Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC)

Our Mission: The ARDC is a transformational, sector-wide initiative, working with sector, government and industry partners to build a coherent national and collaborative research data commons. This will deliver a world leading data advantage, facilitate innovation, foster collaboration and enhance research translation What we do: We work with our stakeholders to deliver a successful data commons that provides the research community and industry access to nationally significant, state of the art data intensive infrastructure, platforms, skills and collections of high quality. Our five strategic themes will ensure we achieve a nationally coordinated resource for Australian researchers. Themes: Coordination and coherence: Facilitating an Australian research data commons. People and policy: Transforming culture and community. Data and services: Maximising the value of Australia’s data assets. Software and platforms: Enabling research insights and supporting collaboration. Storage and compute: Providing foundation infrastructure. Our History: The ARDC was formed on 1 July 2018. As a new initiative, our history is short. However, we bring to the eResearch sector over 10 years of experience on research data infrastructure and services. This is achieved by building on legacy initiatives such as the Australian National Data Service (ANDS), National eResearch Collaboration Tools and Resources (Nectar) and the Research Data Services (RDS). We will continue to provide services that researchers and the eResearch community can rely on to create better research data outputs.