Metadata in the Funding section – ORCID

Funding type (required): The type of funding, either award, contract, grant, or salary award, based on an earlier CASRAI standard.

Award: Peer-reviewed funding providing direct research costs through competitions.
Contract: Works commissioned by external public agencies or industry building on research expertise and aimed at deliverables. Include research contracts awarded by federal agencies for both direct and indirect costs, and honoraria.
Grant: Peer-reviewed funding providing direct research costs through competitions.
Salary award: A competitive, peer-reviewed award that is paid as salary to the awardee/faculty member.

Funding subtype: A further categorization defined by the organization adding the funding.
Title of funded project (required): The title of the funded project.
Translated title: Include a translation of the title if it was included in the original publication, if the work has been translated, or if you wish to provide a translation of the title for ease of import into other systems.
- Language of this title: The language of the translated title.
Description: A description or short abstract of the funded project.
Total funded amount:
- Currency: The currency used in the entered amount.
- Amount: The amount of money awarded for the funded project. If the project received multiple funding awards, each should be entered as separate funding items.
Start date: The start date of the funded project. Enter year, month and year, or month date and year.
End date: The end date of the funded project. You can enter month and year or just year
Funding agency (required): Information about the agency which provided the funding.
- Name (required): The name of the organization that awarded the funding. As you start typing, a list of suggestions will display. Select the funding agency from the list, and it will automatically populate other fields about the agency
- City (required): The city where the funding agency is based. This is auto-populated when you choose the agency's name from the picklist.
- Region: The state, province or other region where the funding agency is based
- Country (required): The country where the funding agency is based. This is auto-populated when you choose the agency's name from the picklist.
- Identifier (required for API): An organization identifier for the agency. ROR, Ringgold, and Crossref Funder Registry identifiers are supported. This is auto-populated when you choose the agency's name from the picklist.
Grant/Contract/Award Number: An identifier assigned by the funding agency to identify this funding award.
- Identifier relationship: Describes the relationship between the identifier and the award.
  - Self: The identifier applies to the funding award itself.
  - Part of: The identifier applies to the larger award of which the project is part.
- Grant/Contract/Award URL: A link to information about the funding award on the funding organization's webpage.
Alternate URL: Additional links to the funding award or a link to the project that was supported by the funding.
Role (API only): Describes your role and the role of other parties in the award. It can only be added by trusted organizations using the ORCID API.
- Lead: The project lead, the lead PI, etc.
- Co-lead: The co-lead of a project, the co-PI, etc.
- Supported by: Individual researchers who are also employed or supported by the funding. For example, an externally funded research assistant.
- Other contribution: Individuals who made other contributions to the project but are neither leads, co-leads, or supported by the grant.