We’re delighted to welcome the Dutch Research Council (NWO) as a bronze sponsor of the International Research Software Conference (IRSC)! 🎉

NWO is a major science funder in the Netherlands, supporting quality and innovation. It invests nearly €1.5 billion annually in curiosity-driven research, societal challenges, and infrastructure. @OpenScienceNL, part of NWO, advances open science with the goal of making it the national standard.

#IRSC26 registration is now open: https://tinyurl.com/IRSC-registration

We’re delighted to welcome @eScienceCenter as a Bronze Sponsor of the International Research Software Conference (IRSC)! 🎉

The Netherlands eScience Center (https://www.esciencecenter.nl/) is the national centre of expertise for #ResearchSoftware, supporting researchers across disciplines through collaboration, funding, and technical expertise. It also plays a leading role in advancing #ResearchSoftware through training, workshops & community engagement.

Register for #IRSC26: https://tinyurl.com/IRSC-registration

Reminder: The deadline to submit proposals for the International Research Software Conference (#IRSC26) is this Friday, 1 May.

Submit your proposal and learn more: https://www.researchsoft.org/irsc/proposals/

📆 7-8 September 2026
📍 Sheffield, UK + online (co-located with #RSECon26)

Registration is now open: https://tinyurl.com/IRSC-registration

#ResearchSoftware #OpenScience

📣 Reminder: IRSC26 proposal submissions close 1 May

The International Research Software Conference (7-8 Sept 2026, Sheffield, UK + online, co-located with #RSECon26) invites proposals (https://www.researchsoft.org/irsc/proposals/) for:

- BoFs
- Talks
- Lightning talks

IRSC convenes global leaders to advance strategic coordination, long-term sustainability, and international collaboration across the research software ecosystem.

Help shape the global #ResearchSoftware community 🌍

#IRSC26 #RSE #RSEng #OpenScience

ReSA’s March newsletter (https://preview.mailerlite.io/preview/778129/emails/182111439320777991) includes:

- #ResearchSoftware community news, including @PLOSBiology mandatory code-sharing policy
- Funding opportunities, including
Schmidt Sciences’ Science of Trustworthy AI program
- #IRSC26 Call for Proposals
- Community events, including SERS 2026 - 1st International Workshop on Software Engineering and Research Software @icseconf
- Community initiatives, resources, and more!

Catch up or subscribe: https://www.researchsoft.org/news/

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@researchsoft/116245545044086743

If you are interested in any aspect of #ResearchSoftware, including #RSEng, #funding, #publishing, #training, #metascience, #policy, etc., please consider submitting a proposal to and/or attending #IRSC26 (immediately before #RSECon26 in Sheffield, UK, in Sept). We're trying to bring all elements of the #ResearchSoftware community together

📣 IRSC26 Call for Proposals is open!

The International Research Software Conference (7-8 Sept 2026, Sheffield, UK + online, co-located with #RSECon26) invites proposals (https://www.researchsoft.org/irsc/proposals/) for:

• BoFs
• Talks
• Lightning talks

IRSC convenes global leaders to advance strategic coordination, long-term sustainability, and international collaboration across the #ResearchSoftware ecosystem.

🗓 Deadline: 1 May 2026

Help shape the global research software community 🌍

#IRSC26

🌍 Become a Founding Sponsor of #IRSC26

Sponsorship opportunities are now live for the International Research Software Conference (7-8 Sept 2026, Sheffield, UK + online), co-located with #RSECon26.

Connect with ~200 leaders shaping research software.

All sponsors receive Founding Sponsor recognition in perpetuity on the IRSC website.

Explore opportunities: https://www.researchsoft.org/irsc/sponsorship/

Stay up to date: https://tinyurl.com/IRSCupdates

#ResearchSoftware #OpenScience

ReSA’s February newsletter (https://preview.mailerlite.io/preview/778129/emails/179749234462950642) includes:

- #ResearchSoftware community news, including Open Science NL's €5.4 million award to @eScienceCenter
- Funding opportunities, including @SoftwareSaved RSMF Round 2
- Become a founding sponsor of #IRSC26
- Help shape the future of RSEng in the age of GenAI
- Community events, including CW26
- Opportunities to get involved with community initiatives, resources, and more!

Catch up or subscribe: https://www.researchsoft.org/news/