FRDR

UBC supports FRDR, a Canadian federated research data repository

If your dataset is larger than a few GB, or if any of your files are larger than 5 GB, 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 1 TB of storage space for each researcher by default; more is available on request. 
  • Supports individual file sizes larger than 5 GB. 
  • 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:

Guides with video content:

Need help? Contact research.data@ubc.ca