Funder: Princeton University
Due Dates (Anticipated): October 2027 (Proposals due)
Funding Amounts: Up to 30% of RSE salary and benefits, typically for 2 years
Summary: Supports Princeton research teams partnering with professional Research Software Engineers to develop, improve, scale, and sustain research software.
Key Information: Applicants must be eligible Princeton PIs and identify funding for the remaining RSE salary and benefits.
Description
Princeton University’s Research Software Engineer (RSE) Co-Funding Program supports partnerships between research teams and professional engineers to address software challenges limiting scientific or scholarly progress. Administered through Research Computing, the program provides expertise in software engineering, high-performance computing, data-intensive research, AI-enabled workflows, reproducibility, sustainability, and computational infrastructure. RSE partnerships have supported research across the University since 2016.
The program accepts both new requests and renewals through competitive funding cycles with defined award periods. It prioritizes software-driven research impact, a clear need for professional engineering expertise, and achievable software deliverables. It also values student and postdoctoral training, benefits beyond the initial project, maintainable and extensible software, wider adoption, continued development, and opportunities for future external funding.
