This month’s news includes: Research software community news, including Open Science NL’s €5.4 million award to the Netherlands eScience Center Funding opportunities, including the Software Sustainability Institute’s Research Software Maintenance Fund (RSMF) Round 2 Become a founding sponsor of IRSC26 Help shape the future of research software engineering in the age of generative AI Opportunities to get involved with community initiatives

This month’s news includes: Research software community news, including international policy pathways for supporting research software Funding opportunities, including UKRI Metascience research grants round 2 Schmidt Sciences’ support for ReSA: Shaping a community vision for research software engineering in the age of Generative AI OECD’s second workshop on Access to research software: Opportunities and challenges (6 March 2026) 2026

This month’s news includes: Research software community news, including South Africa’s National Science and Technology Forum Research Software Awards Research Software Community Leadership Forum (CLF) IRSC Program Committee Opportunities to get involved with community initiatives Resources Community events, including eResearch NZ / eRangahau Aotearoa 2026 Read the November newsletter

This month’s news includes: Research software community news, including the Nature commentary, “Stop treating code like an afterthought: record, share and value it” Funding opportunities, including the DisCouRSE Flexible Fund Towards coordinated international policy approaches to support research software: Highlights from the OECD workshop Actionable FAIR4RS Task Force Updates: Bhavesh Patel Presents at USRSE’25 Opportunities to get involved

By Michelle Barker On 8 September 2025, the OECD hosted a landmark hybrid event titled Access to Research Software: Opportunities and Challenges in Paris. This workshop marked the launch of a new initiative under the Committee for Scientific and Technological Policy (CSTP) and builds on a strong legacy of OECD work on open science.

7–8 September 2026 | Sheffield, UK & online (co-located with RSECon26) Join a global gathering of leaders and change-makers advancing strategic coordination, sustainability, and collaboration across the research software community. IRSC fosters global cohesion, community connection, and strategic impact to strengthen research software as a vital part of research and innovation.

This month’s news includes: Research software community news, including FutuRSI: the Conception of a German Research Software Institution Funding opportunities, including the Simons Foundation’s Scientific Software Research Faculty Award International Research Software Conference (IRSC) Software plagiarism and AI create new challenges for publishing integrity International Data Week (IDW) 2025 co-located event: Supporting research software in

This month’s news includes: Research software community news, including Understanding Critical Software for UKRI Digital Research Infrastructure Funding opportunities, including the 2026 BSSw Fellowship Program Nominations open for Research Software Community Leadership Forum (CLF) Opportunities to get involved with community initiatives, including Software Heritage’s OSPO-RADAR survey Resources Community events, including EOSC Symposium 2025

This month’s news includes: Research software community news, including Lessons Learned from FAIRCORE4EOSC and FAIR-IMPACT: Research Software Outputs Funding opportunities, including NSF’s Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering Announcing the Research Software Community Leadership Forum (CLF) – nominations now open Elevating research software: A new era in international policy ReSA membership update - Schmidt Sciences Join a

By Kim Hartley & Michelle Barker Research software and the people who support it have emerged over the past decade from behind the scenes to become a recognised cornerstone of open science. Research software is now commonly recognised as central to the global research ecosystem, on par with data, publications, and hardware.

This month’s news includes: Research software community news, including The Navigation Fund’s Open Science Initiative Funding opportunities, including Open Science NL’s Research on open science New OECD project on access to research software Announcing RDA Tiger funding to PRO4RS Identifying gaps in research software policy ReSA membership update - Microsoft Strengthening a strategic alliance: ReSA and RDA deepen collaboration Opportunities to