Welcome to the Research Software Training Netherlands (RSTNL) GitHub organization! On the discussions forum you can interact with other members of the RSTNL network and find relevant initiatives around training material and resources for providing programming training. On our website, you will also find an elaborate list of resources that is regularly updated.

Research Software Training NL (established in late 2021) is a network bringing together and facilitating training organizations in the Netherlands in the areas of research software, programming skills, applied data science, computational skills and open source.

It is our vision that in the Netherlands, all academic researchers will have excellent programming skills, in order to push the methodological and scientific boundaries of their research areas. The community, therefore, has as its mission to maintain, contribute and advance the training capacity for research software in the Dutch academic ecosystem. We put this into practice by facilitating collaboration on research software training in the Dutch academic landscape.

The community evolved from a meeting in 2020 with various stakeholders, organized by Paula Martinez Lavanchy (4TU.ResearchData and TU Delft), Mateusz Kuzak (Netherlands eScience Center) and Carlos Teijeiro Barjas (SURF).

Overview & Resources. Provide an online overview of organizations, training activities, materials and trainers in the Netherlands.

Network. Facilitate networking and knowledge exchange via meetups and online channels (e.g. mailing lists).

Train-the-trainer. Help in organizing Instructor Training from The Carpentries to trainers in the network.

The website and activities are currently supported by the Netherlands eScience Center, the national center of expertise for research software. Community Manager Lieke de Boer ([email protected]) serves as the contact person.