Read this guide to acknowledging ARDC involvement in your activities.
By the end of reading this resource, you should be able to:
We welcome your acknowledgement of the ARDC and the use of our logo in your research, partnership or project outputs. Acknowledging the ARDC supports our ongoing sustainability.
On this page you’ll find the following guidelines:
To acknowledge the ARDC co-investment in projects, please download our guidelines on acknowledging the ARDC for ARDC partners and project managers.
The guideline outlines how ARDC partners should acknowledge ARDC co-investment and other support in a project and acknowledge the use of ARDC services and co-invested project outputs and services.
In line with the Australian Government’s National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) acknowledgement guidelines, all partners in ARDC co-investment projects are required to acknowledge the ARDC co-investment and support using this standard text:
[Project name] is a co-investment partnership with the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) through the Planet/People/HASS and Indigenous Research Data Commons (DOI: [insert project DOI hyperlinked to DOI URL]). The ARDC is enabled by the Australian Government’s National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS).
[Project name] is a co-investment partnership with the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) (DOI: [insert project DOI hyperlinked to DOI URL]). The ARDC is enabled by the Australian Government’s National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS).
[Service name] is supported through a co-investment partnership with the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) (DOI: [insert project DOI hyperlinked to DOI URL]). The ARDC is enabled by the Australian Government’s National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS).
Wherever possible, please use the standard text above together with the ARDC and Australian Government and NCRIS lock-up logos on websites and presentations about the co-investment project.
Please use the logos together on posters, brochures and other marketing materials, mention the ARDC and NCRIS in press releases, and tag the ARDC in social media posts.
Logos and guidance are available to download in the ARDC brand asset pack for partners [ZIP 6.4 MB]. The following logos are available, in the EPS and PNG formats:
Logo variations, including reverse and monochromatic, are available upon request.
For assistance and approval of ARDC and NCRIS logo use and acknowledgement text, contact ARDC Marketing and Communication team at [email protected].
In your email for approval, please include a screenshot or link to your website, publication or project. If appropriate, we’ll be pleased to share the publication with our networks.
A communication toolkit is available to help ARDC co-investment project teams develop a communication strategy to be applied throughout the project’s lifecycle – from its establishment to building and launching phases.
Your communication strategy will help keep internal and external stakeholders well informed about the project, its long-term impact, and raise awareness and recognition amongst the wider community.
Download the communication toolkit for ARDC co-investment projects.
In line with the Australian Government’s National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) acknowledgement guidelines, please acknowledge the use of ARDC services and co-invested project outputs and services using this standard text:
If you have used the ARDC Nectar Research Cloud and supported services for your research, please use the following acknowledgements in publications.
Services supported by the ARDC Nectar Research Cloud include:
This research used the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) Nectar Research Cloud. The ARDC is enabled by the Australian Government’s National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS).
This research used the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) Nectar Research Cloud supported by [Nectar Node Operator name here]. The ARDC is enabled by the Australian Government’s National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS).
This research used the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) [Name of ARDC Service, e.g. Virtual Desktop Service, and link to the service]. The ARDC is enabled by the Australian Government’s National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS).
If you use the ARDC Nectar Research Cloud to support an ongoing website, service, portal, database etc, please use the following acknowledgements on your website and publications.
The [platform/website/service] is hosted by the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) Nectar Research Cloud. The ARDC is enabled by the Australian Government’s National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS).
If you have used ARDC Services for your research, please use the following acknowledgements in publications.
ARDC Services include:
This research used the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) [enter name of ARDC Service, and link to the service]. The ARDC is enabled by the Australian Government’s National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS).
If you have used outputs or services from ARDC co-investment projects in your research, such as platforms and national data assets, please use the following acknowledgements in publications:
This research used the [insert name of platform/data asset, and link to the platform/data asset], a partnership between [insert names of lead partner or partners] and the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC). The ARDC is enabled by the Australian Government’s National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS).
Download the ARDC guidelines on acknowledging use of services.
