noaa-fisheries), 2025, by the NMFS Openscapes Mentors.
 
 > "I've already seen Openscapes change how NOAA Fisheries is doing things. There's a national peer network for learning, getting help, sharing tools, fixing things, and innovating. I see this continuing to grow as the community grows and people see what's possible. The emphasis on open, reproducible science will make it easier for partners and the public to engage in our work. Openscapes is contributing momentum to implementing tools that we need to do our jobs better." – **Phoebe Woodworth-Jefcoats, PIFSC**
 
@@ -151,26 +170,26 @@ Rod Towell, Nancy Young, Tony Orr, Erin Richmond, and Brian Fadely participated
 
 Impetus - SAR process is overwhelming and inefficient.
 
--   Annual process with overlap between years 
--   Large project: \>400 pages
--   Multiple authors, collaborators, and internal/external reviewers 
--   Version control issues
--   No easy way to track discussions, decisions, ideas for future years
--   No cohesive or formalized on/off-boarding, protocols
+- Annual process with overlap between years 
+- Large project: \>400 pages
+- Multiple authors, collaborators, and internal/external reviewers 
+- Version control issues
+- No easy way to track discussions, decisions, ideas for future years
+- No cohesive or formalized on/off-boarding, protocols
 
 MML SAR Team goals
 
--   Reframe SAR development as a collaborative effort
--   Incorporate new tools but meet staff where they are
--   Maintain consistency with NOAA Fisheries SAR approach
+- Reframe SAR development as a collaborative effort
+- Incorporate new tools but meet staff where they are
+- Maintain consistency with NOAA Fisheries SAR approach
 
 Reflections
 
--   Motivated team, commitment, endurance, good communication and collaboration 
--   This is a fluid, adaptive and dynamic process
--   Used skills and problem-solving processes learned from Openscapes; the status quo was not acceptable so change was necessary
--   Change is incremental - it doesn't have to happen all at once!
--   Time, energy, commitment -\> Reward!
+- Motivated team, commitment, endurance, good communication and collaboration 
+- This is a fluid, adaptive and dynamic process
+- Used skills and problem-solving processes learned from Openscapes; the status quo was not acceptable so change was necessary
+- Change is incremental - it doesn't have to happen all at once!
+- Time, energy, commitment -\> Reward!
 
 ### A Year of Open Science Community Building at NOAA Fisheries
 
@@ -184,11 +203,11 @@ The growing [NMFS Openscapes Mentor community](/mentors/) — staff from across
 
 **During cohort:** Mentors participate in the Champions Program (in fact, Champions cohorts are scheduled as "takeovers" of regular Mentors calls to be mindful of Mentors' time commitments). Here are several roles where Mentors can contribute:
 
--   Meta-listeners (role model psychological safety, live notetaking; review [2023 Mentor skills](/mentors/mentor-calls.html) we developed; contribute to 20-min post-cohort debriefs as you can to help surface ideas and set direction (stay in Zoom after the Cohort calls)
--   Content experts (responsive during Cohorts Calls, Seaside Chats, Coworking to help Champions with their goals)
--   Helpers (during Coworking / Seaside Chats, screensharing to fix merge conflicts, add documentation)
--   Participants (learn with your team as a Champion, focus on your work in Seaside Chats and Coworking)
--   Teachers (teaching specific Champions lessons, pre-arranged)
+- Meta-listeners (role model psychological safety, live notetaking; review [2023 Mentor skills](/mentors/mentor-calls.html) we developed; contribute to 20-min post-cohort debriefs as you can to help surface ideas and set direction (stay in Zoom after the Cohort calls)
+- Content experts (responsive during Cohorts Calls, Seaside Chats, Coworking to help Champions with their goals)
+- Helpers (during Coworking / Seaside Chats, screensharing to fix merge conflicts, add documentation)
+- Participants (learn with your team as a Champion, focus on your work in Seaside Chats and Coworking)
+- Teachers (teaching specific Champions lessons, pre-arranged)
 
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