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Australian Research Data Commons
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Research data infrastructure facility in Australia1
The Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) is a limited company, formed on 1 July 2018 by combining the Australian National Data Service (ANDS), Nectar (National eResearch Collaboration Tools and Resources) and Research Data Services (RDS). Its purpose is to enable Australian researchers and industry access to nationally significant eInfrastructure, skills platforms, and data collections. ANDS was established in 2008 in order to help address the challenges of storing, managing and making accessible Australia's research data.2 It is headquartered in Melbourne.1 Its chief executive is Rosie Hicks (since 2019).1 It employed 8 people in 2024.1 Its revenue was A$33.7 million in 2024.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- HeadquartersMelbourne1
- Websiteardc.edu.au
- Legal formpublic company limited by guarantee1
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The Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) is a limited company, formed on 1 July 2018 by combining the Australian National Data Service (ANDS), Nectar (National eResearch Collaboration Tools and Resources) and Research Data Services (RDS). Its purpose is to enable Australian researchers and industry access to nationally significant eInfrastructure, skills platforms, and data collections.2
Leadership
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Chief executive
- Chief executive officerRosie Hicks Apr 2019 to now1
Board members and other officers (1)
- Board memberDavid Groenewegen Jan 1, 2009 to Jan 27, 20131
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ANDS and Research Data Australia
A project led by Monash University in collaboration with the Australian National University (ANU) and CSIRO created the basis for full ANDS implementation. The aim was to allow researchers "to identify, locate, access and analyse any available research data", by transforming the large number of scattered and disparate collections around Australia into a cohesive and accessible body of resources, with the importance of eResearch Infrastructure to Australian future research competitiveness emphasised as a prime reason.
Funding was provided through the Australian Government's National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS), as part of a funding agreement between the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (DIISR) and Monash University in September 2008. In mid-2009 ANDS was further funded by the Education Investment Fund (EIF) for the establishment of the Australian Research Data Commons under the Australian Government’s Super Science Initiative.
Research Data Australia (formerly the ANDS Collections Registry), ANDS' most significant service, is a web portal which enables access to data from over 100 Australian research organisations, cultural institutions, and government agencies. The Online Research Collections Australia (ORCA) Registry was the software utility that drove the ANDS Collections Registry, which was precursor to Research Data Australia. They were all used as names for the online discovery service run by ANDS, which allows researchers to publicise the existence of their research data and enables prospective users of that data to find it.
Research Data Australia made use of the ISO 2146-based RIF-CS metadata standard.
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Research Data Services
The Research Data Services project is a continuation of the Research Data Storage Infrastructure (RDSI).
Australian Research Data Commons
The three organisations created an aligned set of investments and business plans in 2017/8 in order to integrate their work in line with the 2016 National Research Infrastructure (NCRIS) Roadmap, created for the Department of Education and Training.
Monash University remains the lead agent of ANDS, University of Queensland the lead agent of RDS, and University of Melbourne the lead agent of Nectar.
From Wikipedia’s article on Australian Research Data Commons, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
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- Websiteardc.edu.au1
- LinkedInwww.linkedin.com/company/145872311
- WikipediaAustralian Research Data Commons
- WikidataQ4824459
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