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+layout: post
+title:  "JuMP and HiGHS join forces to improve open energy modeling"
+date:   2026-01-05
+categories: [announcements]
+author: "Miles Lubin, Carleton Coffrin, Oscar Dowson, Julian Hall, and Changhyun Kwon"
+---
+
+The [JuMP Steering Committee](/pages/governance/#steering-committee) is pleased
+to announce that we, through [NumFOCUS](https://numfocus.org), have received a
+large grant from the [Breakthrough Energy Foundation](https://www.breakthroughenergy.org)
+to improve the performance of JuMP and [HiGHS](https://highs.dev) on open energy
+models. This grant is an extension of our previous work on
+[open energy modeling](/announcements/open-energy-modeling/2024/09/16/oem/).
+
+The agreement runs for one year, and the people being funded are:
+
+* [Dr. Julian Hall](https://github.com/jajhall), the lead developer of the
+  HiGHS solver
+* [Dr. Ivet Galabova](https://github.com/galabova), the HiGHS Integration and
+  Development manager
+* [Dr. Mark Turner](https://github.com/Opt-Mucca), a HiGHS MIP developer
+* [Dr. Filippo Zanetti](https://github.com/filikat), the developer of HiPO
+* [Dr. Oscar Dowson](https://github.com/odow), a core contributor to JuMP, and
+  also a member of the Steering Committee.
+
+(Per our [conflict of interest policy](/pages/governance/#conflict-of-interest),
+Oscar and Julian, who are funded by the grant, recused themselves from Steering
+Committee votes on this agreement.)
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+layout: post
+title:  "NumFOCUS signs agreement with NLR to maintain and support JuMP"
+date:   2026-01-05
+categories: [announcements]
+author: "Miles Lubin, Carleton Coffrin, Oscar Dowson, Julian Hall, and Changhyun Kwon"
+---
+
+The [JuMP Steering Committee](/pages/governance/#steering-committee) is pleased
+to announce that we, through [NumFOCUS](https://numfocus.org), have signed an
+agreement with [National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR)](https://www.nlr.gov)
+to maintain and support JuMP.
+
+The objective of this project is to significantly improve the computational
+performance and code quality of NLR’s open-source project PowerSimulations.jl
+and the JuMP ecosystem.
+
+The agreement runs until October 2026, and the person being funded is
+[Dr. Oscar Dowson](https://github.com/odow), a core contributor to JuMP, and
+also a member of the Steering Committee.
+
+(Per our [conflict of interest policy](/pages/governance/#conflict-of-interest),
+Oscar, who is funded by the grant, recused himself from Steering Committee votes
+on this agreement.)