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Relevant organizations for RS

The organizations and communities below support research software (RS) development, and offer tools, training, and guidance for continued learning.

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Support

Organization Description
LUMC DCC (LUMCDCC@lumc.nl) The LUMC Data Competence Center — promotes FAIR research software and data management at the LUMC through guidance, training, and resources such as this guide.
LUMC Research Support Desk (RSD) (contact form) The central point of contact for research support at the LUMC.
eScience Center A Dutch organization that supports researchers in developing and using software to enhance their research.
Software Sustainability Institute (SSI) A UK-based organization that supports researchers in developing sustainable software.
Code for Science & Society An organization that supports open source projects in the research community.
DReaMS DReaMS (Dutch Research and Medical Software) is a collaboration between DCCs of the Dutch UMCs, eScience Center, Elixir-NL, Health-RI, and TDCC-LSH.

Communities & networks

Organization Description
NL-RSE A Dutch community of Research Software Engineers (RSEs) that aims to professionalize the role of RSEs in the Netherlands.
Research Software Alliance (ReSA) An international organization that aims to bring together RS communities to collaborate on the advancement of RS.
FORCE11 An international organization that aims to improve scholarly communication and e-scholarship.
Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) A community that promotes the use of free and open source software.

Training

Organization Description
The Carpentries An international community that teaches foundational coding and data science skills to researchers.
Code Refinery An international project that provides training in RS development.

Infrastructure & archives

Organization Description
ELIXIR A European research infrastructure that supports life science research and provides tools.
Software Heritage An organization that aims to collect, preserve, and share all publicly available software source code.

Standards, policy & advocacy

Organization Description
Free Software Foundation (FSF) An organization that promotes the use of free software and advocates for the rights of software users.
Open Source Initiative (OSI) An organization that promotes and protects open source software.
Research Data Alliance (RDA) An international organization that aims to build the social and technical bridges that enable open sharing of data.
Open Science NL A Dutch organization that promotes open science practices in the Netherlands.