Time Sensitive Activity: UA Researchers Create Your ORCID Account Now!
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 ORCID account connected to the UA by April 25.
If you need to create an ORCID account or have an existing ORCID account that you need to connect to the UA, visit ORCID @ UA to get started. If you already have an ORCID account connected to the UA, 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).
Additional Info & Resources:
- What is an ORCID iD?
· An ORCID iD is a digital persistent identifier (or PID). Everyone’s PID is unique to them.
- Where can I learn more about ORCID iDs?
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.
- What are the benefits of PIDs? Here are some benefits of PIDs:
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.