CRKN and the ORCID-CA Consortium are pleased to welcome the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) to the ORCID Canada Consortium.
The CFI works to increase the capability of Canada’s universities, colleges, research hospitals and non-profit research organizations to carry out high quality research by investing in research infrastructure.
ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) produces unique, persistent identifiers that researchers can use with multiple organizations to compile the outputs of their research activities.
This is part of an overall effort to reduce the administrative burden for the research community in relation to data collection in all our processes. In addition, the integration of persistent unique identifiers such as ORCID is a facilitator in the ongoing transition towards open science.
To learn more about how the CFI’s support of ORCID-CA fits into Canada’s persistent identifiers strategy, please visit the Developing a Canadian PID Strategy page.