Services and Solutions
We make it easy for researchers and students to securely access education and research data and digital resources nationally and internationally.
What we do for researchers and education
We provide a single sign-on solution for research and education that allows seamless access a wide range of educational and research services including:
For a list of connected services see our Services Brokered by the AAF page.
Are you a national research infrastructure?
The AAF is the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) Capability for Trust and Identity. We have built a Trust and Identity Framework that includes common policies, standards and technologies so researchers will enjoy a more cohesive network of services. Through single sign on researchers will be able to seamlessly access multiple national research capabilities.. Learn more about the Trust and Identity Capability.
What we do for institutions and universities
You can securely share information and collaborate with all Australian universities, CSIRO, NSW Health and other research organisations. Many national research infrastructure are distributed throughout Australia’s universities, and we can work with your IT team and them, to enable access to those services and facilities.
One integration with your authentication directory allows your staff to easily access a wide variety of services including:
Our fully cloud-hosted solution, Rapid Identity Provider (Rapid IdP) enables you to connect to the federation while we manage the infrastructure for your organisation, delivering a secure, resilient and highly available service. Learn more about Rapid IdP.
Our technology operates in a highly secure and reliable environment that provides federated authentication to subscribers. This makes it easier and faster to access a wide range of services both internal and external to your home institution.
Learn how Macquarie University is using the AAF to provide access to educators, students and researchers.
Collaborating Internationally?
We provide a simple way to connect your organsiation internationally using eduGAIN. EduGAIN helps your students, staff and researchers connect with colleagues around the world to exchange information. Learn more about eduGAIN.
For publishers and platform providers
You can provide your content to all Australian universities, CSIRO and medial research institutes with a single configuration.
Publishers in the AAF provide access to products or services, which support education, research and development. With the AAF you can control access to allow only authorised users to connect to your content with their home institution credentials.
If you provide services to the Australian research sector connecting to the federation will:
Learn how the AAF and AURIN are providing access for research into our towns cities and communities.
Working internationally?
If you have international users, sharing your service is simple with eduGAIN. EduGAIN allows for collaboration with partners from international research facilities and universities from over 70 global federations. Learn more about eduGAIN.
What we do for industry and commercial organisations
We are partnering with national research infrastructures to enable access by industry. A consistent and easy way in which to access research infrastructure will enable collaboration between industry and researchers, supporting research development and commercialisation.
You can improve your user experience by verifying customers quickly and accurately using VerifID. VerifID is integrated with universities and organisations, enabling verification of customers associated with their institution. VerifID: