[Faculty] FW: ORCID iD Requirement for Researchers

[Chorover, Jon - (chorover)]

Dear Colleagues,

Please see the message below from Taren Langford regarding the fact that all University of Arizona researchers submitting proposals to federal agencies will be required to have an ORCHID ID connected to the UA by May 2025.

Best regards,
Jon
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Dear Researchers,

By May 2025, most federal funding agencies will require ORCID iDs on proposal submission and progress report documents. As such, all Investigators<https://research.arizona.edu/faq/who-investigator> should have an ORCID account connected to the University of Arizona by April 25.

If you need to create an ORCID account or have an existing ORCID account that you need to connect to the University of Arizona, please visit ORCID @ UA<https://orcid.arizona.edu/> to get started. If you already have an ORCID account connected to the University of Arizona, you do not need to take any action.

For assistance creating an ORCID account or connecting an existing account to the University of Arizona, please contact Ellen Dubinsky<mailto:edubinsky at arizona.edu?subject=ORCID%20Assistance> (Scholarly Communications Librarian).


Additional Information


  1.  What is an ORCID iD?
*         An ORCID iD is a digital persistent identifier (or PID). Everyone's PID is unique to them.



  1.  Where can I learn more about ORCID iDs?

*         ORCID's ORCID + Researcher <https://info.orcid.org/researchers/> webpage has information about ORCID, creating an account, why you should create an account, and how ORCID iDs (as PIDs) interoperate with publishers, funders and other services.

*         The University Libraries also has helpful information on its ORCID iDs webpage<https://libguides.library.arizona.edu/orcid-ids>.



  1.  Why do federal sponsors and some journals require an ORCID iD?

*         National Security Presidential Memorandum - 33 (NSPM-33) established a national security policy for U.S. government-supported research and development. NSPM-33 and the NSPM-33 Implementation Guidance addressed 5 key areas: (1) Disclosure Requirements & Standardization, (2) Digital Persistent Identifiers, (3) Consequences for Violation of Disclosure Requirements, (4) Information Sharing (amongst federal funding agencies and law enforcement agencies), and (5) Research Security Program.

*         The NSPM-33 Implementation Guidance describes the requirements for researcher IDs. Only ORCID iDs meet all the requirements. ORCID iDs are the only option available for researchers seeking funding from the federal funding agencies.



  1.  What are the benefits of PIDs?
Here are some benefits of PIDs (taken from the NSPM-33 Implementation Guidance):

*         PIDs disambiguate and distinguish researchers from other researchers, especially those with the same or similar name.

*         PIDs create a single record/curriculum vitae that Investigators can share with funders, publishers, researchers, etc.

*         Allows federal agencies to write/read validated information associated with a specific researcher.

*         PIDs are intended to reduce administrative burden.

*         PIDs allow researchers to control access to their information.



Please contact the Research Security Program (ResearchSecurity at arizona.edu<mailto:ResearchSecurity at arizona.edu>) if you have any questions about this requirement.


Kind Regards,

Taren M. Ellis Langford, JD, CIPP/US
Executive Director, Research Security & Responsible Outside Interests
Research Security Point of Contact

Office for Responsible Outside Interests: research.arizona.edu/OROI<https://research.arizona.edu/OROI>
Research Security Program: research.arizona.edu/RSP<https://research.arizona.edu/compliance/research-security-program>

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