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FundRef
A standard way of reporting funding
sources for published scholarly research
Not-for-profit membership association of
scholarly publishers
5300 international publishers & societies:
all disciplines, many business models
100 non-publisher affiliates, 2000 library affiliates
70 million DOIs
FundRef
A standard way of reporting funding
sources for published scholarly research
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<p>This work was supported in part by NIH
grant R01 GM094800B to G.J.J., a gift to Caltech from
the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and a stipend
from the Bayerische Forschungsstiftung to M.P. The
funders had no role in study design, data collection and
analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the
manuscript.</p>	

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<title>Funding</title>

<p>This work was supported by the
<grant-sponsor xlink:href="http://
www.grf.org" id="GS1">Generic
Research Foundation</grant-sponsor>,
the <grant-sponsor
xlink:href="http://www.energy.gov"
id="GS2">Department of Energy</grant-
sponsor> Office of Science grant
number <grant-num rid="GS2">DE-FG02-
04ER63803</grant-num>, and the
<grant-sponsor xlink:href="http://
www.nih.gov" id="GS3">National
Institutes of Health</grant-sponsor>.

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National Institutes of Health
NIH? N.I.H.? National Institute of Health?
Abbreviations, misspellings, translations...
Why does this matter?
Funding bodies cannot easily track the published
output of funding
Why does this matter?
Funding bodies cannot easily track the published
output of funding
Publishers cannot easily report which articles result
from research supported by specific funders or grants
Why does this matter?
Funding bodies cannot easily track the published
output of funding
Publishers cannot easily report which articles result
from research supported by specific funders or grants
Institutions cannot easily link funding received to
published output
Why does this matter?
Funding bodies cannot easily track the published
output of funding
Publishers cannot easily report which articles result
from research supported by specific funders or grants
Institutions cannot easily link funding received to
published output
Lack of standard metadata for funding sources makes
it difficult to analyse or data mine
Why does this matter?
Publishers
Relationship with
authors submitting
manuscripts
Established publishing
and peer-review
systems
Funders
Relationship with
researchers funded by
agencies
Established award
systems and research
management processes
FundRef
FundRef Pilot
FundRef Registry
FundRef Registry
FundRef Registry
8,168 funder names and ID numbers from
curated Elsevier SciVal registry
FundRef Registry
8,168 funder names and ID numbers from
curated Elsevier SciVal registry
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FundRef Registry
8,168 funder names and ID numbers from
curated Elsevier SciVal registry
Hosted by CrossRef, available under CC0
Updated and extended monthly
FundRef Registry
8,168 funder names and ID numbers from
curated Elsevier SciVal registry
Hosted by CrossRef, available under CC0
Updated and extended monthly
Publishers use this list to ensure consistency
FundRef Registry
8,168 funder names and ID numbers from
curated Elsevier SciVal registry
Hosted by CrossRef, available under CC0
Updated and extended monthly
Publishers use this list to ensure consistency
www.crossref.org/fundref/fundref_registry.html
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Query APIs
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Implementation
1. Collect funding data using FundRef Registry taxonomy
“The information submitted here should match the information
provided in the paper’s acknowledgement section.”
Implementation
1. Collect funding data from authors on submission using
FundRef Registry taxonomy
http://www.crossref.org/fundref
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Implementation
Widget - http://labs.crossref.org
Implementation
2. Pass funding data from submission system to production
systems
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Submission System
Grant Number
Funder
Implementation
2. Pass funding data from submission system to production
systems
Publisher
Submission System
Grant Number
Funder
Production	

Systems
Implementation
3. Deposit FundRef data with CrossRef
CrossMark participants should
deposit FundRef data within
CrossMark deposits
CrossMark participation
recommended for standard
display of funding information
Implementation
3. Deposit funding data with CrossRef
Implementation
3. Deposit funding data with CrossRef
Implementation
3. Deposit funding data with CrossRef
http://help.crossref.org
Check for new funders
Deposits with no funder ID will not be visible in
FundRef Search or API
http://tinyurl.com/pz364py
Look up funding data
http://search.crossref.org/fundref
http://crosstech.crossref.org/
http://crosstech.crossref.org/
http://crosstech.crossref.org/
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