Draft Amsterdam Declaration on Funding Research Software Sustainability | November 2022 | The Future of Research Software

"The crucial role of software in research is becoming increasingly apparent, as is the urgent need to sustain it and to invest in the people who develop and maintain it. Research software sustainability is vitally important for the reproducibility of research outcomes and has a direct bearing on the process of research, including by the efficient use of financial and human resources.  Funders can play a crucial role in ensuring software sustainability by structurally supporting it. Over the past few years, a variety of methods for sustaining research software have been explored, including improving and extending funding policies and instruments. During an international workshop held on 8-9 November 2022 in Amsterdam, funding organizations joined forces to explore how to effectively contribute to making research software sustainable. This resulted in the Amsterdam Declaration on Funding Research Software Sustainability.  The Declaration builds on actions undertaken by the Research Software Alliance, research funding organizations, and the community surrounding it to develop awareness about the role funders can play in sustaining software in the longer term. The Declaration is a first step to formalize, on a global level, the basic principles and recommendations related to funding the sustainability of research software, including the people needed to achieve this goal...."