Outreach and funding programmes
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Conferences and workshops
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* RSE conferences and unconferences are regularly organized in
  `Germany <https://de-rse.org/en/events.html>`__,
  `Nordics <https://nordic-rse.org/events/>`__,
  `UK <https://society-rse.org/#section-4>`__,
  `USA <https://us-rse.org/events/>`__,
  etc.
* A list of conferences and mailing lists can be found on the
  `ICP wiki <https://gitlab.icp.uni-stuttgart.de/icp/wiki/-/wikis/Science-and-teaching/Upcoming%20conferences>`__

Funding opportunities
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* `Research Software Alliance <https://www.researchsoft.org/funding-opportunities/>`__

  * funding for software quality assurance, new software, and RSE positions

* `Horizon Europe <https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/funding/funding-opportunities/funding-programmes-and-open-calls/horizon-europe_en>`__

  * funding for HPC projects
  * proposals must be international
  * examples: `CoE MultiXscale <https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101093169>`__,
    `CoE ChEESE <https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/823844>`__,
    `complete database of Stuttgart tenders <https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/how-to-participate/org-details/999974747>`__

* `DFG Information for Researchers RSS feed
  <https://www.dfg.de/zentralablage/rss/rssInformationenFuerDieWissenschaftEn/index.rss>`__

  * calls for DFG funding programmes and funding-related news
  * past RSE-specific programmes:

    * 2022 `Research Software -- Quality Assured and Re-usable
      <https://www.dfg.de/foerderung/info_wissenschaft/2022/info_wissenschaft_22_85/index.html>`__
      (see `proposal <https://gitlab.icp.uni-stuttgart.de/proposal/2023-dfg-espresso>`__
      for grant :dfg-gepris:`528726435`)
    * 2019 `Quality assurance of research software through its sustainable utilization
      <https://www.dfg.de/foerderung/info_wissenschaft/2019/info_wissenschaft_19_44/index.html>`__
    * 2016 `Research Software Sustainability
      <https://www.dfg.de/en/research_funding/programmes/infrastructure/lis/funding_opportunities/call_proposal_software/>`__
      (see `proposal <https://gitlab.icp.uni-stuttgart.de/proposal/dfg-research-software-sustainability>`__
      for grant :dfg-gepris:`391126171`)

  * grant proposals that request extra funding for RSEing or software must
    adhere to the `"Handling of Research Software in the DFG's Funding Activities"
    <https://www.dfg.de/en/basics-topics/basics-and-principles-of-funding/research-software>`__
    guidelines
  * to search for funded RSE projects in the `GEPRIS database
    <https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/OCTOPUS?task=showSearchSimple>`__,
    click on "Show extended search", go to section "DFG Programme",
    select "Scientific Library Services and Information Systems"
    in the programme field and "Research data and software"
    in the programme line field

* `DFG Major Research Instrumentation Programme (Forschungsgroßgeräte)
  <https://www.dfg.de/en/research_funding/programmes/infrastructure/scientific_instrumentation/funding_opportunities/major_research_instrumentation/index.html>`__

  * continuously open DFG call for clusters costing between €100,000 and €7,500,000
  * the ICP was awarded
    grant no. :dfg-gepris:`492175459` in 2022
    for the :doc:`Ant cluster </_pages/_hpc_facilities/ant>`
    (see `proposal <https://gitlab.icp.uni-stuttgart.de/proposal/2020-rechencluster>`__)
    and grant no. :dfg-gepris:`261833929` in 2014
    for the :doc:`Bee cluster </_pages/_hpc_facilities/bee>`

* `NumFOCUS <https://numfocus.org/projects-overview>`__

  * funding for research software
  * quartely calls

Hiring HPC and RSE people
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* A list of job platforms and instructions to publish job postings is available
  on the `ICP wiki <https://www2.icp.uni-stuttgart.de/~icp/Internal:Job_postings>`__