The first cycle of the Open Innovation Sprints has started. This programme aims to produce actionable, community-driven outputs designed to tackle shared ecosystem-level challenges in open source and open science. These sprints are collaborative, fast-paced initiatives bringing together researchers, engineers, designers, community organizers, and users over a six to nine month period. By the end of each sprint, participants release open source solutions, supporting documentation, and sustainability plans, all ready for immediate contributions from the wider community.
For this inaugural cycle, two tracks are addressing different facets of research software impact:
- Track 1: Linking software packages to academic citations & mentions (Starting March 7)
- Track 2: Improving automated workflows with extended software metadata (Starting March 13)
This initiative is open to researchers, RSEs, developers, data scientists, and anyone interested in open source and open science.