Funder advisory group

The Funder Advisory Group was originally formed to help with the development of our funding data and Funder Registry capabilities. As those services matured, the group re-convened in 2017 to discuss ways in which funders can take advantage of Crossref’s infrastructure to register grant metadata and engage more officially by becoming members. As the result of work completed in 2018, research funders are now able to join, register their grants with metadata and DOIs and reap the full benefits of membership. Funders, publishers and the entire community can contribute to and benefit from linking grants to outputs.

The current Advisory Group is a mix of members, prospective members and representatives of related initiatives, and meets as needed to discuss Crossref developments as well as changes to the broader landscape, such as the recent OSTP memo.

Some use cases for registering grants

1. Multi-country funding e.g. the Australian Research Council wants to know which other countries their awardees get additional funding from.
2. Government vs. private funding relationships e.g. which private funders work with which governments to support what kind of research?
3. Co-funding e.g. which other funders do my grantees tend to receive support from as well as us?
4. Portfolio analysis e.g. a funder invests in centers and individual scientists; which effort generates more products?

More on use cases and example queries is provided in this blog post overview.

What the group is working on

In 2022, the group:

• Reviewed the new grant registration form
• Discussed the recent OSTP memo
• Completed a survey of needs
• Convened a sub-group tasked with making recommendations to Crossref based on the survey results:
  • Reduce barriers to volume registration of older grants
  • Better matching of grants to outputs
  • Improve evidence and awareness of the value of registering grants

As Crossref works toward those recommendations, the group will meet again in 2023 to determine its next priorities, in addition to ongoing engagement work.

• Chair and facilitator: Kornelia Korzec, Crossref

Original working group participants

A big thanks to the group of volunteers who at various stages jumped in to help make the registration of grants a reality.

Links & more information

• Crossref for funders
• Registering research grants
• Metadata schema for grants

Please contact Ginny Hendricks with any questions.