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This year is going to be exciting: many of our FutuRSI project partners will be at Informatik 2025! The festival is a great opportunity to exchange ideas about the latest developments in research, computer science, and digital tools.

A special highlight: our FutuRSI project coordinator, Florian Mannseicher, will be moderating a panel on Thursday, September 18, from 4:30–5:30 p.m. on the topic “(Open) Research Software: An Indispensable Pillar of Modern Science?”.

The FutuRSI project is developing a strategy and concrete plan for implementing a research software institution in Germany. The impulse paper published today, ‘FutuRSI: the Conception of a German Research Software Institution’ (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17047067), provides an overview of the current state of the German research software ecosystem.

The purpose of this survey is to gather knowledge on the existing services of research software engineering (RSE) teams in Germany. This knowledge will be included in reports to funders on the RSE eco-system and will inform the creation of a federal level organisation for research software development.