Tools and infrastructure

General Research Resources

A range of general academic resources are available for researchers and research organisations to access, including computing infrastructure, cloud and internet services, as well as centralised facility listings that help researchers to find the right facility to assist their work. Many of these resources are free or low cost. New submissions or updates on listed resources are welcomed via the link above.

Name Location Resource availability and details Accessibility and cost
Victorian Platform Technologies Network (VPTN) Victoria, online The VPTN is an online infrastructure resource/facility database and expertise network for Victorian research services, with booking service. Available to Australian researchers. Database access is free.
National eResearch Collaboration, Tools and Resources (NeCTAR) National, online NeCTAR encourages researchers to deploy software applications, publish their own research data, and share their knowledge quickly and easily online. NeCTAR provides Australian researchers with access to a full suite of digitally enabled data, analytic and modelling resources and eResearch tools, a Research Cloud service and a national server. Available to Australian researchers. Many services are provided at low or no cost.
Australian National Data Service (ANDS) National, online ANDS helps researchers to organise and manage their research data, promote and share it with other researchers, and locate other research data in Research Data Australia (see more information in the Clinical and Epidemiological Databases and Registries section). Available to Australian researchers. Many services are provided at low or no cost.
Research Data Storage Initiative (RDSI) National, online This project offers a national network of storage for availability, management and sharing of data, to support nationally significant data intensive research. Available to Australian researchers via 8 nodes around the country.
Intersect New South Wales, online

Intersect services include advice and assistance, high performance computing, project management, data storage, software development and software hosting.

NSW Node of the national RDSI.

Available to Australian researchers, executive and support staff. Many services are provided at no cost to staff within member institutions.
eResearch SA (eRSA) South Australia, online

eRSA services include advice and assistance, high performance computing, project management, data storage, software development and software hosting.

SA Node of the national RDSI.

Available to Australian researchers, executive and support staff. Many services are provided at low or no cost.
Pawsey Supercomputing Centre (formerly iVEC) Western Australia, online

Pawsey services include advice and assistance, high performance computing, project management and workflow analysis, data storage, visualisation resources and expertise, software development and software hosting.

WA Node of the national RDSI.

Available to Australian researchers. Many services are provided at low or no cost.
National Computational Infrastructure (NCI) Canberra, online

The NCI offers access to national agencies and other international collections; combining datasets held by research communities into coherent collections; and providing high-end computational and data-intensive services.

ACT Node of the national RDSI.

Available to Australian researchers, executive and support staff. Many services are provided at low or no cost.
Queensland Cyber Infrastructure Foundation (QCIF) Queensland, online QCIF provides high-performance services, infrastructure and support services for research. The QCIF operates two nodes of the national RDSI. Available to Australian researchers, executive and support staff. Many services are provided at low or no cost.
Tasmanian Partnership for Advanced Computing (TPAC) Tasmania, online

The TPAC provides services for data storage, cloud computing, and high performance computing.

TAS Node of the national RDSI.

Available to Australian researchers, executive and support staff. Many services are provided at low or no cost.
VicNode Victoria, online

VicNode provides services for data storage, cloud computing, and high performance computing.

VIC Node of the national RDSI.

Available to Australian researchers, executive and support staff. Many services are provided at low or no cost to staff within member institutions.
V3 Alliance Victoria

The V3 Alliance provides specialist research services and expertise in advanced computing. Services include high performance computing, cloud, visualisation technology, decision platforms and tools.

Services available on a fee-for-service basis to Australian researchers and organisations.
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General Research Resources