As OSHWA's Open Hardware in Academia Fellowship Concludes, Its Output Is Gathered for All to See
Newly-launched site offers access to guides, research papers, designs, and more on topics from environmental monitoring to weaving.
The Open Source Hardware Association (OSHWA) has announced the successful conclusion of its Open Source Creators in Academia Fellowship — and has published the results on a dedicated site, to serve as a resource hub with research, hardware designs, guides, and more.
"[The] fellowship, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, brought together some of the brightest minds from universities and research institutions producing open source hardware," says OSHWA founder and executive director Alicia Gibb Seidle of the program. "We are proud to announce the availability of the fellowship website showcasing the remarkable deliverables from the program."
Launched two years ago, the Open Source Creators in Academia Fellowship gathered together a range of academics who shared a passion for open source software and hardware to act as mentors. The funding allowed members to carry out research on projects ranging from robotics to museum studies, producing designs, documentation, and studies which are now being made available to all from a central repository.
The site features a page dedicated to each of the mentors chosen to participate, detailing their work and providing access to materials created under and related to the fellowship — including curricula, journal articles, essays, guides and tutorials, dissertations, and hardware designs.
"OSHWA is incredibly proud of the work accomplished by our fellows and the community that has grown through the fellowship," Seidle says. "This program has served to push boundaries of what it means to create within an academic setting and how we can move forward for a more collaborative and open future."
More information is available on the Open Hardware Creators in Academia Fellowship website.