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Research software has become a central asset in academic research. Itoptimizes existing and enables new research methods, implements and embedsresearch knowledge, and constitutes an essential research product in itself.Research software must be sustainable in order to understand, replicate,reproduce, and build upon existing research or conduct new researcheffectively. In other words, software must be available, discoverable, usable,and adaptable to new needs, both now and in the future. Research softwaretherefore requires an environment that supports sustainability. Hence, a changeis needed in the way research software development and maintenance arecurrently motivated, incentivized, funded, structurally and infrastructurallysupported, and legally treated. Failing to do so will threaten the quality andvalidity of research. In this paper, we identify challenges for researchsoftware sustainability in Germany and beyond, in terms of motivation,selection, research software engineering personnel, funding, infrastructure,and legal aspects. Besides researchers, we specifically address political andacademic decision-makers to increase awareness of the importance and needs ofsustainable research software practices. In particular, we recommend strategiesand measures to create an environment for sustainable research software, withthe ultimate goal to ensure that software-driven research is valid,reproducible and sustainable, and that software is recognized as a first classcitizen in research. This paper is the outcome of two workshops run in Germanyin 2019, at deRSE19 - the first International Conference of Research SoftwareEngineers in Germany - and a dedicated DFG-supported follow-up workshop inBerlin.

An Environment for Sustainable Research Software in Germany and Beyond: Current State, Open Challenges, and Call for Action