📣 BIDS seeks a volunteer Communications Maintainer to keep our community informed, connected, and engaged. Learn more: bids.neuroimaging.io/blog/2026/07... #BIDS #OpenScience #Neuroimaging

Join us June 11-13 in Bordeaux at the OHBM Brainhack (ohbm.github.io/hackathon2026/). We’ll be hosting BIDS workshops for both novice and experienced users, answering BIDS questions, and providing support (BIDS or otherwise) to any projects that might need it.

We are pleased to announce that BIDS Extension Proposal 32 - Microelectrode Electrophysiology is open for community review! github.com/bids-standar... The review period is open from April 20 - May 1. #bids #neuroimaging #electrophysiology

Community Review: BEP032 - Microelectrode Electrophysiology · bids-standard bids-specification · Discussion #2406

We are pleased to announce the community review period for BIDS Extension Proposal (BEP) 032! BEP032 extends the BIDS standard to describe microelectrode electrophysiology data. The draft specifica...

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We are pleased to announce that BIDS Extension Proposal 28 - Provenance is open for community review! github.com/bids-standar... The review period is open from April 20 - May 1. #bids #neuroimaging #provenance

Community Review: BEP028 - Provenance · bids-standard bids-specification · Discussion #2405

We are pleased to announce the community review period for BIDS Extension Proposal (BEP) 028! BEP028 extends the BIDS standard to describe the provenance of BIDS datasets. It introduces new organiz...

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INCF kicks off final day of @ebrains.bsky.social summit — Mathew Birdsall Abrams on growing and demonstrating the value standards bring to collaborations including #CONP and @bidsstandard.bsky.social Cc @incforg.bsky.social

I am writing @bidsstandard.bsky.social make our formation of this new BIDS Working Group official. Here is our read-only Google Doc addressed to the Steering Group. Thanks to the team for making this happen! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

BEP Process Working Group Open Letter

December 11, 2025 Dear BIDS Steering Group, The BIDS Extension Proposal (BEP) process has been instrumental in expanding BIDS to support diverse neuroimaging modalities and use cases. Through our in...

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Connect with #BIDS @bidsstandard.bsky.social at #ebrainsSummit2025 summit with INCF in Brussels this week. Come learn more about the Brain Imaging Data Standard and join the community - BIDS Bounties available! Cc @incforg.bsky.social

We are pleased to announce that BIDS Extension Proposal 038 - Atlases is open for community review! github.com/bids-standar... The review period is open from November 10 - November 21. #bids #neuroimaging

Community Review: BEP038 - Atlases and Templates · bids-standard bids-specification · Discussion #2250

We are pleased to announce the community review period for BIDS Extension Proposal (BEP) 038! BEP038 extends the BIDS standard to describe BIDS Derivatives datasets that are intended to be distribu...

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🗳️ Polls are OPEN for the 2025 @BIDSCommunity Steering Group Election! We're electing two new members to help guide the future of BIDS. 📊✨ If you're a contributor, check your inbox for your ballot (let us know if you have not received it). Voting closes October 31st! 👉 Review candidates:

Voter Pamphlet 2025 - BIDS Election

Election Information Packet 2025 Steering Group Candidate Summaries Alessio Giacomel I am an early career researcher currently working at the University Hospital in Frankfurt am Main. My background is...

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We are pleased to announce that BIDS Extension Proposal 42 - Electromyogrpahy is open for community review! github.com/bids-standar... The review period is open from September 29 - October 10. #bids #neuroimaging #electromyography #emg

Community Review: BEP042 - Electromyography (EMG) · bids-standard bids-specification · Discussion #2219

We are pleased to announce the community review period for BIDS Extension Proposal (BEP) 042! BEP042 extends the BIDS standard to include electromyography recordings. The draft specification may be...

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We are pleased to announce that BIDS Extension Proposal 20 - Eye Tracking is open for community review! github.com/bids-standar... The review period is open from September 29 - October 10. #bids #neuroimaging #eyetracking

Community Review: BEP020 - Eye Tracking · bids-standard bids-specification · Discussion #2218

We are pleased to announce the community review period for BIDS Extension Proposal (BEP) 020! BEP020 extends the BIDS standard to formally specify eye-tracking recordings, which has previously been...

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@BIDSCommunity, it’s time to nominate 🏆and elect 🗳️two new Steering Group members! The nomination period opened on September 3rd and will close on Friday, September 19th at 11:59pm (Anywhere on Earth; UTC-12). 👉Nominate yourself here: forms.gle/vFNjKCNuP29L...

BIDS Steering Group nominations

Thank you for taking the time to nominate yourself to this position! The BIDS Steering Group is responsible for approving and advancing BEPs through the BIDS standard process, as well as more general...

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BIDS v1.10.1 is released! This release includes a large number of minor improvements accumulated over the last year. See bids-specification.readthedocs.io/en/stable/CH... for a summary. #BIDS #BrainImagingDataStructure #neuroimaging #neuroinformatics

Mark your calendars for the BIDS virtual Town Hall. Wednesday, July 16 at 11:00 AM EDT — on the OSSIG Crowdcast at crowdcast.io/ossig2025 We’ll present updates from BIDS, extension proposals, and the community. We hope to see you there and hear your thoughts. @ohbmossig.bsky.social

Join us for the BIDS virtual Town Hall Wednesday, July 16 at 11:00 AM EDT — on the OSSIG Crowdcast at crowdcast.io/ossig2025 We’ll present updates from BIDS, extension proposals, and the community. We hope to see you there and hear your thoughts. @ohbmossig.bsky.social

BIDS Website Revamp! ✨ Struggling to find BIDS resources? We hear you! Our new website brings (most) everything together. Check it out: bids-website.readthedocs.io Let us know what you think! (Feedback survey link is at the top of the page)

Blog post: bids-website.readthedocs.io/en/latest/bl... New documentation site: bids-validator.readthedocs.io #BIDS #BrainImagingDataStructure

Announcing: BIDS Validator 2.0 This is a complete rewrite to base the validator on the declarative BIDS schema. Most importantly, this validator boasts long-awaited support for BIDS Derivative datasets. bids-standard.github.io/bids-validat... #BIDS #BrainImagingDataStructure

We are pleased to announce that the newest member of the BIDS Steering Group is Franco Pestilli. Franco has been elected to a term lasting from 2025-2027, and is replacing outgoing member Ariel Rokem. #BIDS #BrainImagingDataStructure

We are excited to announce the opening of the nomination period for electing two new Steering Group members! The nomination period opens today, September 3 and will close on Friday, September 20 at 11:59pm (Anywhere on Earth; UTC-12; time.is/Anywhere_on_...).

📢Heads up #OHBM2024 ! The BIDS townhall is now part of the OHBM program, not in the OHBM Open Science Room this year. Please join us 📅 Thursday, 1 pm room#101-102 #OpenScience #BIDS #OHBMopen #OHBMKorea #openscienceroom

We are pleased to announce that BIDS Extension Proposal 22 - Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy is open for community review! github.com/bids-standar... The review period is open from June 3 - June 14. #bids #neuroimaging #spectroscopy

Community Review: BEP022 - MR Spectroscopy · bids-standard bids-specification · Discussion #1846

We are pleased to announce the community review period for BIDS Extension Proposal (BEP) 022! BEP022 extends the BIDS standard to include Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS). We have developed th...

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This is it, your last chance for 2024 if you haven’t or couldn’t respond to last month’s BIDS Community Survey on Google. The survey on CryptPad ends May 1, next Wednesday. Find it at bit.ly/bidssurvey20.... Direct link: cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/for...

For those that haven’t or couldn’t respond to last month’s BIDS Community Survey on Google, we are extending the survey over on CryptPad until May 1 at bit.ly/bidssurvey20.... We want to hear from you! Direct link: cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/for...

The 💻 2024 BIDS Community Survey 💻 closes April 3. If you haven’t already responded ✅, please do so at bit.ly/bidssurvey2024. Your opinions are valuable and every response will be read. And for those without Google, we will send a survey just for you soon!

The 🎉 2024 BIDS Community Survey 🎉 is open until April 3. We are looking for your input on how you use BIDS and future directions for BIDS. We want to hear from users and non-users, experts and non-experts. Please share your views and share this survey widely! Survey: bit.ly/bidssurvey2024

We are very happy and proud to be awarded the The Neuro - Irv and Helga Cooper Foundation Open Science Prize. To paraphrase Yaroslav Halchenko who was in Montreal to receive the prize on behalf of the whole community. "Standards are the common language of open science!"

We are pleased to announce the release of version 1.9.0 of the Brain Imaging Data Structure (BIDS)! The main addition of this release is the inclusion of BIDS extension proposal (BEP) 029 to support motion data. bids-specification.readthedocs.io/en/latest/mo...

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We are pleased to announce that the newest members of the BIDS Steering Group are @dorahermes.bsky.social and @cmaumet.bsky.social! Dora and Camille have been elected to a term lasting from 2024-2026, and are replacing outgoing members Guiomar Niso and Robert Oostenveld.