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🎄 2025 is drawing to an end and as we prepare for the holidays, things will be quiet at the SSI from today, Mon 22 Dec, until Mon 5 Jan 2026.

We would like to take this opportunity to wish our friends and colleagues all the best for the holiday season, and we look forward to another great year in 2026.

If you want to look back at what we have done and achieved during the past year, it's time for our yearly Software Sustainability Institute highlights!

https://www.software.ac.uk/news/software-sustainability-institute-2025-highlights

SSI 6d ago

🎙️ In latest episode of Code for Thought, Peter Schmidt talks to three SSI Fellows: Deborah Udoh, @jyoti_bhogal and Sangeeta Bathia. All three have ambitious goals for their fellowship ranging from training, building networks to public health. Find out more and listen to the episode at https://www.software.ac.uk/news/2025-ssi-fellows-code-thought-podcast-part-two

SSI Dec 15

🌊 We are happy to announce that the first #CollabW26 Keynote will be delivered by @malvikasharan. Find out more about Malvika and have a look at the draft programme at
https://www.software.ac.uk/news/cw26-keynote-programme-announcement

Collaborations Workshop 2026 will take place as a hybrid event from Tuesday 28 April to Thursday 30 April 2026 at ICC Belfast.

Early bird tickets are still available, register now to secure your spot: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/collaborations-workshop-2026-cw26-collabw26-tickets-1590550201469?aff=oddtdtcreator

SSI Dec 15

🇬🇷 Back in June, #SSIFellow Saskia Lawson-Tovey attended the ELIXIR All Hands meeting in Thessaloniki, Greece. Find out more about the event and her experience at https://www.software.ac.uk/blog/elixir-all-hands-2025

SSI Dec 12

🟥 We are pleased to announce that the call for Expressions of Interest for Round 2 of the Research Software Maintenance Fund will open on Wednesday 28 January 2026. This round will accept applications for grants up to £150k and a duration of up to 12 months. Find out more at https://www.software.ac.uk/news/rsmf-round-2-announcing-key-updates-and-timeline

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SSI Dec 11

Adrian D'Alessandro, Alan O'Callaghan, André Piza, Anne Lee Steele, @ccamara, Cassandra Gould van Praag, Christian Gutschow, Christina Bremer, Gabriel Mateus Bernardo Harrington, Johanna Bayer, Kevin Rue-Albrecht, Liam Pattinson, Mamoona Humayun, Michael Sparks, Nicole Whippey, @paocorrales, Precious Onyewuchi, @rgaiacs, Salma M. Thalji, Samantha Ahern, Sara Villa, Sarah Wyer, Sofía Miñano, Sophie Whittle, William Alexander Haese-Hill.

SSI Dec 11

🧭 We are happy to announce our new #SSIFellows! Read more about this year's applications and the 2026 cohort at https://www.software.ac.uk/news/introducing-2026-fellowship-cohort-insights-and-celebrations

SSI Dec 8

💬 In our latest blog post #SSIFellow @codemonkey_mike tells us more about his many roles at RSECon25 and his experience delivering a talk about mental health and the ConveRSE project. Find out more at
https://www.software.ac.uk/blog/converse-rsecon25

SSI Dec 2

◾ The first DisCouRSE Focus Group on Team Culture and Leadership in dRTP contexts will be held on Monday, 19 January at King’s College London. The session will explore how leadership can influence a healthy team culture in a dRTP context, aiming to establish shared language, document effective practices aligned with community values, and inform future refinements to the DIRECT competencies framework and training activities. Find out more and register at:
https://www.software.ac.uk/news/discourse-focus-group-team-culture-and-leadership-drtp-contexts

SSI Dec 1

Iulia Georgescu, science manager at the Institute of Physics, has published a new Physics World feature titled "The forgotten pioneers of computational physics," tracing the origins of RSE and highlights the many figures whose contributions were overlooked:
https://www.software.ac.uk/news/forgotten-pioneers-computational-physics