Software Sustainability Institute

⭕ In November 2025, the Digital Arts and Humanities Research Software Engineers Midlands (@dahrse-midlands.bsky.social) community gathered online for its first meeting. Find out more about the event and outcomes in our latest blog post by #SSIFellow Godwin Yeboah:
www.software.ac.uk/blog/co-crea...

🏙️ Our most recent Research Software Camp, Careers and Skills in Research Software, was tailored to early-career professionals, recent graduates, and anyone looking to transition into research software roles. Find out more about the event, blogs, and sessions at www.software.ac.uk/blog/recap-r...

🔵 #SSIFellow @philreeddata.bsky.social had the opportunity to attended the launch of the CaSDaR Network+ platform last year. Find out more about it at www.software.ac.uk/blog/casdar-...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #SSI Fellow @jyoti-bhogal.bsky.social attended Open Data Camp 10 (ODC10), which took place at the University of Edinburgh Business School. Find out more about the event and her experience in our latest blog post: www.software.ac.uk/blog/time-sp...

For my fellowship with the @softwaresaved.bsky.social this year, I’ll be seeding connections between the worlds of creative computation and academic computing.

Please fill out this short form – and share it with others who might be interested too:
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🧩 SSI 2026 Fellow Kevin Rue-Albrecht has been awarded a @biofair.bsky.social Pathfinder Project for his proposal, "Connecting Bioconductor, Galaxy, and nf-core: FAIR, AI-ready workflows and training for single-cell analysis." Find out more at www.software.ac.uk/news/ssi-fel...

Find out more about Round 2 of the RSMF:https://www.software.ac.uk/research-software-maintenance-fund/round-2

🟥 The deadline for Expressions of Interest for Round 2 of the RSMF is next Wed, 25 Feb, 16:00 GMT. If you missed our live sessions, you can still get all the insights from our webinar recordings:

Webinar 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUha...
Webinar 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpC0...

#CollabW26 will take place as a hybrid event from Tuesday 28 April to Thursday 30 April 2026 at ICC Belfast. General Admission Tickets are available via Eventbrite until 31 March.

🌊 The programme of this year's Collaborations Workshop will include a Fireside Chat on Professionalising roles and strengthening recognition in Research Software, featuring @ekaroune.bsky.social, Jonathan Cooper, and @simonhettrick.bsky.social: www.software.ac.uk/news/cw26-fi...

(public) Survey: Research Software Engineering & Generative AI The following questions are designed to inform discussion at the March 2026 workshop, Research Software Engineering in the Age of Generative AI: Building a Community Vision. As we prepare for this wor...

Help shape the future of Research Software Engineering in the age of Generative AI.

We’re collecting input for our March 2026 workshop.
Take the survey: tinyurl.com/RSE-GenAI

Closes 1 March.

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🔎 The Teaching and Training Special Interest Group within the @society-rse.org is calling dRTP group or team leads to contribute to the dRTP Training Landscape Survey 2026. Find out more and fill in the survey by Tuesday 31 March: www.software.ac.uk/news/shaping...

We have developed an interactive dashboard showcasing the data from previous RSE surveys. If you analyse the data and find out something interesting, we’d love to hear about it and there could be a prize in it for you!

Find out more at www.software.ac.uk/news/rse-dat...

🔍 Do you develop software for academic research as part of your work? If so we want to hear from you!

The 2026 International RSE Survey will be open for submissions until Fri 20 Mar. Find out more about it and how to participate at www.software.ac.uk/news/2026-in...

💻️ 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...