ORCID Identifiers and
Funding Agencies:
An NSF Perspective
Amy Northcutt
Chief Information Officer
National Science Foundation

10/30/2013

ORCID Outreach Meeting
Amy Northcutt
NSF Chief Information Officer

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What We Do at NSF

1. Plan
• Plan programs
• Publish
solicitations

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2. Review
• Plan reviews
• Find reviewers
• Conduct reviews
• Recommend
decisions

3. Award
• Make awards
• Obligate, disburse
funds

ORCID Outreach Meeting
Amy Northcutt
NSF Chief Information Officer

4. Manage
• Post-award
monitoring
• Progress
reporting
• Financial
management

5. Results
• Public Outcomes
Reports
• Public access to
results of
research

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How can data improve our decisions?

Plan:

Review:

Award:

Manage:

Results:

• Data enables new
portfolio analysis
capabilities

• Data facilitates
identification of
reviewers

• Data disambiguates
PI funding history

• Data reduces
administrative
burden

• Data enriches
evaluation &
assessment

 What did my
organization
fund?
 Cross-disciplinary,
cross-agency,
international

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




 Pre-population of
reports
 Identification of
all research
participants

Expertise
Experience
Affiliations
History as a
reviewer

ORCID Outreach Meeting
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NSF Chief Information Officer

 Research results
 PI and Team
 Broadening
participation

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Current State
PIs, Co-PIs
(NSF ID)

Data

Publications
Reviewers
(Reviewer
ID)

Other
Funding
Entities

Home
Institutions

NSF Staff
(NSF LAN
ID)

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Publicallyavailable
Info

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NSF Chief Information Officer

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Possible Solution
Publications

ORCID

Data

Reviewers
(Reviewer
ID)

PIs, Co-PIs
(NSF ID)

Other
Funding
Entities

Home
Institutions

NSF Staff
(NSF LAN
ID)

10/30/2013

Publicallyavailable
Info

ORCID Outreach Meeting
Amy Northcutt
NSF Chief Information Officer

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Sample Benefits of Unique Identifiers
• Strengthen portfolio analysis capabilities (within an
organizational unit, across units, across disciplines, cross-agency,
internationally)
• Facilitate identification of reviewers
• Reduce administrative burden

• Enrich evaluation and assessment capabilities
• Enable longitudinal analysis
• Support NSF’s commitment to the public access of direct results
of NSF-funded research

10/30/2013

ORCID Outreach Meeting
Amy Northcutt
NSF Chief Information Officer

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Contact Information
Amy Northcutt
Chief Information Officer
National Science Foundation
anorthcu@nsf.gov
(703) 292-8101

10/30/2013

ORCID Outreach Meeting
Amy Northcutt
NSF Chief Information Officer

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Back-Up:
SciENcv

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ORCID Outreach Meeting
Amy Northcutt
NSF Chief Information Officer

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What is SciENcv?
SciENcv is a new electronic system that will enable researchers to easily assemble biographical information in order to
simplify the work flow associated with federal funding. The system will interact with other biographical and network
tools and it will help federal funders better describe the impact of the nation’s scientific investments.
Goals of SciENcv:
• Initially, the goal is reducing the burden associated with creating and maintaining federal biosketches while
accommodating the need to describe scientific contributions.
Key Concepts:
•
SciENcv is a free, researcher-curated data repository that includes information on
expertise, employment, education, and professional accomplishments
•
Any researcher may register and create a SciENcv
•
Researchers control the content of their profile and which data elements, if any, are made visible to the general
public
•
Users can directly import biographical information from existing federal and non-federal sources
•
SciENcv data resides on a federal server within a secure environment
•
SciENcv will initially generate biosketches in the format required for federal research applications but will
eventually replace biosketch attachments with online data

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ORCID Outreach Meeting
Amy Northcutt
NSF Chief Information Officer

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What is SciENcv? (cont’d.)
Beta Version of SciENcv: Researcher may test the initial beta version of SciENcv that was released on September 9,
2013. The system will help researchers assemble an NIH biosketch by extracting information from NIH eRA Commons
and PubMed. In addition, SciENcv will permit users to link the content of their profiles to a persistent, unique identifier
offered by ORCID.
Future of SciENcv:
The ability to generate biosketches for other federal agencies will be built into future versions of SciENcv and
additional utilities such as those shown below will be added:
• Generate and maintain multiple biosketches including those for NSF and other federal science agencies
• Describe the scientific impact of past discoveries
• Ingest data from additional external systems
• Control data exposure
• Transfer data to other systems
• Allow delegates to manage data
Feedback and suggestions from the research community is welcomed at info@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
How can I create a SciENcv profile?
SciENcv is part of the My NCBI suite of tools. Anyone may create a My NCBI account at the sign-in page
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/account/. Users have the option to sign in using third-party accounts (for example, an
eRA Commons account, a local institutional account through InCommon, or a Google account). Full instructions for My
NCBI and the SciENcv tool are also available.

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NSF Chief Information Officer

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NIH Notice Re: SciENcv
“SciENCV will permit users to link their data to a
persistent, unique identifier offered by ORCID”

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ORCID Outreach Meeting
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NSF Chief Information Officer

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    ORCID Identifiers and FundingAgencies: An NSF Perspective Amy Northcutt Chief Information Officer National Science Foundation 10/30/2013 ORCID Outreach Meeting Amy Northcutt NSF Chief Information Officer 1
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    What We Doat NSF 1. Plan • Plan programs • Publish solicitations 10/30/2013 2. Review • Plan reviews • Find reviewers • Conduct reviews • Recommend decisions 3. Award • Make awards • Obligate, disburse funds ORCID Outreach Meeting Amy Northcutt NSF Chief Information Officer 4. Manage • Post-award monitoring • Progress reporting • Financial management 5. Results • Public Outcomes Reports • Public access to results of research 2
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    How can dataimprove our decisions? Plan: Review: Award: Manage: Results: • Data enables new portfolio analysis capabilities • Data facilitates identification of reviewers • Data disambiguates PI funding history • Data reduces administrative burden • Data enriches evaluation & assessment  What did my organization fund?  Cross-disciplinary, cross-agency, international 10/30/2013      Pre-population of reports  Identification of all research participants Expertise Experience Affiliations History as a reviewer ORCID Outreach Meeting Amy Northcutt NSF Chief Information Officer  Research results  PI and Team  Broadening participation 3
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    Current State PIs, Co-PIs (NSFID) Data Publications Reviewers (Reviewer ID) Other Funding Entities Home Institutions NSF Staff (NSF LAN ID) 10/30/2013 Publicallyavailable Info ORCID Outreach Meeting Amy Northcutt NSF Chief Information Officer 4
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    Possible Solution Publications ORCID Data Reviewers (Reviewer ID) PIs, Co-PIs (NSFID) Other Funding Entities Home Institutions NSF Staff (NSF LAN ID) 10/30/2013 Publicallyavailable Info ORCID Outreach Meeting Amy Northcutt NSF Chief Information Officer 5
  • 6.
    Sample Benefits ofUnique Identifiers • Strengthen portfolio analysis capabilities (within an organizational unit, across units, across disciplines, cross-agency, internationally) • Facilitate identification of reviewers • Reduce administrative burden • Enrich evaluation and assessment capabilities • Enable longitudinal analysis • Support NSF’s commitment to the public access of direct results of NSF-funded research 10/30/2013 ORCID Outreach Meeting Amy Northcutt NSF Chief Information Officer 6
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    Contact Information Amy Northcutt ChiefInformation Officer National Science Foundation [email protected] (703) 292-8101 10/30/2013 ORCID Outreach Meeting Amy Northcutt NSF Chief Information Officer 7
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    Back-Up: SciENcv 10/30/2013 ORCID Outreach Meeting AmyNorthcutt NSF Chief Information Officer 8
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    What is SciENcv? SciENcvis a new electronic system that will enable researchers to easily assemble biographical information in order to simplify the work flow associated with federal funding. The system will interact with other biographical and network tools and it will help federal funders better describe the impact of the nation’s scientific investments. Goals of SciENcv: • Initially, the goal is reducing the burden associated with creating and maintaining federal biosketches while accommodating the need to describe scientific contributions. Key Concepts: • SciENcv is a free, researcher-curated data repository that includes information on expertise, employment, education, and professional accomplishments • Any researcher may register and create a SciENcv • Researchers control the content of their profile and which data elements, if any, are made visible to the general public • Users can directly import biographical information from existing federal and non-federal sources • SciENcv data resides on a federal server within a secure environment • SciENcv will initially generate biosketches in the format required for federal research applications but will eventually replace biosketch attachments with online data 10/30/2013 ORCID Outreach Meeting Amy Northcutt NSF Chief Information Officer 9
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    What is SciENcv?(cont’d.) Beta Version of SciENcv: Researcher may test the initial beta version of SciENcv that was released on September 9, 2013. The system will help researchers assemble an NIH biosketch by extracting information from NIH eRA Commons and PubMed. In addition, SciENcv will permit users to link the content of their profiles to a persistent, unique identifier offered by ORCID. Future of SciENcv: The ability to generate biosketches for other federal agencies will be built into future versions of SciENcv and additional utilities such as those shown below will be added: • Generate and maintain multiple biosketches including those for NSF and other federal science agencies • Describe the scientific impact of past discoveries • Ingest data from additional external systems • Control data exposure • Transfer data to other systems • Allow delegates to manage data Feedback and suggestions from the research community is welcomed at [email protected] How can I create a SciENcv profile? SciENcv is part of the My NCBI suite of tools. Anyone may create a My NCBI account at the sign-in page https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/account/. Users have the option to sign in using third-party accounts (for example, an eRA Commons account, a local institutional account through InCommon, or a Google account). Full instructions for My NCBI and the SciENcv tool are also available. 10/30/2013 ORCID Outreach Meeting Amy Northcutt NSF Chief Information Officer 10
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    NIH Notice Re:SciENcv “SciENCV will permit users to link their data to a persistent, unique identifier offered by ORCID” 10/30/2013 ORCID Outreach Meeting Amy Northcutt NSF Chief Information Officer 11