Submission—Draft Final NDRI Investment Plan: Recommendations for Investment by the NDRI Working Group Feedback Survey

On 9 January 2025, the Academy made a submission to the Draft Final NDRI Investment Plan: Recommendations for Investment by the NDRI Working Group Feedback Survey.

 

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The Academy recommends the following be included in the Final National Digital Research Infrastructure (NDRI) Investment Plan:

• Greater investment to secure Australia’s current high-performance computing and data (HPCD) infrastructure and to expand HPCD capabilities to meet increasing demand.
• The development of an “Integrated, National HPC Facility” should instead be referred to as a national capability. This national capability must be operated independently from an existing HPC facility, government body, or government science agency.
• Specific additional investment into a nationally coordinated digitalisation program for research collections be included under Outcome 3 of the Final NDRI Investment Plan.
• Provisions to develop and attract new talent outside of the existing NRI workforce, including school and tertiary education programs to embed critical digital and data skills.