Achievements

Research data management initiatives undertaken at Monash represent an ongoing commitment by the University to best practice in research and the delivery of research impact. The driving themes behind Monash University's Research Data Management Strategy and Strategic Plan 2012-2015 exemplify current directions through: "excellence and impact", "world class infrastructure", "skills and knowledge", "integrity and professionalism" and "leadership and collaboration".

2012

• Research Data Management Strategy and Strategic Plan 2012-2015 released.


• A number of other organisations start deploying Monash-developed data management solutions:
  • TARDIS/MyTARDIS: This data management solution was initially developed for protein crystallography. The product has been deployed or will be deployed at the Australian Synchrotron, the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) and the Universities of Melbourne and Sydney, and is being considered by other institutions. The TARDIS codebase has also been repurposed for use in disciplines outside of protein crystallography.
  • OzFlux Repository: This data management solution for ecological measurements was initially developed for Monash researchers in the OzFlux community, and is now being considered by other organisations including the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN), CSIRO, the University of Sydney and James Cook University.
• The National eCollaboration Tools and Resources (NeCTAR) program awards funding to four Monash-led projects in Round 1:
  • Characterisation Virtual Laboratory
  • Monash Research Cloud
  • Geology from Geodynamics — a geophysics workflow for Underworld
  • Bioscience Data Platform: TARDIS in the Cloud

2011

• Research Data Management Procedures for Higher Degree by Research Candidates endorsed by Graduate School Committee.


• $0.4M awarded by the Australian National Data Service for two data management application projects in the areas of human proteomics and multi-modal kidney imaging analysis.

2010

• Academic Board endorses Research Data Management Policy and Procedures for Staff, Adjuncts and Visitors.

2009

• $1.65M awarded to Monash University by the Australian National Data Service for Monash data management projects.

2008

• Research Data Management Advisory Group established with representatives from all 10 faculties.


• Research data management guidelines launched on website.


• Monash University is chosen to lead the $72.5M Australian National Data Service.

2007

• Australian Code for Responsible Conduct of Research released.


• Research Governance Implementation Committee established.

2006

• Research Data Management Subcommittee of the e-Research Committee established.


• Large Research Data Store (LaRDS) established - all Monash researchers granted free access to large quantities of high quality data storage on demand.

Up to 2006

• Funding awarded by the Department of Education, Science and Training for some of Australia's earliest research data management infrastructure projects, including:
  • ARROW (Australian Research Repositories Online to the World)
  • DART (Dataset Acquisition, Accessibility & Annotation e-Research Technologies)
  • ARCHER (Australian ResearCH Enabling enviRonment)