ARDC announces $1.6m in funding for the IDN

The Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) has announced $1.6m in funding for the IDN along with three other partner organisations as part of its Humanities Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Research Data Commons program.

The funding will go towards work aimed at improving Indigenous research capabilities. It will be led by Professor Marcia Langton, Associate Provost and Foundation Chair of Australian Indigenous Studies, Co-Chair Indigenous Data Network, University of Melbourne.

This funding is part of the Australian Government’s Research Infrastructure Investment Plan, which provides an investment of $8.9 million to help “build national HASS and Indigenous eResearch infrastructure, creating new tools and platforms to extend researcher capacity”.

Read more about each of the funded activities and the  background to the ADCR's investment here.