We provide a range of research data management services including User Subscription, Data Management Planning, Data Deposit and DOI Minting
What We Do
As component of the National Integrated Cyberinfrastructure System, DIRISA coordinates and promotes sound research data management practices and supports data intensive reseach.

ROBUST INFRASTRUCTURE
We enable and support data intensive research by providing cyberinfrastructure for research data storage and data management services

SOUND DATA MANAGEMENT
DIRISA develops policies and guidelines to soundly manage research data across the entire research data lifecycle

DEVELOP EXERTISE
We coordinate and support training and research interventions that advance capabilities in research data management the data sciences

ADVOCACY AND OUTREACH
DIRISA engages stakeholders and users to ensure that the greatest value is derived from investments in research data
DIRISA Services
The Data Intensive Research Initiative of South Africa makes the following tools and services available to the research community.

Data Recovery
Search and browse for data sets that are relevant to your research and optionally, download these

User Subcription
Subscribe and log in the full complement of DIRISA,s services. Authentication is currently granted through SAFIRE. However, in the future, more federated identities will be managed.

Data Deposit
This service will allow subscribed users to reliably and safely store their research data. Users have 20GB of storage for their personal use.

SA DMP Tool
The south African Data Management Planning tool (SA_DMP) allows subscribe researchers to create Data Management Plans (DMPs) that meet and conform to the requirements of universities and funders.

Mint a DOI
Get a Digital Object Identifier that uniquely and persistently references, your date set/s if stored at DIRISA or other Trusted repository.
News & Events
National Research Data Workshop 2023
Principal Editor2023-10-16T09:36:14+02:00Oct 16th, 2023|
Highlights of the Annual National Research Data Workshop 2023 The Annual National Research Data Workshop, which was hosted by DIRISA, took place in the scenic country of South Africa i […]
3rd IASSIST Africa Workshop 2023
Likhona ngxolashe2023-05-18T10:22:04+02:00May 17th, 2023|
The 3rd Africa Regional Workshop of the International Association for Social Science Information Services and Technology (IASSIST), an international organization of professionals worki […]
Registration for 2023 Datathon
Likhona ngxolashe2023-05-17T10:05:16+02:00May 10th, 2023|
Registration for the DIRISA Datathon Challenge is now open for the year 2023. Find out more about the theme and the prizes to be won. Click here to Register. DIRISA Student Datathon Ch […]
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ADDRESS
Building 43, Block D, CSIR,
Meiring Naude Road, Scientia, Pretoria.
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