Research Data Alliance
| Abbreviation | RDA |
|---|---|
| Formation | March 2013 |
| Founder | European Commission, United States National Science Foundation, United States National Institute of Standards and Technology, Australia Department of Innovation |
| Type | Non-profit NGO |
| Purpose | Building the social and technical bridges to enable open data sharing and re-use |
Region served | Global |
| Membership | 15,385 |
| Hilary Hanahoe | |
Council Chair | Juan Bicarregui, Lee Wilson |
Co-chairs, Technical Advisory Board | Raphael Cobe, Niels Deriemaecker, Mingfang Wu |
Co-chairs, Organisational Advisory Board | Gabriella Pino , Shelley Stall |
| Website | www |
The Research Data Alliance (RDA) is a global research community-driven organization started in 2013 by the European Commission, the US 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 and re-use of data. The RDA vision is researchers and innovators openly sharing and resuing data across technologies, disciplines, and countries to address the grand challenges of society. In its initial years, the RDA was major recipient of support in the form of grants from its constituent members' governments. Since 2017, the RDA is sustained by its Organisational and Regional members.
As of March 2025, the RDA has over 15,000 individual members from over 150 countries.