Collaboration between FCT and ÜberResearch allows researchers to add project information to ORCID

Over the last few weeks, FCT and ÜberResearch have been working to make life easier for researchers funded by FCT.

FCT recently adopted a digital system that identifies each researcher - ORCID iD - as a first step towards creating a single national data repository for researchers, organizations, scientific infrastructures, projects, Studentships and the results of scientific, technological and cultural production. This integrated information ecosystem will make it possible to support research management, overcoming communication problems and interoperability issues that existing national (and institutional) systems present.

Information on projects and/or other means of funding obtained is an important component of scientific production, so it is possible to record this type of information in the respective ORCID profile. However, it has been found that, both in ORCID and in national repositories, manually updating data on projects is laborious and proves ineffective in creating a reliable database. FCT and ÜberResearch worked together to solve this challenge. They have managed to integrate all the information on FCT projects awarded since 2000 into ÜberResearch's global project database. With just a few clicks, researchers can now add project information to their ORCID profile.

ÜberWizward for ORCID allows researchers to import information from other funding sources, such as the NIH and NSF in the US, or the British Research Councils and the Wellcome Trust in the UK, plus 50 other funding agencies.