Deadline: 9-Mar-23
The European Commission (EC) is inviting proposals for the Development of community-based approaches for ensuring and improving the quality of scientific software and code.
Scope
Research software and code are digital objects that are becoming increasingly important for the EOSC ecosystem and beyond. The overall objective of this topic is to improve the quality of software and code, as well as the quality of other digital objects based on code such as workflows, computational models, etc. Software sustainability is being mainstreamed across Europe and quality software is key for improving the reproducibility of research and can also represent a first-class research output on par with publications and datasets. Preservation and sustainability of software are vital areas of development in the EOSC ecosystem and best practices from various communities need to be aligned to maximise software reuse.
Funding Information
The check will normally be done for the coordinator if the requested grant amount is equal to or greater than EUR 500 000, except for:
- public bodies (entities established as a public body under national law, including local, regional or national authorities) or international organisations; and
- cases where the individual requested grant amount is not more than EUR 60 000 (lowvalue grant).
Expected Outcomes
Project results are expected to contribute to all the following expected outcomes:
- A framework of community curation is established and promoted that ensures quality of software and code across the different disciplines.
- Infrastructure, tools and services are deployed that allow researchers to properly develop, describe with proper metadata, version, archive, share and reuse research software.
- The notion of software quality is defined in the context of EOSC and builds upon established practices by the FAIR and other communities.
- Baseline quality indicators along the notion of “minimum quality” are defined for the different types of digital objects targeted (software, code, etc), taking into account the concept of “fit for purpose”.
- The quality of research software, both from the technical and organizational point of view for research software is improved, both in general (e.g. software for data analysis) and in particular for software used in the services offered through EOSC.
- Software is developed in a sustainable way and its reuse is maximised.
Eligibility Criteria
- To become a beneficiary, legal entities must be eligible for funding.
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To be eligible for funding, applicants must be established in one of the following countries:
- the Member States of the European Union, including their outermost regions,
- the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) linked to the Member States,
- countries associated to Horizon Europe;
- the following low- and middle-income countries.
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