eScience Center grants 39 new projects for 2023!

24 Jan /

We are excited to announce that we have granted 39 projects resulting from seven calls for proposals, two of which result from our partnerships with ODISSEI and the Lorentz Center. These new...

Launching the Research Software Directory as a Service!

23 Nov /

Putting research software in the spotlight

On 22 November, after much effort, we have successfully launched the Research Software Directory (RSD)! It all started with the eScience Center's...

Global support for funding sustainable research software in Amsterdam

22 Nov /

View our draft declaration

Read the full report

Together with the Research Software Alliance (ReSA), we proudly co-hosted the International Funders Workshop: The...

The Practical Guide to Software Management Plans Now Available!

26 Oct /

Software Management Plan Working Group Chair Carlos Martinez and Working Group Coordinators Maria Cruz and Maaike de Jong

Those who work with software know how vital...

Ten years of research software collaboration

06 Oct /

Cross-posted from SURF.

Academic research in almost any discipline is impossible without software. But universities do not always have the expertise to develop this specific kind of...

Announcing the winners of the 2022 eScience Center – Lorentz’s ‘Digital Twins’ Competition

11 Aug /

Cross-posted from the Lorentz Center 

The proposals 'The Dietary Digital twin (DDtwin)' and 'Digital Bastards for a Climate Resilient Delta' are the winners of the eScience Center...

FAIR Principles for Research Software Released

05 Jul /

Following two years of hard work and the involvement of more than 500 contributors from around the globe, the FAIR Principles for Research Software have finally been released. The principles are...

Quantum Application Lab now open to explore the advantages and business opportunities for quantum computing

25 Mar /

A joint communication with the founding consortium partners

Organizations that want to investigate how quantum computing can benefit their business are invited to connect to the...

Annual eScience Center – Lorentz Competition now open! 

11 Mar /

The Netherlands eScience Center and the Lorentz Center are looking for researchers who want to join the eScience Center - Lorentz Competition 2022 to submit a proposal for a workshop. The...

Netherlands eScience Center becomes founding member of the Research Software Alliance (ReSA)

17 Feb /

Ask anyone in the research community and they will echo the same sentiment: it is now impossible to perform research without software. To conduct today's research without software could take...