Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Application to the Software Sustainability Institute's 2015 Fellowship programme is now open

A few UKPN members have been successful with this Fellowship in the past - check it out!


Apply at http://bit.ly/ssi-fellows

What's it about
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The Fellowship Programme run by the Software Sustainability Institute
(www.software.ac.uk) funds researchers in exchange for their expertise
and advice. The main goals of the Programme are gathering intelligence
about research and software from all disciplines, and encouraging
Fellows to develop their interests in the area of software
sustainability (especially in their areas of work). The Programme can
also support capacity building and policy development initiatives.

Each Fellow is allocated £3,000 to spend over fifteen months. The
funding is flexible to support activities that are beneficial to both
the Fellows and the Institute: for instance, to fund travel to
conferences, to setup and run workshops, to organise software
sustainability sessions at domain conferences, or to host, organise or
teach at Software Carpentry or similar training events.

Fellows are drawn from a wide range of areas, experience, and career
stages: visit http://www.software.ac.uk/fellows to read more about who
have been awarded Fellowships in previous years.

The Fellowship is open to UK based applicants.

Who its for
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If you are:

* a researcher who uses software,
* a developer who writes tools for scientists,
* a research software engineer who supports the work of researchers
with software,
* an advocate for best practice in software use for your research domain,
 * in a leadership role in projects or organisations that make heavy
use of research software,
* passionate about software in research in any way,

  ... then the Fellowship Programme will be of interest to you.

How to apply
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Visit http://bit.ly/ssi-fellows for more information about the
programme and how to apply. There are also detail of the upcoming
Fellows 2015 launch webinar on 12 September at 3pm which will provide
more details about the Fellowship Programme, and where you can ask
questions directly to the Institute's Community team and some of this
years Fellows.

We are looking for applicants at any career stage who can demonstrate
a passion for their area, the ability to communicate ideas
effectively, and a real interest in the role of software in research.

The Software Sustainability Institute Fellowship Programme is your
chance to be empowered to talk about software in your research domain
to a wider audience, network with others who share a passion about
software in research, and learn about key skills of benefit to you and
those you collaborate with - apply today!

Shoaib Sufi
Community Manager
Software Sustainability Institute