Over the past two years, the Vermont Research Open Source Program Office (VERSO) has encouraged open source software development at the University of Vermont by supporting hundreds of faculty and students on campus, engaging with close to 70 companies and local community organizations, building strong intra-university relationships with the offices of technology transfer and the Vice Provost for Research, and adopting a model for student-driven clinical work on specific open source development projects. This grant provides two years of continued support for these activities as VERSO moves towards institutionalization and independent sustainability as part of the Vermont Complex Systems Institute and the office of the Vice President for Research. Grant funds will provide continuing core operating support, as well as initial salary support for a new Research Software Engineer position. VERSO expects that, after the two-year runway of grant funding, a combination of dedicated internal funding, external grants, state/government partnerships, and industry support will cover all core operating costs, with student and software engineering support expanding elastically as demand increases.