Software Sustainability Institute

💻️ In our latest blog post, #SSIFellow Jo Walsh reflects on her experience delivering a talk at the 2025 HPC-AI Advisory Council Annual Conference on her Fellowship theme of “Better Hardware, Better Research."
Read the full article at www.software.ac.uk/blog/better-...

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2026 EPCC Summer School in HPC: apply now! Programme comprises hands-on practical training & the opportunity to apply new skills in a real-world context.
The School will run from 13 June–27 June 2026 in Edinburgh, UK. Applications close 16 March.
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🏜️ We are pleased to announce that eight SSI Fellows and three SSI Staff members have been awarded funding for seven projects through the DisCouRSE - Developing a Community of Leaders Flexible Fund. Read more about the projects at
www.software.ac.uk/news/buildin...

🧬 The @elixir-europe.org BioHackathon Europe event provides space for collaboration and innovation in computational biology and bioinformatics. Find out more about #SSIFellow @philreeddata.bsky.social's experience attending the event in our latest blog post: www.software.ac.uk/blog/knowled...

🟥 We will host two free online webinars to support applicants, share information and answer questions related to the RSMF Round 2:
- Wednesday 11 February, 13:00–14:00 GMT
- Tuesday 17 February, 13:00–14:00 GMT
Find out more and register at www.software.ac.uk/news/join-ou...

🔎 The Very Large Business Applications group at the Carl von Ossietzky Universität is running a new study titled: Adoption of FAIR principles. Find out more and fill in the survey at www.software.ac.uk/news/survey-...

Find out more and register at www.software.ac.uk/news/cw26-sa...

Back to the Fortran Future III (27 April) is the third in a series of Fortran-based workshops organised as satellite events at larger conferences in the UK. This workshop aims to develop an initial roadmap for resourcing and coordination of community, training and tools.

OSPARK Bootcamp (23 - 24 April) is an event organised by OLS and DRA with the aim of supporting open science ambassadors to create visibility for their open science initiatives through outreach and marketing.

🌊 Belfast promises to be an exciting location for the Research Software community this April. Just ahead of Collaborations Workshop 2026 (28 - 30 April), two satellite events will also take place in the city:

👤 In our latest blog post, the InclusiveRSE team share some background on their research, outline components and criticisms of EDIA initiatives, and offer the approaches they believe most likely to lead to improved equity in RSE and STEM. Read the full article at www.software.ac.uk/blog/equity-...

🌿 In the past few years, the Software Sustainability Institute has chosen to increase its focus on environmental sustainability and we are pleased to announce the publication of the SSI’s first Environmental Sustainability Policy. Find out more about it at
www.software.ac.uk/news/ssi-env...

💬 Take part in the international survey of the Fortran community and help inform a better understanding of the language's global state and impact. Find out more about this initiative at
www.software.ac.uk/news/interna...

🟥 We are pleased to announce that the call for Expressions of Interest (EoIs) for Round 2 of the Research Software Maintenance Fund is now open until 25 February 2026, 16:00 GMT.

Find out more at www.software.ac.uk/news/rsmf-ro...

#CollabW26 will take place as an hybrid event in Belfast from Tuesday 28 to Thursday 30 April. Registrations will close on Tuesday 31 March, so hurry up and secure your spot if you haven't done so already!

🌊 We are happy to announce that our second Collaborations Workshop 2026 keynote will be delivered by Eleanor Broadway, Architect at @epcc.bsky.social and co-I for the Computational Abilities Knowledge Exchange (CAKE). Find out more at www.software.ac.uk/news/eleanor...

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ReSA News | January 2026

ReSA’s January newsletter (preview.mailerlite.io/preview/7781...) includes:
- Institutional policy pathways for supporting #ResearchSoftware
- @schmidtsciences.bsky.social support for ReSA
- @oecd-ocde.bsky.social workshop on access to RS
- @softwaresaved.bsky.social International #RSE Survey

Find out about Alessandro's Fellowship journey and experience organising OSW in this companion blog post: www.software.ac.uk/blog/bridgin...

Find out about Niko's experience running the first Animals in Motion workshop at OSW in this companion blog post: www.software.ac.uk/blog/animals...

🧑‍🔬 In August 2025, SSI Fellows Alessandro Felder and @nikosirmpilatze.com co-organised the Neuroinformatics Unit Open Software Week (OSW).

Read more about the event in our latest blog post: www.software.ac.uk/blog/greater...

#CollabW26 will take place as a hybrid event from Tuesday 28 April to Thursday 30 April 2026 at ICC Belfast, and will centre around one powerful theme and clear purpose: Strengthening the Research Software Community. Registrations close on Tuesday 31 March, so hurry up and secure your spot now!

🌊 We are thrilled to announce that the upcoming Collaborations Workshop 2026 will be sponsored by @society-rse.org: www.software.ac.uk/news/society...

RSE Data Competition | Software Sustainability Institute We need your help! We’ve got heaps of data on the research software community but want to know how you’d put that data to use.

Ahead of the 2026 survey, we have developed an interactive dashboard showcasing the data from previous RSE surveys. With these data now at your fingertips, what insights can you uncover?

Find out more about the RSE Data Competition at www.software.ac.uk/news/rse-dat...

🔍 We are happy to announce that the 2026 International RSE Survey is now open for submissions. The survey will close on Friday 20 March, and can be completed in English, French, German or Spanish.

Find out more about the survey and how to participate at www.software.ac.uk/news/2026-in...

💬 In our latest blog post #SSIFellow @mdsimpson.co.uk tells us more about delivering his “ConveRSE - Let’s Talk About Mental Health” talk at The Alan Turing Institute. Find out more about it and read the full story at www.software.ac.uk/blog/mental-...

👥 In December 2025, the InclusiveRSE research team presented their work, “A Co-production Approach to Understanding Diversity Issues in Digital Research." Find out more about it and watch the recording at
www.software.ac.uk/news/inclusi...

🏛️ University of Manchester digital Research Technical Professionals (dRTPs) are invited to attend an in-person workshop on Friday 16 January. Find out more about the event and how to register at:
www.software.ac.uk/news/calling...

🌊 The new year is here and so are the preparations for #CollabW26! If you'd like to deliver a mini-workshop, demos session, or lightning talk, the deadline for submissions is Friday 16 January. Find out more about the requirements and how to submit your proposal at www.software.ac.uk/news/last-ch...

🎄 2025 is drawing to an end and as we prepare for the holidays, things will be quiet at the SSI from today, Mon 22 Dec, until Mon 5 Jan 2026.

If you want to look back at what we have done and achieved during the past year, it's time for our yearly SSI highlights: www.software.ac.uk/news/softwar...

🎙️ In latest episode of @code4thought.bsky.social, Peter Schmidt talks to three SSI Fellows: Deborah Udoh, @jyoti-bhogal.bsky.social and Sangeeta Bathia. Find out more and listen to the episode at www.software.ac.uk/news/2025-ss...