# QIIME 2 - CZI Essential Open Source Software for Science Announcement

**URL:** https://forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime-2-czi-essential-open-source-software-for-science-announcement/12604
**Category:** Developer Announcements
**Created:** [November 23, 2019, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime-2-czi-essential-open-source-software-for-science-announcement/12604 "2019-11-23T16:07:08Z")
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### Author: ![q2d2](https://forum.qiime2.org/user_avatar/forum.qiime2.org/q2d2/32/613_2.png) [@q2d2](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/q2d2)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2019, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime-2-czi-essential-open-source-software-for-science-announcement/12604/1 "2019-11-23T16:07:08Z")

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(repost from [Twitter](https://twitter.com/qiime2/status/1195032325433647104))

We’re excited to announce that QIIME 2 was funded in the [@CZIScience](https://twitter.com/cziscience) Essential Open Source Software for Science program! Brief details on our plans below, with more info coming soon. Thanks to our community and [@CZIScience](https://twitter.com/cziscience) for the support!

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We are sharing this announcement here on the Developer Discussion channel because this funding will be used to enhance the QIIME 2 Library 📚 ! You can see our original announcement for Library here:

> [@QIIME 2 Library!](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime-2-library/6327):
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> books books books QIIME 2 Library: [https://library.qiime2.org](https://library.qiime2.org) books books booksWe are pleased to announce the launch of a new tool created by the QIIME 2 team, known as the QIIME 2 [Library](https://library.qiime2.org)! balloon tada fireworks champagne QIIME 2 is a community-driven project, and this new "plugin registry" (phase 1 of the [Library](https://library.qiime2.org)) is a direct response to one of the most common questions we get from new users: How do I find QIIME 2 plugins? We think that the [Library](https://library.qiime2.org) will help answer tha…

Many of the [milestones we have previously outlined](https://library.qiime2.org/about/) are on our TODO-list for the CZI award. We are looking forward to making these ideas a reality for plugin developers and QIIME 2 users!

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