ORCID identifiers in researcher workflows: funder perspective

Robert Kiley, Head of Digital Services, Wellcome Library (r.kiley@wellcome.ac.uk)

ORCID Board Member

0000-0003-4733-2558

Agenda •  About  the  Wellcome  Trust  •  Current  ORCID  implementa9on  •  Future  ORCID  implementa9on  

About the Wellcome Trust •  An  independent  global  charitable  

founda9on,  dedicated  to  improving  health  

•  Over  next  five  years  will  spend  £5bn  •  Long-­‐standing  supporter  of  open  

access  and  data  sharing  •  A  founding  sponsor  of  ORCID  -­‐  

involved  since  ORCID’s  incep9on  in  2010  

Mandating ORCID in grant applications •  Since  July  2015  grant  applicants  have  

been  required  to  include  ORCID  on  grant  applica9ons  

•  Mandatory  field  –  can  only  submit  grant  applica9on  with  a  valid  ORCID  

•  No  problems  iden9fied  

Mandating ORCID in grant applications

Mandating ORCID in grant applications

Mandating ORCID in grant applications

Mandating ORCID in grant applications

Why mandate ORCID? •  Supports  beRer  links  

between  researchers  and  their  research  works  (more  accurate  records)  

•  Simplifies  and  speed  up  grant  applica9on  and  (downstream)  the  repor9ng  processes  

•  Reduce  the  administra9ve  burden  on  researchers    

Future ORCID integration

•  Pull  in  publica9on  and  other  research  outputs  from  ORCID  

•  Push  grant  data  back  to  ORCID  

Development #1: Pulling publication (and other data) from ORCID

•  Integra9on  with  ORCID  requires  pulling  selected  papers,  and  providing  means  for  users  to  annotate  

•  Could  also  pull  in  informa9on  rela9ng  to  datasets  –  support  our  data  sharing  requirements

Current process for soliciting publication history

Development #2: Pushing grant data to ORCID

•  Just  as  Crossref  can  push  publica9on  data  to  ORCID,  so  funders  should  push  Grant  data  to  ORCID  

•  Grantees  s9ll  control  their  ORCID  –  and  can  deny  the  right  for  others  to  write  to  their  ORCID  record  

•  If  implemented,  would  lead  to  more  accurate  grantee  data  being  made  available  –  which  could,  poten9ally,  be  queried  by  publisher  manuscript  submission  systems  

Development #2 Pushing grant data to ORCID

•  Just  as  Crossref  can  push  publica9on  data  to  ORCID,  so  funders  should  push  Grant  data  to  ORCID  

•  Grantees  s9ll  control  their  ORCID  –  and  can  deny  the  right  for  others  to  push  data  

•  If  implemented,  would  lead  to  more  accurate  grantee  data  being  made  available  –  which  could,  poten9ally,  be  queried  by  publisher  manuscript  submission  systems  

Conclusion •  Integra9ng  ORCID  into  Funder  workflows  can  help  reduce  

administra9ve  work  in  grant  applica9ons  and  research  ac9vity  repor9ng.  

•  Trust  has  made  a  good  start  –  manda9ng  that  applicants  must  have  an  ORCID  when  applying  for  funding  

•  Now  needs  to  build  on  this  and  fully  integrate  ORCID  into  the  grant  submission  and  ac9vity  repor9ng  workflows