Scientific Software Research Faculty Award
Scientific Software Research Faculty Award supports scientific software researchers in new faculty roles to develop and maintain broadly applicable software infrastructure for basic research.
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Funder: Simons Foundation
Due Dates: January 21, 2027, at noon Eastern (LOI) | June 1, 2028 (Full proposal; earlier for earlier starts)
Funding Amounts: Five years of phased salary and fringe support, plus $50,000 annually for research and eligible indirect costs
Summary: Supports new, long-term faculty positions developing and maintaining core scientific software infrastructure in academic departments.
Key Information: Awardees must enter newly created, non-term-limited faculty positions at U.S. Ph.D.-granting institutions, not use funding for existing roles.
Description
The Simons Foundation’s Scientific Software Research Faculty (SSRF) Award supports scientific software researchers with strong records of leadership in software development. It funds new research professor, clinical professor, professor of practice or equivalent positions within existing academic departments. The program aims to establish a long-term faculty-level career path for experts whose opportunities beyond postdoctoral positions are otherwise limited.
The central priority is developing and maintaining broadly applicable scientific software infrastructure for basic research. This includes software enabling data analysis, simulations, automation and visualization. Work on methods or algorithms relevant to scientific software infrastructure is also in scope. Award-supported work should primarily concern scientific software or support a research program or group developing and maintaining it, rather than unrelated research.
