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Funding Available for Software to Support Open Science

If you’re interested in developing scientifically sound and sustainable software tools, NIH has a new funding opportunity that could help support your work.

NCI (along with other NIH offices, institutes, and centers) has issued a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) designed to support NIH’s mission to establish a modern ecosystem, fully integrated with biomedical, clinical, behavioral, social, and health-related data.

Read the full solicitation. Submissions open November 4, 2024.

As examples, you could propose projects that might:

  • add application programming interfaces and services to software.
  • refactor existing software to incorporate standard interfaces and data formats, replacing custom code with standard, hardened libraries.
  • refactor software so it’s portable and scalable in cloud or hybrid environments.
  • produce efficient code, such as by reducing coupling and complex shared state, so code can operate via diverse data sources and with other services.
  • adopt standard input/output data formats to facilitate workflow and maximize the use of open data formats.
  • implement standard logging models to take advantage of parallel processing or graphics processing units.
  • enhance source code, documentation, version management, and tools to support open-source development.
  • develop standard build-and-packaging tools to help applications function properly, with easy updating and maintenance.
  • format packages for easier sharing using common package-management tools.
  • enhance standard unit-and-functional testing support and sample data sets for testing patches and upgrades.

Keep in mind, this NOFO will support you in designing robust, re-usable scientific software and tools. However, data generation and analysis tools are outside the scope of this funding opportunity.

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