The INSciTS Board have kindly extended the services of the external administration team to help our SIG. We are very grateful for this talented team who will be sending SIG announcements, meeting reminders, and calendar invites going forward. The Admin team and the Co-chairs will be working together to transition calendar invites to the Admin team. Be on the lookout for cancellations and new meeting invites over the next couple of months as we make this transition.

Welcome to those joining us for the first time! Below is some information to acquaint you to our SIG.

As a reminder the call for workshop abstracts for the 2025 SciTS Conference is now open! The 2025 SciTS Conference will be held July 28-30, 2025, at the US Food and Drug Administration White Oak Campus in Silver Spring Maryland!

The SciTS Annual Conference is the flagship event of the International Network for the Science of Team Science (INSciTS). It continues to be the premier annual gathering of scholars, practitioners, and providers in the field of Team Science, bringing together a broad range of disciplines to share and advance the latest evidence-based methods in team collaboration and transdisciplinary science. Speakers and attendees will include investigators, administrators, students, funders, and policymakers. Our community includes academia, government, industry, and many other sectors, and spans a multitude of knowledge domain spaces. Anyone interested in improving collaborative research and discovery is welcome!

1. To nurture college students' professional development by enhancing their creativity while working in virtual teams, and;
2. To provide faculty with relevant knowledge, expertise, and case examples to assist them in designing and implementing effective virtual team learning experiences in their courses.

Visit the site at https://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/8168 for detailed information on the purpose of the book, the recommended topics for chapter proposals, and how to submit your chapter proposal.

Chapter proposals can take on one of three forms:

INSciTS is excited to feature Kevin Bugin as the SciTS 2025 Program Chair! Below, Bugin talks about what INSciTS means to him, what he is looking forward to about next year's conference and more!

The call for workshop abstracts for the 2025 SciTS Conference is now open! The 2025 SciTS Conference will be held the week of July 29-31, 2025, at the US Food and Drug Administration White Oak Campus in Silver Spring Maryland!

The SciTS Annual Conference is the flagship event of the International Network for the Science of Team Science (INSciTS). It continues to be the premier annual gathering of scholars, practitioners, and providers in the field of Team Science, bringing together a broad range of disciplines to share and advance the latest evidence-based methods in team collaboration and transdisciplinary science. Speakers and attendees will include investigators, administrators, students, funders, and policymakers. Our community includes academia, government, industry, and many other sectors, and spans a multitude of knowledge domain spaces. Anyone interested in improving collaborative research and discovery is welcome!

We are excited to announce an extraordinary opportunity to join and/or co-lead a new working group that will shape the future of the fields of team science, clinical & translational science, and inter- and transdisciplinarity. This working group will, for the first time, bring together members from three key team science professional societies: the International Network for the Science of Team Science (INSciTS), the Association for Clinical & Translational Science (ACTS), and the Global Alliance for Inter- and Transdisciplinarity (ITD Alliance). More specifically, this initiative is being spearheaded by the INSciTS Education & Training SIG, the ACTS Team Science Professionals SIG, and the ITD Alliance Toolkits & Methods Working Group.

To express interest and get a Zoom link for our October 7th informational meeting, please complete this brief form by October 4th, 2024.

The International Network for the Science of Team Science (INSciTS) is pleased to invite you to our SciTS 2025 Annual Conference, the week of July 29-31, 2025, at the US Food and Drug Administration White Oak Campus in Silver Spring, Maryland! Below are some important dates and deadlines to know as we move closer to next year's conference.

Dates and Deadlines for the SciTS 2025 Annual Conference:

INSciTS is excited to feature Gaetano Lotrecchiano as the 2025 Program Chair! Below, Lotrecchiano talks about what INSciTS means to him, what he is looking forward to about next year's conference and more!

Radwa Aly - Director
Dorothy Carter - Director
Wayne T. McCormack - President and Director
Tayana Soukup - Director

We are excited to announce the INSciTS Exec Board!

Wayne McCormack - President
Rebecca Woodland - Vice President
Heather Billings - Immediate Past President
Deborah Diaz Granados - Treasurer
Christopher Lenhardt - Secretary

SciTS 2024 Conference:
There's Still Time!

If you haven’t already, you can still register for the SciTS 2024 Virtual Conference! Don't miss out on this year's exceptional lineup of experts and events designed to elevate your experience.