[hpc-announce] 2021 BSSw Fellowship Application Open

[Nam, Hai Ah]

The BSSw Fellowship Program provides recognition and funding for leaders and advocates of high-quality scientific software who foster practices, processes, and tools to improve scientific software productivity and sustainability.

Each 2021 BSSw Fellow will receive up to $25,000 for an activity that promotes better scientific software. Activities can include organizing a workshop, preparing a tutorial, or creating content to engage the scientific software community. Applications are now being accepted for the 2021 BSSw Fellowship Program.

Details of the program can be found at https://bssw.io/fellowship.

APPLICATION DEADLINE
Applications for the 2021 Fellowships will be accepted through Wednesday, 30 September 2020. This is a firm deadline that will not be extended.
Those interested in applying are encouraged to participate in an informational fellowship webinar and Q&A session, scheduled for 4-5pm EDT on Wednesday, 9 September 2020.  Please subscribe to our mailing list (https://bssw.io/pages/receive-our-email-digest) for teleconference details and other updates on the program.

REQUIREMENTS
We encourage diverse applicants at all career stages—ranging from students through early-career, mid-career, and senior professionals—from throughout the computational science and engineering (CSE) and software communities. We are looking for applications from people with the following characteristics:

* Passionate about scientific software.
* Interested in contributing powerful ideas, tools, methodologies, and more that improve the quality of scientific software.
* Able to use the fellowship to broadly benefit the scientific software community.    
* Applicants must be affiliated with a U.S.-based institution that is able to receive funding from the U.S. Department of Energy.

Please share this announcement with interested colleagues.

Thanks, Hai Ah Nam, Lois Curfman McInnes, David Bernholdt, and Mike Heroux