Unveiling the final report findings from IOI’s study on the state of open research software infrastructure

"Since October last year, the IOI team has been conducting research aimed at developing an understanding of the current needs and dependencies in the research software ecosystem and uncovering future opportunities to advance its sustainability and resilience. This research, sponsored by the Sloan Foundation, aimed at understanding factors that might help the research software ecosystem to thrive and sustainably develop. In this work, we sought to identify:

• Existing connections in the research software infrastructure ecosystem and where new connections can be built to advance sustainability and resilience.
• Areas in the ecosystem where there is overcrowding and where there are gaps, blockers, vulnerabilities, and/or critical dependencies that need to be addressed.
• Indications of what helps infrastructure services and initiatives succeed in adding value to the research software ecosystem...."