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The central mission of the R Consortium is to support to the R Foundation and key organizations developing, maintaining, distributing R software through the identification, development and implementation of infrastructure projects.

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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Sustaining R: Investing in the People, Infrastructure, and Community Behind R" Register for Oct 6 R Core / R Foundation panel discussion Simon Urbanek, Kurt Hornik & Heather Turner. Hosted by R Consortium. r-consortium.org/webinars/sus... #RStats
"Sustaining R: Investing in the People, Infrastructure, and Community Behind R" - Register for Oct 6 R Core / R Foundation panel discussion
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
What does it take to sustain R? Join R Consortium, R Core & R Foundation Oct 6 to discuss the people, infrastructure & community behind R. 12 PM PT / 3 PM ET / 8 PM London Register: r-consortium.org/webinars/sus... #RStats
Graphic for upcoming R Core and R Foundation panel discussion - Oct 6, 2026
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
New from the R Consortium’s nlmixr2 Working Group: adaptive dosing in rxode2. nlmixr2 is an open-source R ecosystem for pharmacometrics and modeling drug behavior and dosing. See how dosing can adapt during simulation: r-consortium.org/posts/nlmixr... #RStats #RLang
graphic showing 4 steps of adaptive dosing in rxode2
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🐦 What is the BirdNET team at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology building with R? Sunny Tseng, PhD takes us inside birdnetTools 2.0, helping researchers turn millions of BirdNET detections into ecological insight. r-consortium.org/posts/from-b... #RStats #BirdNET @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social
Sunny Tseng, PhD, is an independent ecological consultant and R programmer based in Vancouver
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Josiah @josiah.rs · 14/09/2026
💸 @rconsortium.bsky.social grant proposals are open!!! Get paid to bring your R tooling ideas to life! Some points for a successful app: 👇🏼 #rstats r-consortium.org/all-projects...
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callforproposals – R Consortium
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Have an idea that could strengthen the R ecosystem? The R Consortium is accepting proposals for its second Technical Grants cycle of 2026! 📅 Deadline: Oct. 1, 11:59 p.m. US ET Learn more & submit: r-consortium.org/all-projects... #RStats #OpenSource #RCommunity
"Technical Grants"
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
A great Labor Day weekend project: submit your R+AI 2026 proposal! Share your work with R and AI, ML, LLMs, agents, coding assistants, data products, or responsible AI. 📅 Deadline: Sept. 7 💻 Online: Nov. 10–11 rconsortium.github.io/RplusAI_webs...
R+AI Nov 10-11, 2026 - Call for Proposals
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The R Consortium is now accepting submissions for the second 2026 technical grant cycle. We fund projects that strengthen R’s technical and social infrastructure! Applications close Oct 1, 2026 Submit your proposal: r-consortium.org/posts/r-cons... #rstats #opensource #grants
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Happy to welcome two new members to the R Consortium Board, and six returning: Francesca Lazzeri of Microsoft (Premier) and Mutaz M. Jaber of Gilead Sciences (Core). Mike K Smith continues as Board Chair. r-consortium.org/posts/meet-o... @francescalazzeri.bsky.social #rstats #opensource
2 new members and 6 returning members of the R Consortium board of directors for 2026-2027
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
nlmixr2 7.0's covariance step is all grown up! Switch covariance methods without refitting, and get SEs for every estimated parameter - including residual error. r-consortium.org/posts/nlmixr... #RStats #nlmixr2
R Consortium working group nlmixr2 logo - New blog post is out!
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
📣 The R+AI 2026 Call for Proposals is open! Share how you’re using R with AI, ML, LLMs, agents, coding assistants, data products, or responsible AI. Talks, lightning talks, workshops, and panels welcome. 📅 Submit by Sept. 7 💻 Online Nov. 10–11 rconsortium.github.io/RplusAI_webs... #rstats
R+AI 2026 (Nov 10-11) - Call for proposal now open!
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
“You cannot shape a roadmap you are not part of.” - Benjamin Arancibia, R Consortium Board Member, on why participation matters. The views expressed are Ben's own. If R matters to your organization, join the R Consortium and help shape what comes next! Learn more: r-consortium.org/about/join.h...
“You cannot shape a roadmap you are not part of.” Quote from Benjamin Arancibia, R Consortium Board Member, on why participation matters.
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
R submissions to FDA are feasible, but they must be easy to reproduce and review. Practical guidance from the R Consortium Submissions Working Group: r-consortium.org/posts/making... #RStats #FDA
Sponsors can reduce the likelihood of requests for SAS-equivalent code by designing the R submission package around the reviewer’s experience.
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
CFP for R+AI 2026 is open! Deadline: Sept 7. Second annual R Consortium conference on R + AI is being held Nov 10–11, 100% online. Share your ML, LLM, GenAI, and responsible AI workflows. Talks, lightning talks, workshops & panels welcome. rconsortium.github.io/RplusAI_webs... #RStats #AI
R+AI 2026, being held Nov 10-11, 2026 - Call for Proposals now open!
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
"The software is free. The ecosystem is not." Benjamin Arancibia explains why organizations invest in the future of R. Learn why organizations join the R Consortium: r-consortium.org/about/join Views are Benjamin's own. #RStats #OpenSource
quote from Ben Arancibia, director of Data Science, GSK Biostatistics, R Consortium board member: "The software is free. The ecosystem is not."
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Organizations that invest in shared infrastructure help keep R strong for everyone. Mike K. Smith: "Using open source without contributing back is not a sustainable model." Views are Mike's own. Learn why orgs join the R Consortium: r-consortium.org/about/join.h... @mikeksmith.bsky.social
quote from Mike K Smith, Lead, R Centre of Excellence and Senior Director, Statistical Data Science and Analytics, Pfizer, and R Consortium Board Chair, saying "Using open source without contributing back is not a sustainable model"
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The R Consortium was proud to be a Platinum Sponsor of #useR2026. Mike K Smith reflects on why community investment matters and how organizations and individuals are shaping the future of R. r-consortium.org/posts/what-m... #RStats @user-conf.bsky.social
useR! 2026 conference main image
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The R Consortium has announced the first round of 2026 ISC Technical Grants. 7 projects will receive funding to improve the technical infrastructure and long-term sustainability of the R ecosystem. Congratulations to this year's recipients! r-consortium.org/posts/r-cons... #RStats #OpenSource
Technical Grant Winners Announced!
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
How do you find an R package when you don't know its name? Kylie Ainslie's The Warehouse lets you search 23,000+ CRAN, Bioconductor & GitHub packages by task — with AI-assisted discovery. r-consortium.org/posts/the-wa... #RStats @kylieainslie.bsky.social #opensource
screenshot of The Warehouse homepage and search bar
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MikeKSmith @mikeksmith.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I’m at #useR2026 in SGH Warsaw representing @rconsortium.bsky.social. Opening keynote from Di Cook.
Delegates arriving at useR2026 meeting at SGH, Warsaw. Coffee first…
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The nlmixr2 Working Group continues to expand what open-source R tooling can support in pharmacometrics: admixr2 fits PK/PD models to published aggregate data (literature mean±SD, published NLME models, joint study fits) via nlmixr2/rxode2. r-consortium.org/posts/fittin... #RStats #Pharmacometrics
logo for R Consortium nlmixr2 Working Group
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
How should researchers combine multiple expert judgments when consensus is hard? In a new R Consortium blog post, David P. Wilkinson and Elliot Gould introduce {aggreCAT}, an open-source R package for mathematically aggregating expert judgments. r-consortium.org/posts/introd... #RStats
example graphic from blog post showing density of aggregated confidence scores
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
New! Nicolas Nguyen discusses planr, the supply chain R package he developed, available on CRAN - planr moves planning work from spreadsheets into reproducible R workflows for projected inventories, constrained demand, more. r-consortium.org/posts/supply... #RStats #SupplyChain #OpenSource
image of Nicolas Nguyen, developer of planr, R package for supply chain
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Free full workshop video now available. Garrett Grolemund shows how to use AI + R with health data in Positron, including Quarto reports, dashboards, Shiny apps, and QueryChat. r-consortium.org/webinars/use... #rstats @posit.co
workshop title and speaker headshot
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Deadline to register for R Dev Day @ Cascadia R 2026 is June 12. Join new and experienced contributors working on base R code, documentation, and contribution infrastructure. Free! pretix.eu/r-contributo... #rstats #CascadiaR @r-forwards.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
scene of people working together to code in R
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Next week! Use AI to Build and Share Insights from Health Data Garrett Grolemund will focus on reproducible, auditable workflows for generating insights from health data June 11, 12–3 PM ET Register: r-consortium.org/webinars/use... #RStats #AI #Quarto #Shiny
R Consortium workshop - Use Ai to build and share insights from health data - Jun 11, 12-3pm ET
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
New from the R Consortium nlmixr2 Working Group: nlmixr2 is expanding what open source R tooling can support in pharmacometrics, including time-to-event modeling workflows for clinical and drug-development settings. r-consortium.org/posts/surviv... #RStats #Pharmacometrics #PKPD #OpenSource
R Consortium Working Group nlmixr2 logo
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Upcoming free online R Consortium workshop on AI + R + health data With Garrett Grolemund co-author of R for Data Science, creator of the Lubridate R package, and ASA award-winning educator June 11, 12–3pm ET r-consortium.org/webinars/use... #RStats #HealthData
main image for upcoming workshop on AI + R + healthdata
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LatinR Conf @latinrconf.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Agradecemos a nuetros sponsors para esta edición 2026 de #LatinR: @rconsortium.bsky.social y @posit.co 📍 Medellín, Colombia, 11 al 13 de Noviembre de 2026 latinr.org ⚡️ Todavia podes enviar tu charla o poster sobre #RStats openreview.net/group?id=LAT...
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LatinR Conf @latinrconf.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
We’re excited to announce the sponsors supporting #LatinR 2026! 🎉 A huge thank you to @rconsortium.bsky.social and @posit.co for helping make this community-driven event possible and for their continued support of the #RStats in Latin America 💙 Stay tuned for more updates about #LatinR2026
Horizontal flyer with a light gray background and a purple top banner. In the upper left corner, “SPONSORS 2026” appears in large white letters. On the right side, the LatinR logo appears alongside the text “Latin American Conference on the Use of R in Research + Development”. In the center of the flyer, the logos of R Consortium and Posit are displayed prominently over the gray background.
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
R Consortium Executive Director Terry Christiani explains why open source packages, documentation, standards, and public examples strengthen the foundation AI tools depend on. r-consortium.org/posts/open-s... #RStats #OpenSource #AI @terrychristiani.bsky.social
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R Consortium - Open Source Makes AI Better
Investing in people, languages, and shared infrastructure gives companies a stronger foundation for AI.
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
📢 The call for submissions for LatinR 2026 has been extended! There’s still time to share your projects, experiences, and work with the R community in Latin America 💜 🗓️ New deadline: June 1 🔗 latinr.org 💬 Official languages: Spanish, Portuguese, English 📍Medellín, Colombia #rstats
screenshot of LatinR main page
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
The R Consortium R Submissions WG is helping move R-based regulatory submissions from concept to implementation. Pilot 4 explored WebAssembly and Docker for running an R Shiny app in regulatory review. FDA feedback showed practical next steps. r-consortium.org/posts/beyond... #rstats #shiny
screenshot of FDA statistical review and evaluation reponse
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
R Consortium working groups are a great on-ramp into the R community. New from nlmixr2: reflections on an invited seminar with FDA quantitative clinical pharmacology reviewers, focused on open source tools, reproducibility, and regulatory readiness. blog.nlmixr2.org/blog/2026-04... #rstats
blog.nlmixr2.org
Open Source in Regulatory Review: nlmixr2 Developers Meet Regulators | nlmixr2
nlmixr: open source nonlinear mixed-effects modeling for R.
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
R/Medicine 2026 starts with 2 days of in-depth demos and workshops TOMORROW! There's still time to register! Full program here: rconsortium.github.io/RMedicine_we... #rstats #clinicaltrials #healthdata #healthcare
Many, many headshots of speakers coming up at R/Medicine 2026
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
This week! R/Consortium 2026! May 5-8, 100% virtual 2 days of in-depth, hands-on demos and workshops, then 2 days of Keynotes, Talks, Lightning Talks - Ask questions, connect directly with speakers and peers rconsortium.github.io/RMedicine_we... #rstats #clinicaltrials #opensource #healthcare
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
R Consortium technical grants deadline coming up May 1 The R Consortium funds projects that strengthen the R ecosystem’s technical and social infrastructure. Help build the R community! Full details here: r-consortium.org/all-projects... List of previous projects: r-consortium.org/all-projects...
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R Consortium – callforproposals
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
"Introduction to R for Clinical Data" Led by Richard Hanna, Data Science Supervisor with the Cell and Gene Therapy Informatics Team at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia At R/Medicine 2026, May 5-8! Register today! rconsortium.github.io/RMedicine_we... #rstats #clinicaltrials
Speaker picture and talk overview for Introduction to R for Clinical Data at R/Medicine 2026
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
R/Medicine 2026 is next week! Register now! Just one of the great lineup of workshops and demos: "You Should Probably Map That: Introduction to Geospatial Analysis in R" Anjile An, Weill Cornell Medical College rconsortium.github.io/RMedicine_we... #rstats #clinicaltrials #geospatial
Example of great demo at R/Medicine 2026 - "Mapping in R"
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
R/Medicine 2026 covers R being used across the full health data workflow - from clinical data entry and REDCap pipelines to reproducible reporting, large-scale analysis, and AI-assisted tools. Register today! rconsortium.github.io/RMedicine_we... #rstats #clinicaltrials #healthdata #datascience
R/Medicine 2026, May 5-8, 2026, virtual conference
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
R/Medicine Hackathon is tomorrow! Focusing on the {teal} package, a framework for building interactive exploratory data analysis applications in clinical trials. Beginners welcome, registration for R/Medicine required. Sign up, prep, and all the deets here: rconsortium.github.io/RMedicine_we...
R/Medicine coming May 5-8 - Hackathon tomorrow April 23
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Rich Hanna @richard-hanna.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Wonderful opportunity to engage with the community and pick up some new skills with colleagues!
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Next week! A Pharmaverse hackathon ahead of R/Medicine 2026 Work on {teal}, a framework for interactive exploratory data analysis apps for clinical trials. Beginners welcome. R/Medicine 2026 registration required. Hackathon: rconsortium.github.io/RMedicine_we...
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
The R ecosystem grows through community. In 2026, R Consortium is supporting major R-related events around the world to help expand participation and create more opportunities to learn, connect, and contribute to R. Read more: r-consortium.org/posts/invest... #rstats #opensource
image for EuroBioC 2026 showing many, many participants
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Yani Bellini Saibene @yabellini.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I know I'm biased, but it's so nice to see these two awesome #RStats communities working together. Kudos to @jeroenooms.bsky.social and the @bioconductor.bsky.social team! Also, @rconsortium.bsky.social always supporting the R ecosystem 🙏
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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 08/04/2026
I'm very excited about this collaboration between @ropensci.org's R-Universe and @bioconductor.bsky.social to build common infrastructure: modernizing build systems for #RStats while expanding and testing new models for governance and development. ropensci.org/blog/2026/04...
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Collaborating between Bioconductor and R-universe on Development of Common Infrastructure
R-consortium ISC top-level project R-universe is working with Bioconductor to help gradually modernize parts of its infrastructure, while accommodating the project’s scale, governance, and established...
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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 08/04/2026
Thanks to @jeroenooms.bsky.social for his leadership, the @bioconductor.bsky.social team for being great collaborators, and @rconsortium.bsky.social for their support!
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Open source in R - don’t know where to start? Start TOMORROW! R Consortium webinar (Wed, April 8): “Make your first R open source project contribution with git, forks, and PRs” 👉 Register here: r-consortium.org/webinars/mak... Build real experience. Collaborate globally. Contribute to R.
Main image for April 8 webinar "Make your first R open source project contribution with Git, forks, and PRs"
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
🚀 The R Consortium Technical Grant Cycle is now open! Have an idea to improve R’s technical infrastructure? Apply for funding! 📅 Apply by May 1 📅 Decisions by June 1 r-consortium.org/all-projects... #rstats #opensource #datascience #rconsortium #rcommunity
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
‪Contribute to an R open source project! “Make your first R open source project contribution with git, forks, and PRs” with Daniel Chen, Lecturer at Univ of British Columbia Part of the lead-up to R/Medicine 2026! 👉 Register: r-consortium.org/webinars/mak... #rstats #opensource
Main image for April 8, 2026, webinar entitled Make your first R open source project contribution with Git, forks, and PRs
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