Programs and Projects
We partner with the research community to establish enduring digital infrastructure to support Australia’s future research needs.
Explore our 3 Thematic Research Data Commons, along with the programs and projects building data assets, platforms, tools and skills that enable Australian researchers to transform our lives.

Our Programs and Projects
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Thematic Research Data Commons
Meeting Australia’s future research needs with long-term, enduring digital infrastructure
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Thematic research data commons is:
Planet
Australian Dataspaces
Establishing dataspaces to create trusted, secure ecosystems for secure data exchange between research, industry and…
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Translational Research Data Challenges
Our Translational Research Data Challenges initiative provides innovative, digital infrastructure solutions to real-world problems like…
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Thematic research data commons is:
HASS and Indigenous
Australian Internet Observatory
Research infrastructure for social data and digital platforms
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Platforms Program
Digital tools and infrastructure for researchers from all disciplines
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Secure eResearch Platform (SeRP)
A secure eResearch platform for researchers to share and store their data in a secure,…
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Thematic research data commons is:
HASS and Indigenous
Australian Text Analytics Platform (ATAP)
An open-source environment for researchers with tools and training for analysing, processing, and exploring text
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Environments to Accelerate Machine Learning-Based Discovery
A consolidated platform for machine learning (ML) skills and research
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Fieldmark™ Electronic Field Notebooks
Fieldmark™ is the latest generation of the FAIMS mobile platform for field research, supporting digital…
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Skills and Workforce Development
Building a highly skilled digital research workforce
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See Research Software
Recognising research software as a first-class research output.
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Australian Carpentries Network
Supporting institutions and trainers to build digital research skills
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National Machine Learning Service
A national service to support the increasing demands for machine learning (ML) from Australian researchers
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Implementing the Research Software Agenda for Australia
Recognising software as a first-class research output.
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Policy Program
Advocating for cohesive data policies to accelerate research and innovation.
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Shape Research Software
Recognising research software as a first-class research output.
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Sustain Research Software
Recognising research software as a first-class research output.
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ARDC Skills Summit
A forum for trainer community collaborations.
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Investing in the Nectar Research Cloud
Investing in the Nectar Research Cloud is our commitment to ongoing improvements to ensure it…
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Data Retention Program Phase 4: Identifying Important Data Collections
Storage capacity subsidy for active research projects.
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