The Amsterdam Declaration on Funding Research Software Sustainability (ADORE.software) has now broadened the criteria of who can be a signatory: “The Declaration can be signed by individuals and organisations that support research software and/or the people who develop and maintain it. By becoming a Signatory, individuals and organisations publicly state that they agree with the […]

Research in all disciplines have, over the latest decades, become increasingly data-driven. This is especially true for life science research, where big data and increased research computing capacity has allowed for new discoveries, and insights not possible just a decade ago. Ensuring that all research outputs adhere to Open Science and FAIR principles is central […]

The SciLifeLab Data Centre and the Research Software Alliance (ReSA) are hosting an international workshop in Uppsala September 9-13, 2024. We are discussing pre-workshop and collocated events during the same week and recommend blocking the week.  The workshop will focus on operationalizing the  Amsterdam Declaration on Funding Research Software Sustainability (ADORE.software) by developing a monitoring framework to benchmark how funders are currently supporting […]

(This news item was originally posted on the NWO website). NWO and ZonMw have signed the Amsterdam Declaration on Funding Research Software Sustainability. By doing so, the research funders confirm their commitment to include research software in their  open science policies and to strengthen cooperation with other organisations in this area. Software plays a central […]

The September release of Amsterdam Declaration on Funding Research Software Sustainability (ADORE.software) has resulted in immediate action in some organisations. Some of the initial signatories of the Declaration have shared their rationale for signing up.  Funding Research Software Sustainably by the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) explains that “Signing the Amsterdam Declaration shows the ARDC’s commitment to elevating […]

Authors: Kim Hartley and Michelle Barker We are proud to report that the second International Research Software Funders Workshop, co-hosted by the Digital Research Alliance of Canada (the Alliance) and the Research Software Alliance (ReSA) from 18-20 September was a great success. People are at the heart of research software sustainability and funders can lead […]

We are pleased to announce that Version 1.0 of the Amsterdam Declaration on Funding Research Software Sustainability (ADORE.software) is now released. ADORE.software is the first step towards formalising, on a global level, the basic principles and recommendations related to funding the sustainability of research software, including the people needed to achieve this goal. Now that […]

The next draft of the Amsterdam Declaration on Funding Research Software Sustainability is now open for feedback. Stakeholders who will potentially be affected by the Declaration, including anyone in the research software community, are particularly invited to provide responses by 25 May. Funders wishing to be involved in the consultation can also complete the Expression […]

Recently, Michelle Barker and Joris van Eijnatten spoke to Peter Schmidt on the latest episode of the Code for Thought podcast on funding sustainable research software. Michelle is the Director of the Research Software Alliance (ReSA) and head of the Secretariat of the Amsterdam Declaration on Funding Research Software Sustainability (ADORE.software). Joris is General Director of the Netherlands eScience Center and […]

The next draft of the Amsterdam Declaration on Funding Research Software Sustainability (ADORE.software) was shared with funders at the aligned Research Data Alliance and Research Software Funders Forum meeting on March 20, 2023.   At this presentation of the next draft of the Declaration, Daniel S. Katz, who is the Chief Scientist at the NCSA, University […]