Learn with the Software Sustainability Institute

Better Software Better Research

We help people build better software and more sustainable research software to enable world-class research.

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Online Sustainability Evaluation

A short, free, online version of the full sustainability evaluation that we can perform for your project.

Find out if your software is sustainable
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Training programmes

We are an official partner of The Carpentries and coordinates activities in the UK. We help organise and run workshops, and nurture the UK community by bringing in and training new instructors and members.

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Who are we?

The Software Sustainability Institute is the first organisation in the world that was dedicated to improving software in research.

Since 2010, we have focussed our efforts on cultivating better, more sustainable, research software to enable world-class research. We are a partnership of four UK universities: Edinburgh, Manchester, Southampton, and Oxford. The SSI is currently funded by the seven councils of the UKRI.

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Our key successes

Since 2010, the SSI has played a vital role in improving research culture, revolutionising access to software training and working with our collaborators to develop policies that better recognise and support software in research.

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210+ fellows

We fund researchers, research software engineers, and industry staff who want to improve software practices in their areas.

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120+ guides

Our guides provide detailed advice on everything from better development practices to how to build a community for your software.

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8,000+ researchers trained

We created and now maintain a scalable and sustainable national training environment by developing new courses, organising workshops, and bringing in and training new instructors.

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260+ successful collaborations

We provide consultancy and guidance to both software experts and beginners in 30+ countries.

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Our resources

Do you want to know more about software and research?

We've brought together guides that will help you learn more about best practices and publications that assess the state of research software in the UK and worldwide.

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Our programmes

We run yearly Fellowship and Mentorship Programmes to suit different skill levels and audiences. The Research Software Healthchecks are available to projects looking to improve the sustainability of their software.

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Collaborations Workshop

Our next Collaborations Workshop (CW) will run from 30th April to 2nd May 2024. More information will come soon.

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I understood very quickly that the service was here to help, not to judge me. I would recommend that people just apply [to the Research Software Healthchecks] no matter the current status of their code.

Miquel Duran-Frigiola

Ersilia

Co-Founder

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