FRDR enables Canadian researchers to deposit and share large datasets in a secure, nationally supported platform.
If your dataset is larger than a few GBs, or if any of your files are larger than 5GB, we will be happy to help you submit them to the national Federated Research Data Repository (FRDR) service.
FRDR provides a range of services to help researchers store and manage their data, preserve their research for future use, and comply with journal and funder data sharing requirements. It is FAIR principles-friendly. FRDR, funded by the Digital Research Alliance of Canada, is a bilingual, curated, general-purpose repository, custom-built for large datasets, and open to Canadian researchers in any discipline.
You can self-deposit immediately with your Digital Research Alliance of Canada (CCDB) account or contact research.data@ubc.ca for a facilitated deposit.
Key features of FRDR include:
- No data deposit fees.
- Data curation review and support by a curation team.
- Up to 1TB of storage space for each researcher by default; more is available on request.
- Supports individual file sizes larger than 5GB.
- Canadian data storage platform.
- Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) at the dataset level.
- Data deposits via HTTP or Globus file transfer (for large datasets).
- Standardized metadata and a nationwide data discovery platform.
- Datasets are indexed in the Lunaris discovery platform.
- Preservation activities are performed on select datasets.
Guides for FRDR:
- What is FRDR?
- Primer – FRDR
- Brief guide – FRDR
- FRDR documentation – Detailed information on every step of the deposit process
Guides with video content:
- Get Started with FRDR: Get a Globus Account
- Get Started with FRDR: Download and Install Globus
- Get Started with FRDR: Upload A Dataset
- Get Started with FRDR: Download a Dataset
Need help? Contact research.data@ubc.ca