The Netherlands eScience Center is looking for individuals who have the ambition to promote or improve the use of research software within their organization or discipline. They are invited to apply to become an eScience Center Fellow.  

This Fellowship is aimed at those who want to make a difference in improving the awareness, expertise, or state of research software within their lab, institute, or academic community. Research software can be any piece of code, script, package, tool, library, or programme written for research. 

Each Fellow is expected to carry out a project to this end within the duration of their Fellowship (12 months, between June 2022 and the end of May 2023). Any project related to improving awareness or the use of research software will be considered. Applicants are welcome to use the Fellowship to boost existing initiatives that fit the purpose of the programme. Examples of ideas that can be part of a project are (but are not limited to):  

• Creating a tutorial around a research software package developed in-house.  
• Creating a series of videos on good research software practices.  
• Inviting speakers on the topic of sustainable research software for an interactive seminar.  
• Running a hackathon where researchers can improve the reusability of their research software and exchange ideas.   
• Setting up a discipline-specific community to exchange expertise about digital tools within the applicant’s field.   
• Increasing the visibility and awareness of research software in the applicant’s field. 
• Increasing the visibility and wellbeing of researchers who write code in any way.   
• Webifying, digitizing, or developing an open tool that would improve research in the applicant’s field.   

The eScience Center will support the Fellows to ensure the successful completion of their projects. 

To inform interested applicants about the specific aims of the fellowship programme, as well as the role and expertise of the eScience Center, an online information event will be organized on Tuesday 22 February 2022,

For all information, check here. 

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• Author: Fieke Wauters [icon name=”envelope-o” class=”” unprefixed_class=””]
• Categories: Research Data Management news & events
• Keywords: Maastricht University, RDM, eScience
• Publication date: 7 February 2022 | Last updated: 8 February 2022
• Source:  Netherlands eScience Center
• License: CC-BY 4.0