For Research Organisations

Connecting to eduGAIN enables Australian researchers to collaborate with partners from international research facilities. Benefits to researchers include:

• access to a wider range of research services
• simple, secure access to services — a single username and password for all services connected to eduGAIN and the Australian Access Federation.

For Service Providers

eduGAIN makes it simpler to share national eResearch infrastructure with international partners. By connecting to eduGAIN, services will become available to a larger audience. Benefits to service providers include:

• secure access to users in more than 2300 organisations around the world with a single integration
• eduGAIN subscribers manage user identities, which reduces the support and risk for a service provider.