Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE110100049
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$600,000.00
Summary
Establishment of the Australian data archive: an integrated research facility for the social sciences and humanities. The Australian data archive will enable Australia's leading researchers to address complex social, economic and environmental problems, leading to the development of evidence based policy. The archive will have an open access policy which will ensure that the general public, media and government and non-government agencies are able to examine the data used by researchers to arriv ....Establishment of the Australian data archive: an integrated research facility for the social sciences and humanities. The Australian data archive will enable Australia's leading researchers to address complex social, economic and environmental problems, leading to the development of evidence based policy. The archive will have an open access policy which will ensure that the general public, media and government and non-government agencies are able to examine the data used by researchers to arrive at their conclusions.Read moreRead less
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