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
Project
Thematic research data commons is:
HASS and Indigenous
ARDC Community Data Lab (CDL) Project
The ARDC Community Data Lab helps researchers use data from galleries, libraries, archives, museums and…
Project
Thematic research data commons is:
Planet
Gayini Trusted Environmental Data and Information Supply Chain
Data, analytics and governance infrastructure that enables discovery, access and reuse of trusted data across…
Program
Thematic research data commons is:
Planet
Domain Data Portals
Creating Domain Data Portals in ARDC Research Data Australia for partner organisations using native repositories…
Project
Thematic research data commons is:
HASS and Indigenous
Language Data Commons of Australia (LDaCA)
Making nationally significant language data available for academic and non-academic use
Project
Thematic research data commons is:
HASS and Indigenous
Improving Indigenous Research Capabilities
Building an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research Data Commons.
Project
Thematic research data commons is:
HASS and Indigenous
Annual Summer School for the HASS and Indigenous Research Data Commons
An annual event for researchers and Indigenous data custodians to gain hands-on experience and learn…
Project
Time-Layered Cultural Map (TLCMap) 2.0
Tools for HASS researchers to map Australian history and culture
Project
Coordinated Access for Data, Researchers and Environments (CADRE)
Integrated infrastructure for safely accessing government data
Project
Thematic research data commons is:
HASS and Indigenous
Trove Enhancements
Enhancing Trove, an aggregation and shared repository of cultural collections, for HASS researchers
Project
Thematic research data commons is:
HASS and Indigenous
Gazetteer of Historical Australian Places (GHAP)
A comprehensive, updatable and easily accessible source of mappable Australian placenames
Project
Thematic research data commons is:
HASS and Indigenous
Access, Authentication and Authorisation Activities
Creating a central infrastructure for access and authorisation to HASS and Indigenous research data and…
Project
Thematic research data commons is:
HASS and Indigenous
Transforming the Online Heritage Resource Management Tool to Describo Collections
Porting and modernising the Online Heritage Resource Manager (OHRM) and its cultural assets
Program
Thematic Research Data Commons
Meeting Australia’s future research needs with long-term, enduring digital infrastructure
Program
Platforms Program
Digital tools and infrastructure for researchers from all disciplines
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