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 […]
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ADORE.software signatories
Some of the initial signatories of the have shared their rationale for signing up the ADORE.software declaration.

Investing in People: Anticipating the Future of Research Software
Summary from the International Research Software Funders Workshop in Montreal

International Research Software Funders Workshop
The Research Software Alliance (ReSA) and the Digital Research Alliance of Canada (the Alliance) are jointly convening the International Research Software Funders Workshop from September 18-20 in Montréal, Canada, and virtually. The theme of this year’s workshop is “Investing in People: Anticipating the Future of Research Software”. During the event, funders will work together to […]

Research software community feedback
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 […]

Listen to us on the latest episode of the Code for Thought podcast
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 Amsterdam Declaration on Funding Research Software Sustainability is now open for input from funders!
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 […]

Research Data Alliance and Research Software Funders Forum, Gothenburg, Sweden
A combined meeting of the Research Data Alliance (RDA) Funders Forum and the Research Software Funders Forum took place on 20 March 2023, during the RDA’s 20th Plenary meeting. The 50+ attendees discussed a range of topics, including the Amsterdam Declaration on Funding Research Software Sustainability; approaches to funding research data and software and its […]

International Funders Workshop: The Future of Research Software
On 8 and 9 November 2022, the Research Software Alliance and Netherlands eScience Center organised the International Funders Workshop: The Future of Research Software. During this workshop, a number of members from the Research Software Funders Forum came together with other organisations that support research software. During the workshop, participants explored how to effectively fund new and existing research software. In total, more than 60 […]