Services for Researchers

Advisory services

The MeRC can provide advice, information and assistance to researchers to help them identify, specify, develop and configure IT tools and data management systems and practices to meet their specific needs.  Please see the Help and MeRP project pages for more information.

The MeRC can also assist researchers:

• develop research grant applications
• build collaborations between groups, faculties, nationally and internationally

To discuss, please contact Prof. Paul Bonnington.

Research data storage and management services

• LaRDS - the Monash petabyte research data store.

Research data management services:

• The Library provides a range of research data management services and maintains the Monash University ARROW repository which is a digital archive for Monash University's research output.  ARROW contains published articles, working papers, conference proceedings, historic photographs and PhD theses.  Its purpose is to store the research publications of Monash academic staff and postgraduate students and to promote global online access to that content.

External data repository services:

• AARNet’s mirror site

High Performance Computing services  (HPC)

Monash HPC services:

• Monash Campus Grid
  

External HPC services:

• NCI (formerly APAC) national facility for advanced computing
• VPAC advanced computing facility

We are currently developing a unified request process to cover access to all Monash and external HPC facilities.  For details and access please contact Neil Clarke.

Other IT services

ITS also provides the following production services for researchers:

• IT services for staff
• IT services for students
• Enhanced computing service environment - for HDR students
• GrangeNet - Research network. 
  GrangeNet was decommissioned (Australia-wide) at the end of 2006.  ITS is consulting with users as to continuing needs for the local Monash components of GrangeNet. 

For details please contact Neil Clarke.

Research administration information services

The Monash Research Office provides a range of support services for researchers, including the following research administration information systems:

• Business Intelligence Systems
• Publications 
• Research Master
• ROPES
• TARDIS