The Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research will provide substantial funding for the activities of the Australian Social Science Data Archive (ASSDA). The total funding is $4 million. In informing the University of its decision, the Department stated: 'ASSDA is a key data federating community, and is an exemplar of what the Australian National Data Service (ANDS) will ultimately be aiming to achieve'.

ASSDA is a national collaboration with nodes in the the University of Queensland, the University of Technology Sydney, the University of Melbourne and the University of Western Australia. ADSRI is its central node. The money will be applied across all nodes of ASSDA.

Congratulations are due to Deborah Mitchell (ASSDA Director and Deputy Director of ADSRI), Sophie Holloway (Manager of ASSDA) and Ben Evans (Head of the ANU Supercomputer Facility) and our associates at other Australian universities for their exceptionally hard work in obtaining this result.