Outputs

Expected deliverables

WP1
- List of target audience from the selected organizations
- List of examples of research software types for this project
- A designed data collection method (such as questionnaire or interview script) to be used to collect data from the target audience
- Depending on the nature of the data collected, the collected data will be archived completely or partially openly at Zenodo and in KNAW DANS. It is understood that financial data can not be shared openly by default

WP2
- Analysis results ready for interpretation
- Initial recommendations for WP3

WP3
- Cost/benefit analysis summarizes the evidence of WP2 to enable a prediction of the effectiveness of proposed new investments or funding mechanisms for sustainable software development
- List of actionable advice for improvement of financial support systems for sustainable software development in academia. Where possible, to improve possible alignment and cross-fertilization between the different bottleneck projects, we will organize the produced advices along the lines of the identified relevant national challenges: Digital competencies and training, Fragmented landscape, Guidance about dealing with Intellectual Property (IP) and legal issues, Long term preservation and maintenance of research software. However, we remain open to unexpected insights uncovered by the research data, which may not
fit in those boxes
- One-pager that summarizes the aforementioned advice for policy makers and decision makers
- Comprehensive report detailing the project goals, methods, results, conclusions and advice, which includes the cost/benefit analysis and the list of actionable advice as well as the one-page management summary

WP4
- Open access publication of the project report in Zenodo
- Open access publication in Zenodo summarizing the action points decided in the meetings
- Two blog posts authored by befriended national and international community leaders
- Minutes of all workshops and meetings with policy and decision maker