ORCID has announced the launch of an open letter in support of the use of ORCID identifiers (iDs) in the grant application and reporting process.
Nine funding bodies around the world have signed the letter - and are inviting others to join them - to indicate their support for 'the use of ORCID iDs in grant application and/or reporting workflows and to implement ORCID in accordance with best practice guidelines for funders.'
The launch signatories also support the ORBIT (ORCID Reducing Burden and Improving Transparency) project, intended to develop and test practical uses of identifiers in funder grant management systems through a Funder Working Group and a series of pathfinder projects. These initiatives, which also involve the adoption and use of other identifiers, including for grants, organisations, and publications, will enable an open infrastructure that supports open research.
In the order in which they appear on the letter, the nine launch signatories are: Klement Tockner, Austrian Science Fund (FWF); Gerhard Moolman, National Research Foundation, South Africa; Bodo Stern, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, US; Robert Kiley, Wellcome Trust, UK; John-Arne Røttingen, Research Council of Norway; Concepta McManus, CAPES, Brazil; Alexander Thomson, The Royal Society, UK; Mark Walport, UK Research and Innovation; and Michael Hill, Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF).
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