# Grant Linking System **URL:** https://community.crossref.org/c/crossref-services/grant-linking-system/42.md [Latest](https://community.crossref.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.crossref.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.crossref.org/tags.md) --- ## [About the Grant Linking System category](https://community.crossref.org/t/about-the-grant-linking-system-category/3347)
**Author:** [@ifarley](https://community.crossref.org/u/ifarley)\ **Replies:** 0
This sub-category is here for our community to discuss general questions about registering research grant records and metadata with us. Funders have recently started joining as Crossref members to register and distribute… --- ## [From commitment to connection: 200,000 grants in the scholarly record - Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/t/from-commitment-to-connection-200-000-grants-in-the-scholarly-record-crossref/16025)
**Author:** [@Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/u/Crossref)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [26 June 2026 09:24 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/from-commitment-to-connection-200-000-grants-in-the-scholarly-record-crossref/16025 "2026-06-26T09:24:44Z")
Funding is one of the key enablers of the research lifecycle, but has been one of the hardest parts of the scholarly record to identify, describe and connect. This is slowly changing as we have recently reached a very ex… --- ## [Reduction of Grant DOI registration fees: a boost for the Research Nexus - Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/t/reduction-of-grant-doi-registration-fees-a-boost-for-the-research-nexus-crossref/15074)
**Author:** [@Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/u/Crossref)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [8 January 2026 14:27 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/reduction-of-grant-doi-registration-fees-a-boost-for-the-research-nexus-crossref/15074 "2026-01-08T14:27:22Z")
We are pleased to announce that—effective 1st January 2026—we have made two changes to grant record registration fees that aim to accelerate adoption of Crossref’s Grant Linking System (GLS) and provide a two-year window… --- ## [The best way of acknowledging research funding in the metadata: Crossref Grant ID - Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/t/the-best-way-of-acknowledging-research-funding-in-the-metadata-crossref-grant-id-crossref/15066)
**Author:** [@Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/u/Crossref)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [6 January 2026 22:07 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/the-best-way-of-acknowledging-research-funding-in-the-metadata-crossref-grant-id-crossref/15066 "2026-01-06T22:07:41Z")
We are very pleased to kick off the New Year with another important schema update and the news that a Grant DOI field is now supported for all record types. This means that Crossref members can explicitly include the Cro… --- ## [Wellcome and Europe PMC: supporting Open Research through open metadata - Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/t/wellcome-and-europe-pmc-supporting-open-research-through-open-metadata-crossref/14953)
**Author:** [@Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/u/Crossref)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [15 December 2025 13:03 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/wellcome-and-europe-pmc-supporting-open-research-through-open-metadata-crossref/14953 "2025-12-15T13:03:22Z")
In my latest conversations with research funders, I talked with Hannah Hope, Open Research Lead at Wellcome, and Melissa Harrison, Team Leader of Literature Services at Europe PMC. Wellcome and Europe PMC are working tog… --- ## [Integrating grant metadata for seamless research interconnectivity at FCCN|FCT - Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/t/integrating-grant-metadata-for-seamless-research-interconnectivity-at-fccn-fct-crossref/14618)
**Author:** [@Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/u/Crossref)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [15 October 2025 14:00 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/integrating-grant-metadata-for-seamless-research-interconnectivity-at-fccn-fct-crossref/14618 "2025-10-15T14:00:40Z")
Click here for the version in Portuguese This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.crossref.org/blog/integrating-grant-metadata-for-seamless-research-interconnectivity-at-fccnfct --- ## [Celebrating one year of Crossref Grant IDs at NWO - Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/t/celebrating-one-year-of-crossref-grant-ids-at-nwo-crossref/14439)
**Author:** [@Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/u/Crossref)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [9 September 2025 22:13 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/celebrating-one-year-of-crossref-grant-ids-at-nwo-crossref/14439 "2025-09-09T22:13:09Z")
This month marks one year since the Dutch Research Council (NWO) introduced grant IDs—an important milestone in our journey toward more transparent and trackable research funding. We created over 1,600 Crossref Grant IDs … --- ## [Connecting the dots: FWFs transition to linked grant metadata to support a thriving culture of openness - Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/t/connecting-the-dots-fwfs-transition-to-linked-grant-metadata-to-support-a-thriving-culture-of-openness-crossref/14167)
**Author:** [@Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/u/Crossref)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [23 July 2025 09:31 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/connecting-the-dots-fwfs-transition-to-linked-grant-metadata-to-support-a-thriving-culture-of-openness-crossref/14167 "2025-07-23T09:31:06Z")
As a new Community Engagement Manager at Crossref, dedicated to working with the funders community, I frequently hear requests for examples and case studies of adopting Crossref’s Grant Linking System (GLS) by ‘funders l… --- ## [Integration with Fluxx: Minting Crossref Grant IDs from Fluxx Dashboard](https://community.crossref.org/t/integration-with-fluxx-minting-crossref-grant-ids-from-fluxx-dashboard/5425)
**Author:** [@SymanStevens](https://community.crossref.org/u/SymanStevens)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [11 July 2025 16:20 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/integration-with-fluxx-minting-crossref-grant-ids-from-fluxx-dashboard/5425 "2025-07-11T16:20:28Z")
Hello everyone, I’m very happy to share an integration that I hope will be helpful for Fluxx clients who mint Grant DOIs, or especially for Fluxx clients who want to, but haven’t yet taken the time. With support from O… --- ## [Celebrating five years of Grant IDs: where are we with the Crossref Grant Linking System? - Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/t/celebrating-five-years-of-grant-ids-where-are-we-with-the-crossref-grant-linking-system-crossref/6352)
**Author:** [@Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/u/Crossref)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [1 July 2024 15:02 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/celebrating-five-years-of-grant-ids-where-are-we-with-the-crossref-grant-linking-system-crossref/6352 "2024-07-01T15:02:27Z")
We’re happy to note that this month, we are marking five years since Crossref launched its Grant Linking System. The Grant Linking System (GLS) started life as a joint community effort to create ‘grant identifiers’ and s… --- ## [Crossref RFI response to NIH plan for public access](https://community.crossref.org/t/crossref-rfi-response-to-nih-plan-for-public-access/3532)
**Author:** [@epentz](https://community.crossref.org/u/epentz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [26 April 2023 08:57 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/crossref-rfi-response-to-nih-plan-for-public-access/3532 "2023-04-26T08:57:03Z")
Hi I wanted to share with the community Crossref’s response to the NIH RFI about their Public Access plan. A copy of the letter and the text from the form submission is available in a Google Doc. The main message is t… --- ## [Follow the money, or how to link grants to research outputs - Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/t/follow-the-money-or-how-to-link-grants-to-research-outputs-crossref/2565)
**Author:** [@Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/u/Crossref)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [22 March 2022 19:23 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/follow-the-money-or-how-to-link-grants-to-research-outputs-crossref/2565 "2022-03-22T19:23:29Z")
The ecosystem of scholarly metadata is filled with relationships between items of various types: a person authored a paper, an author works at a university, a paper cites a book, a book contains a chapter, a funder funde… --- ## [Relationships "finances" and "isFinancedBy" not yet supported – OK to use nevertheless?](https://community.crossref.org/t/relationships-finances-and-isfinancedby-not-yet-supported-ok-to-use-nevertheless/3522)
**Author:** [@rhiannon-ppl](https://community.crossref.org/u/rhiannon-ppl)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [27 April 2023 09:59 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/relationships-finances-and-isfinancedby-not-yet-supported-ok-to-use-nevertheless/3522 "2023-04-27T09:59:46Z")
The schema (5.3.1) notes that the @relationship-type values “finances” and “isFinancedBy” are not yet supported. Does this mean only that these relationships are not yet processed in Event Data and we can currently submi… --- ## [Don't take it from us: Funder metadata matters - Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/t/dont-take-it-from-us-funder-metadata-matters-crossref/3335)
**Author:** [@Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/u/Crossref)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [16 February 2023 19:54 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/dont-take-it-from-us-funder-metadata-matters-crossref/3335 "2023-02-16T19:54:33Z")
We are often asked who uses Crossref metadata and for what. One common use case is researchers in bibliometrics and scientometrics (among other fields) doing meta analyses on the entire corpus of records. As we pass the… --- ## [How to Register Institution / affiliation to Grants?](https://community.crossref.org/t/how-to-register-institution-affiliation-to-grants/1758)
**Author:** [@hari](https://community.crossref.org/u/hari)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [22 February 2023 23:35 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/how-to-register-institution-affiliation-to-grants/1758 "2023-02-22T23:35:05Z")
Hi, How could we register Institution / ROR to Grants? Currently using the below schema for registering Grants in Crossref. With this, we could only register an Institution with a Person. --- ## [The more the merrier, or how more registered grants means more relationships with outputs - Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/t/the-more-the-merrier-or-how-more-registered-grants-means-more-relationships-with-outputs-crossref/3348)
**Author:** [@Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/u/Crossref)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [22 February 2023 20:11 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/the-more-the-merrier-or-how-more-registered-grants-means-more-relationships-with-outputs-crossref/3348 "2023-02-22T20:11:17Z")
One of the main motivators for funders registering grants with Crossref is to simplify the process of research reporting with more automatic matching of research outputs to specific awards. In March 2022, we developed a … --- ## [How funding agencies can meet OSTP (and Open Science) guidance using existing open infrastructure - Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/t/how-funding-agencies-can-meet-ostp-and-open-science-guidance-using-existing-open-infrastructure-crossref/3123)
**Author:** [@Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/u/Crossref)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [17 November 2022 13:59 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/how-funding-agencies-can-meet-ostp-and-open-science-guidance-using-existing-open-infrastructure-crossref/3123 "2022-11-17T13:59:54Z")
In August 2022, the United States Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) issued a memo (PDF) on ensuring free, immediate, and equitable access to federally funded research (a.k.a. the “Nelson memo”). Crossref is … --- ## [Information on grant registration](https://community.crossref.org/t/information-on-grant-registration/2422)
**Author:** [@xdeng](https://community.crossref.org/u/xdeng)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [20 January 2022 00:28 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/information-on-grant-registration/2422 "2022-01-20T00:28:11Z")
Hi, I am wondering where can I find definitions or more detailed descriptions for the “program” node? Is there a full documentation page like this one for crossref4.4.2? On a different note, the link to the example de…