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Australian National Data Service (ANDS) similarities
Matthew Walker
Thursday, 04 October 2007 23:10 UTC
I noticed that grant funding is not available to organisations outside the US. The Australian government is supporting an Australian National Data Service (ANDS) project through NCRIS Platforms for Collaboration
This project would seem to have some similar aims/goals to the NSF DataNet. I’d hate to see both projects move forward without some form of cooperation, or at least communication, in order to avoid duplicate effort/work.
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The program solicitation does seem to allow for (and perhaps even encourage) international participation. The last bullet of Section II (“Program Description”) under #2 ("Activities") says:
“International Participants – Collaborate and coordinate closely with other preservation and access organizations, both domestic and foreign, with the long-term goal of catalyzing the formation of a global data network. In keeping with this goal, NSF strongly encourages active international collaboration by the DataNet Partners. DataNet funds may be used to support U.S. investigators and students to work in international settings and foreign investigators and students to work in the U.S. However, foreign collaborators are expected to secure support for their activities at their home or other non-U.S. institutions from their own national sources.”
Thanks for the heads-up about the Australian work.
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