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+# University of Washington
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+- *OSPO*: UW's eScience Institute (UW's data science, AI, software engineering center) currently has overall responsiblity for all OSPO activities. The eScience Institute also works in partnership with UW Libraries and UW's tech transfer organization to advance open source in the university.
+- *Personnel*: Saraqh Stone
+- *Link*: [eScience Institute](https://escience.washington.edu/)
+- *Member of*: [CURIOSS](https://curioss.org/)
+
+## General Description
+
+Current work being undertaken includes:
+
+- Sharing technical expertise
+- Developing and sharing best practices
+- Educational efforts                                                                        
+- Working with tech transfer and external partners
+- Sharing tools and infrastructure to support OSS
+- Community building
+- Supporting the creation of new OSS by the academic community
+
+## Core Objectives
+
+1. To make existing open source software contributions by UW staff, researcher, etc. more valued and visible to the campus community.
+2. To support the campus community in learning about and utilizing the best practices of open scholarship and open source software in their work.
+3. To build on existing collaborations and create new partnerships across and beyond the campus that support students, researchers, staff and faculty, to navigate the rapidly changing landscape of tools and software development in the age of AI.
+
+## Primary Contacts
+
+[Sarah Stone, *eScience Executive Director*]([https://www.insmi.cnrs.fr/fr/personne/violaine-louvet](https://escience.washington.edu/member/sarah-stone/)
+
+## Other Context
+
+The official launch of the OSPO is planned for Spring 2026.