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Author: Florian Goth

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@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ \section{Introduction}
 This is our general term for the central RSE team throughout this paper.
 These RSE Hubs can take the form of, \eg{} full RSE units, smaller RSE groups, Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs), virtually across multiple units or combined under single leadership,
  depending on the environment of the hosting research organisation.
-All of these implementations are considered, taking into account the large variety of research environments in Germany.
+All of these implementations are considered, taking into account the large variety of research environments in Germany that of course includes universities, but also research consortia and other research performing organizations.
 
 \section{Motivation for central RSE units}
 \begin{quotation}
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ \subsection{Pooling: a necessary ingredient}
 % side-note: it's also similar to “inhouse consulting” in management\autocite{moscho_inhouse_consulting_2010}. They even formed a national network to raise awareness about the internal consultant role (https://inhouse-consulting.de/).
 Subject matter experts like software architects, database administrators and other tooling specialists are organised centrally and share their knowledge by consulting with decentralised projects.
 It makes economic sense to organise such staff centrally since not every project can afford or needs such RSE FTEs.
-Most academic research organisations have established centralised tooling, \eg{} storage or High-Performance-Computing\ (HPC), but only a few consider software development and consultancy a relevant service yet.
+Big academic research organisations have established centralised tooling, \eg{} storage or High-Performance-Computing\ (HPC), but only a few consider software development and consultancy a relevant service yet.
 
 A second and equally important pooling is that of \textbf{diverse knowledge}.
 RSE units act as knowledge hubs in a network of academic developers within an organisation~\autocite{Elsholz2006}.
@@ -170,14 +170,14 @@ \subsubsection{Existing RSE efforts}
 
 \todo{FLO+PMS: They are not an example for an institutional RSE structure. We can scrap this, paragraph starting here} The Carpentries\footnote{\url{https://carpentries.org}}\autocite{Wilson2006} exemplify a similar success story\footnote{Carpentries25 Testimonial Series: \url{https://carpentries.org/blog/tag/carpentries25/}}.
 \todo{Assertion-citation mismatch.} Requests or suggestions for even more training show the need for such services\footnote{Carpentries Incubator and Carpentries Lab: \url{https://carpentries.org/lesson-development/community-lessons/}}.
-RSE services which benefit all disciplines/departments may represent a unique selling point for organisations competing for the brightest minds, see the examples from leading German universities above.\todo{PMS: Scrap whole paragraph except for first sentence?}
+RSE services which benefit all disciplines/departments may represent a unique selling point for organisations competing for the brightest minds, see the examples from leading German research performing organisations above.\todo{PMS: Scrap whole paragraph except for first sentence?}
 
 %Given that RDM training or coordination is a centralized effort in most organisations, the time has come to implement a similar structure for research software services.
 %Such a group may extend or include RDM or collaborate with such service teams.
 %See the Vision and Realization sections below for more details.
 
 In the UK, for example, many universities started initiating dedicated RSE units about a decade ago~\autocite{Crouch2013}.
-The successful establishment of such staff is a role model for similar academic organisations worldwide.
+The successful establishment of such staff is a role model for similar research performing organisations worldwide.
 A range of already-existing RSE units can be seen in this map: \url{https://society-rse.org/community/rse-groups/} \todo{FLO+PMS: mention that this map is not current and add further data.}.
 In the UK, for example, almost all grant applications include software development in their budget.
 This allocated money can then be utilised to delegate/dispatch a central RSE person or group into a research project for a few weeks or months as necessary.
@@ -245,8 +245,8 @@ \subsection{External expectations}
 \section{Vision}%
 \label{sec:vision}
 In the following, we describe our vision of central RSE units at research institutions in Germany.
-As these institutions include universities, other colleges, as well as large associations like Max-Planck, Helmholtz, Fraunhofer, or Leibniz,
-they show a wide variety in organisational structure as well as internal scientific diversity.
+Institutions is, for our purposes, a broad term including universities, other colleges, associations like Max-Planck, Helmholtz, Fraunhofer, or Leibniz, as well as other research performing organisations,
+since they show a wide variety in organisational structure as well as internal scientific diversity.
 Thus, there can be no single optimal concept of such an RSE unit for all research institutions in Germany.
 We instead describe modular components that can be mixed and matched based on the respective local environment.