As we learned during the annual SOFA conference (SOFA Week 2024) on Nov 26 2024, SOFA has been elected winner of the Jury’s Award at the Open Science Awards for Open Source Software in Research 2024! ❤️

Presented by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research, the Open Science Awards for Open Source Software in Research recognize research projects and teams working to develop and promote open source software, thereby contributing to the creation of a vital common good. These awards recognize the production of open source software as a contribution and a result of research. By highlighting remarkable or particularly promising software, these awards aim to inspire both the scientific community and society as a whole.

The prizes were awarded by a panel of experts chaired by Pierre Boulet, Vice President Digital at the University of Lille. Among the prizes awarded (‘Scientific and Technical’, ‘Community’ and ‘Documentation’), the Jury’s Award highlights an exemplary project combining several of these dimensions.