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 See the [contributing guide](CONTRIBUTING.md) for information on contributing to
 repo2docker.
 
+---
+
+Please note that this repository is participating in a study into sustainability
+of open source projects. Data will be gathered about this repository for
+approximately the next 12 months, starting from 2021-06-11.
+
+Data collected will include number of contributors, number of PRs, time taken to
+close/merge these PRs, and issues closed.
+
+For more information, please visit
+[our informational page](https://sustainable-open-science-and-software.github.io/) or download our [participant information sheet](https://sustainable-open-science-and-software.github.io/assets/PIS_sustainable_software.pdf).
+
+---
 
 ## Using repo2docker
 ### Prerequisites