All Investigators must have an ORCID account connected to the University of Arizona by April 25.
By May 2025, most federal funding agencies will require ORCID iDs on proposal submission and progress report documents. As such, all Investigators should have an ORCIDaccount 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 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 (Scholarly Communications Librarian).
Please contact the Research Security Program (ResearchSecurity@arizona.edu) if you have any questions about this requirement.
An ORCID iD is a digital persistent identifier (or PID). Everyone’s PID is unique to them.
ORCID’s ORCID + Researcher 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.
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.
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.