About the Fellowship
About the Mentorship
Stories from the SSI's Fellowship programme
Vicky: Becoming a leader in research reproducibility
Theresa: Making the transition into research policy
Sophie: Becoming a domain-specific community leader
Cara: Becoming a university-wide expert in software sustainability
Frank: Becoming an expert in improving software good practices
Adrian: Advocating for software in research policy roles
The stories were developed as part of the Fellows Impact Evaluation. Pseudonyms have been used for anonymity.
Banerji A, Rashid A, Sufi S, Jay C. Evaluating the impact of the Software Sustainability Institute’s fellowship programme [Internet]. University of Manchester; 2025. Available from: DOI 10.48420/29610542
Meet our Team, Fellows, and Explore the Impact of the Programme
If have any questions or want some support at any point, please do not hesitate to get in touch with the team via fellows-management@software.ac.uk
| Shoaib Sufi, Community Lead Learn more | Oscar Seip, Community Manager Learn more |
| Catherine Inglis, Deputy Community Manager Learn more | Kathleen Glass, Finance Team Learn more |
Read more about individual Fellows, associated links and articles they have authored on the site by looking at the Fellow profiles.
Here are some thoughts from previously inaugurated Fellows about their experience of the programme:
- Reflecting on the SSI Fellowship, a new RSE team and the future by James Byrne
- From the lab bench to an SSI fellowship by Gemma Turon
- Would I even fit in? Why and how I applied for an SSI Fellowship by Jesper Dramsch
- Lessons from my SSI fellowship: first half(ish) by James Byrne
- Being a Digital Humanist in 2020 by Emily Bell
- A current Fellow’s experience of the SSI Fellowship scheme by Andrew Stewart
- Building new communities as a Fellow by James Baker
- A mathematical perspective on being a Fellow by Vincent Knight, Nikoleta Glynatsi and Geraint Palmer
- Three reasons a Software Sustainability Institute Fellowship can supercharge your career by Yo Yehudi
- Life after my Fellowship by Robyn Grant
- What it’s like to be a Fellow if your background is in humanities by Iza Romanowska
Information about Fellows' activities can be also found in the regular Newsletter.
Launched in 2021, SSI Fellow Peter Schmidt’s Code for Thought podcast has become an important space for conversations about research software and the people who make it. In several of his podcasts, Peter has spoken with SSI Fellows about their motivations, research interests, and what they hope to achieve through the SSI Fellowship Programme.
- Meet the 2025 SSI Fellows - Sangeeta Bathia, Jyoti Bhogal and Deborah Udoh
- Meet the 2025 SSI Fellows - with Mike Simpson, Esther Plomp, Niko Sirmpilatze
- Digital Humanities at Southampton - with James Baker
- Unleashing digital skills in research - with Phil Reed
- ATLAS: a titan amongst particle physics experiments - with Christian Gutschow
- Bring your own classroom - with The Code Refinery, including Samantha Wittke
- ByteSized RSE: What's the carbon footprint of my app? - with Kirsty Pringle and Loïc Lannelongue, among others
- ByteSized RSE: Project Management with GitHub - with Gemma Turon and Mike Simpson, among others
- ByteSized RSE: Design with a capital D - with Meag Doherty, among others
- An Emerging Voice - with Deborah Udoh
- ByteSized RSE: Gestalt and Data Visualisation - with Kirsty Pringle
Read an evaluation of the overall Fellowship Programme which is published at F1000.
Banerji A, Rashid A, Sufi S, Jay C. Evaluating the impact of the Software Sustainability Institute’s fellowship programme [Internet]. University of Manchester; 2025. Available from: DOI 10.48420/29610542
Becoming a Fellow
The SSI’s selection process for inducting new Fellows has proven remarkably adept at identifying emerging leaders over the last decade. Following selection, we award each successful candidate a package of flexible financial support worth £4,000, to spend towards sustaining their activities related to research software over 15 months.
The Fellowship is an opportunity to join and be part of an engaging, supportive, and inspiring community. We believe that “Once a Fellow, always a Fellow”, and continue to support and engage with our Fellows beyond their inaugural 15-month period.
The Fellowship has been an amazing experience — I’ve met lots of fantastic people and I’ve also developed the confidence to step outside of my academic discipline to interact and work with people across lots of different areas.SSI Fellow
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
We've collated a list of frequently asked questions about the Fellowship Programme around eligibility and funding.
