UQ shares in research infrastructure funding

Researchers from The University of Queensland will share in almost $6.5 million of funding to support greater collaboration with colleagues in other universities.

The funding is part of a $15 million Systemic Infrastructure Initiative announced by the Federal Minister for Education, Science and Training, Julie Bishop, today.

One project, which will receive $4.545 million, will build on software developed by the Dataset Acquisition Accessibility & Annotation e-Research Technologies (DART) project to allow seamless access to data and information that may be in different parts of the country.

UQ is partnering with Monash University and James Cook University in this project that will provide a common underlying research information infrastructure to enable research collaboration and cooperation especially in data intensive research.

The second project is an extension of the current Australian Partnership for Sustainable Repositories (APSR) project, which UQ is a partner with the Australian National University and the University of Sydney.

Funding of $1.87 million will go towards the second stage of the project, which is developing digital repositories and providing associated research-linked discovery, access and management services.

The extension of APSR will extend the scope and depth of its services to the Australian higher education and research sectors. Specifically, APSR-2 will extend the programs on digital sustainability, core development, national outreach, and international linkages.

The national outreach program performs a crucial role for the higher education sector and for government more generally, by providing opportunities for knowledge sharing and networking for Australian researchers and information professionals and by developing skills.

Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor David Siddle said UQ’s involvement in such projects underpin the vital role our researchers play in establishing infrastructure to help Australian research reach its full potential.

Media inquiries: Andrew Dunne at UQ Communications (3365 2802 or 0433 364 181).