# Celebrating five years of Grant IDs: where are we with the Crossref Grant Linking System? - Crossref

**URL:** <https://community.crossref.org/t/celebrating-five-years-of-grant-ids-where-are-we-with-the-crossref-grant-linking-system-crossref/6352>\
**Category:** Grant Linking System\
**Tags:** metadata, blog, infrastructure, grants, funders\
**Created:** [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")\
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**Author:** ![Crossref](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.crossref.org/crossref/32/31_2.png) [@Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/u/Crossref)\
**Post date:** [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/6352/1 "2024-07-01T15:02:27Z")

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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 support the needs of funders in the scholarly communications infrastructure.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://www.crossref.org/blog/celebrating-five-years-of-grant-ids-where-are-we-with-the-crossref-grant-linking-system](https://www.crossref.org/blog/celebrating-five-years-of-grant-ids-where-are-we-with-the-crossref-grant-linking-system)

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**Author:** ![rclark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.crossref.org/rclark/32/19_2.png) [@rclark](https://community.crossref.org/u/rclark)\
**Post date:** [1 July 2024 16:31 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/celebrating-five-years-of-grant-ids-where-are-we-with-the-crossref-grant-linking-system-crossref/6352/2 "2024-07-01T16:31:40Z")

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