From Tuesday, 17 March until Friday, 17 April 2026, the Center for Scientific Collaboration and Community Engagement (CSCCE) is offering a Project Management Bootcamp to researchers in the Michael J. Fox Foundation ecosystem.
Learners will meet for two hours, twice per week, for four weeks, with a week of recess to consolidate initial concepts following the orientation and introductory sessions.
The key dates are:
- Orientation session (optional): Tuesday, 17 March 2026 at 10:00am – 10:30am EDT / 2:00pm – 2:30pm UTC (instructors will be available for an additional 30 minutes after the general orientation session to answer questions and troubleshoot)
- Introductory session (required): Friday, 20 March 2026 at 10:00am – 12:00pm EDT / 2:00pm – 4:00pm UTC
- Tuesday sessions: 31 March, 7, 14 April 2026* at 10:00am – 12:00pm EDT / 2:00pm – 4:00pm UTC
- Friday sessions: 3, 10, 17 April 2026* at 10:00am – 12:00pm EDT / 2:00pm – 4:00pm UTC
*Please note that daylight savings time adjustments in your region may affect the timing of sessions after 27 March 2026.
To register for the bootcamp (PMB26MJFF), please complete this Google form. The deadline to register is Wednesday, 11 March 2026.
About the Project Management Bootcamp
This seven-session online bootcamp intensive offers a grounding in the basics of project management, tailored to apply to specific STEM contexts and with a strong emphasis on the interpersonal considerations that support successful collaborative work. Since this is a fast-paced, bootcamp style training, we also offer an optional technical orientation session to ensure that all participants feel comfortable and productive in the CSCCE online learning environment.
The course draws upon a core text, The Harvard Business Review Project Management Handbook by Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez, which outlines a project management framework called the Project Canvas. Over the course of this training, participants use CSCCE-created templates to complete a Project Canvas describing the three key domains of a project (Foundation, People, and Creation) and the three building blocks of each domain (which include the project’s purpose, benefits, stakeholders, sponsor, and the plan for delivery and evaluation).
We use detailed custom case studies to support participants with completing the Project Canvas in small groups, with additional class time each week for participants to apply the concepts to a project of their own. In our experience, this provides the most value – supporting high fidelity acquisition of key concepts as well as dedicated time to make progress on individual projects with instructor support.
If you have questions about the course content, please email training@cscce.org.