Abbreviation | RDA |
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Formation | March 2013 |
Founder | European Commission, United States National Science Foundation, United States National Institute of Standards and Technology, Australia Department of Innovation[1] |
Type | Non-profit NGO |
Purpose | Building the social and technical bridges to enable open data sharing[2] |
Membership | 11,774[3] |
Hilary Hanahoe[4] | |
Advisory Council Chair | Ingrid Dillo, Mark Leggott[5] |
Co-chairs, Technical Advisory Board | Isabelle Perseil, Rob Quick[6] |
Co-chairs, Organisational Advisory Board | Michelle Barker, Shelley Stall[7] |
Website | www |
The Research Data Alliance (RDA) is a research community organization started in 2013 by the European Commission, the American National Science Foundation and National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Australian Department of Innovation. Its mission is to build the social and technical bridges to enable open sharing of data.[2] The RDA vision is researchers and innovators openly sharing data across technologies, disciplines, and countries to address the grand challenges of society.[2] The RDA is a major recipient of support in the form of grants from its constituent members' governments.[8][9]
As of May 2021, the RDA has over 11,000 individual members from 145 countries.[10]