Australian Research Data Commons

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FAIR Data Self-Assessment Tool

Use our FAIR data self assessment tool to assess how FAIR your research dataset is…

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Australian National Persistent Identifier (PID) Strategy and Roadmap

Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) are a core component of a national information infrastructure and key to…

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Thematic Research Data Commons

Meeting Australia’s future research needs with long-term, enduring digital infrastructure

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ABOUT THE ARDC

At the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC), we’re accelerating Australian research and innovation by driving excellence in the creation, analysis and retention of high-quality data assets.

We partner with the research community and industry to build leading-edge digital research infrastructure to provide Australian researchers with competitive advantage through data.

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OUR THEMATIC RESEARCH DATA COMMONS

In partnership with the research community, the ARDC has established 3 national-scale Thematic Research Data Commons to meet Australia’s future research needs with long-term, enduring digital infrastructure.

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People Research Data Commons

National-scale data infrastructure for health research and research translation

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Planet Research Data Commons

National-scale data infrastructure for earth and environmental science research and decision making

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HASS and Indigenous Research Data Commons

National-scale data infrastructure for HASS and Indigenous research data communities

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LATEST NEWS

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HASS and Indigenous

2 December 2024

Knowledge-holders from Indonesia and the Northern Territory Come Together on Yolŋu and Larrakia Country

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29 November 2024

Data and Tools Now Available for Bushfire Research and Management

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28 November 2024

ARDC Office Closures for 2024–25 Summer Holidays

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28 November 2024

ARDC and AARNet Join Forces to Elevate Secure Digital Research Across Australia

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FROM OUR COMMUNITY

Kim Picard is building a platform that will make seabed data more accessible to researchers.

“With ARDC support, we’re going to leverage off what we’ve already achieved through AusSeabed through the collaboration of our stakeholders, who are ready to bring the data together and eliminate the barrier to end users so they can use the seabed data that’s out there. Because we’re partnering with 6 other organisations, we are ensuring broad national and international knowledge is brought together. What we’re doing together is going to have a global influence.”

Kim Picard

Marine scientist

Professor Michael Haugh leads an ARDC-supported project to build a national language data commons.

“Humanities traditionally has done things on a smaller scale, but I think people are seeing the value of forming research groups. The language data commons is a good example of research communities coming together on a common project to build something together. And language is something that belongs to all of us.”