Join us in an effort to create an open, collaborative and sustainable future for Research Software and the people who build it.
FutuRSI is a joint initiative of universities, research institutes and associations working on the topic of research software engineering.
More information on our partners can be found on our partners page.
FutuRSI aims to create a future for RSE in Germany that serves the community. We need you to achieve this!
Oct 27, 2026
At the end of August, our project partner from the University Jena regrettably withdrew from the FutuRSI project. The reason for this was an internal reorganisation at the university, in which the former “zedif – Competence Center Digital Research at University Jena” was incorporated into a new data centre department.
This new structure also brought with it new areas of responsibility and tasks for the former zedif staff. Furthermore, the FutuRSI project no longer fitted within the institution’s portfolio, and so all parties involved decided that the University Jena’s withdrawal from the project would be in the project’s best interests.
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We believe that all research software should be more visible and today we’re putting a spotlight on tier 3 research software that has become a shared, foundational resource across institutions, disciplines and research ecosystems.
In our working definition, tier 3 software — also called essential or foundational software — is software that is no longer tied to a single project or institution. It has become a shared resource with broad adoption, a central role in the research software ecosystem, and often high social dependency.
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