The ORCID US Community provides a national community of practice for ORCID adoption and integration, maximizing the benefits of ORCID for premium consortium member organizations through dedicated support and a range of resources.
Any organization can become an ORCID member. ORCID member organizations can access the ORCID member API to read and write data to their affiliated researchers’ ORCID records. Members of the ORCID US Community benefit from a significantly reduced membership fee, access to 5 premium ORCID member API keys, dedicated support, and participation in a growing community of practice around ORCID in the US.
ORCID stands for Open Researcher and Contributor ID; an ORCID iD is a unique, persistent identifier that is free of charge for researchers. The ORCID iD record is a central place for researchers to keep information related to employment, education, funding, research works, and more. Organizations (publishers, funders, etc.) may become ORCID members by paying a membership fee, which grants access to the ORCID Member API, member services, and community support. The ORCID Member API enables interoperability between researchers’ ORCID records and member organizations, allowing organizations to identify, read data from, and write data to researchers’ ORCID records.
The ORCID US Community is led by Lyrasis, in partnership with the Big Ten Academic Alliance, the Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA), the NorthEast Research Libraries (NERL), and the Health Research Alliance. Lyrasis is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that creates and sustains technologies, services and programs that are uniquely designed to help libraries, archives, museums and research organizations access and share their vital collections, data and knowledge.
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Any organization can become a public (free), basic (paid), or premium (paid) member of ORCID. Becoming a member of the ORCID US Community allows access to Premium ORCID membership at a discounted rate, and provides additional access to ORCID US Community support and services.
ORCID US Community membership fees are tiered based on the member organization’s annual budget. The membership fee is pro-rated for new members joining mid-year. All members receive an annual renewal notice to confirm continued participation from year to year. View the current fee structure on the ORCID US Community website.
There are currently 200+ members of the ORCID US Community, including universities, funding organizations, and research institutes. The full list of members is available on the ORCID US Community website.
Check out the Lyrasis-created Common Systems for ORCID Integration resource for more information, or reach out to [email protected] to request more information. ProposalCentral and SmartSimple are two grants management systems used by many HRA member organizations that offer ORCID integrations.
If your organization participates in HRA Open, awardees may register for an HRA Open account using their ORCID.
To learn more about how your organization could benefit from ORCID US Community membership, or to request membership paperwork and become a member, contact [email protected].
For HRA-member specific questions, contact Jenna Hicks, HRA’s Assistant Director, at jenna [at] healthra [dot] org.
