We have spent the last two years engaged in a series of activities designed to gain a deeper understanding of why research software is so unsustainable and what can be done about it. Through numerous discussions with diverse groups of researchers, we have brainstormed challenges and solutions that can meaningfully impact the largest number of researchers. This plan discusses the problem in this chapter, describes our activities (in Chapter 2), and outlines plans (in the remaining chapters) for a new institute that will work in multiple areas to improve research software and the careers of those that produce it, with an end goal of performing better research.
P8, para 2: I’d generally talk about activities that you’ve identified as “highly scalable” (and maybe add “cost effective”) rather than say they “meaningfully impact the largest number…”. To me, it makes it sound more like you’re driving the increase in number rather than hoping for it. And I’d say “will” increase impact rather than “can”.
We have spent the last two years engaged in a series of activities designed to gain a deeper understanding of why research software is so unsustainable and what can be done about it. Through numerous discussions with diverse groups of researchers, we have brainstormed challenges and solutions that can meaningfully impact the largest number of researchers. This plan discusses the problem in this chapter, describes our activities (in Chapter 2), and outlines plans (in the remaining chapters) for a new institute that will work in multiple areas to improve research software and the careers of those that produce it, with an end goal of performing better research.
P8, para 2: I’d generally talk about activities that you’ve identified as “highly scalable” (and maybe add “cost effective”) rather than say they “meaningfully impact the largest number…”. To me, it makes it sound more like you’re driving the increase in number rather than hoping for it. And I’d say “will” increase impact rather than “can”.