This is a report on a project that tested the Research Data Management Framework for Institutions, developed by the ARDC and 25 Australian universities under the Institutional Underpinnings Program. The University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) project involved the implementation and enablement of FAIR and CARE principled research practice at UniSQ, with a focus on research data management planning and active data management. About the Institutional Underpinnings Program In partnership with 25 Australian universities, we created a jointly-agreed Research Data Management Framework for Institutions to manage, share, retain and dispose of research data. Each partner university conducted projects to validate and test an aspect of the framewo...