Vision

The Center for Open-Source Research Software Stewardship and Advancement (CORSA) serves as a community of practice that enables pathways for open-source scientific software projects to avail themselves of resources for long-term growth, stewardship, advancement, and innovation.

Mission

To promote sustainable practices in the research software community and support the development, maintenance, and long-term viability of research software.

Community

Our community comprises any open source scientific and reserarch software projects interested in sustainablity. We are founding members of the Consortium for the Advancement of Scientific Software (CASS).

Key Components

Pathways to Foundations: Assisting the research software ecosystem to avail the resources and community structure of open source software foundations.
- NumFOCUS - How to Apply and Join
- Information on other foundations coming soon
- Foundations Forum
  - First meeting at noon CT on Wednesday Aug 28. Connection details shared via our mailing list and slack.
  - We’ll generally try to have in these meetings: a) a short talk (e.g., update from a foundation, experience from an SSO with a foundation), b) discussion on a predetermined topic, and c) general announcements and discussion (related to open source foundations)
  - Anyone can suggest agenda items, or topics, etc. - so please let me know if you have ideas. This first meeting could include brainstorming about future organization, or I could talk about Parsl’s desire to and process of joining NumFOCUS.
  - Meetings will be open to anyone who wants to join - so please feel free to share this
  - Meetings will be recorded and posted on youtube, with links to them from a part of the CORSA website.
  - Meetings will be announced via the CORSA email list and the CASS #general and #wg-foundations slack channels
Sustainability Scorecards: A framework for assisting resource software projects to understand and improve their sustainability.

Benefits for Projects

Comprehensive support for sustainable research software development
Improved software sustainability and maintainability
Enhanced skills and knowledge through education and training
Guidance and consultation on sustainability practices
Access to funding opportunities

Benefits for Funding Entities

Alignment with sustainable development goals
Increased impact of funding through collaboration
Streamlined project selection based on sustainability criteria
Diverse funding opportunities
Collaboration and knowledge sharing within the research software community

Leadership Team

Greg Watson	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Addi Thakur Malviya	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Elaine M. Raybourn	Sandia National Laboratories
Daniel S. Katz	University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
Bill Hoffman	Kitware, Inc.
Dana Robinson	The HDF Group

Upcoming Activities

IEEE eScience Workshop: Sustainable Project Pathways for HPC Software, Osaka, Japan, September 2024

Resources

Best Practices
- Open-source Project Guides
Foundations
- NumFOCUS - How to Apply and Join
- Information on other foundations coming soon
Past Events