%0 Journal Article %A Christian, Gutknecht %A Hill, Michael %D 2018 %T Blog: Signing the ORCID Funder Open Letter %U https://orcid.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Blog_Signing_the_ORCID_Funder_Open_Letter/7441544 %R 10.23640/07243.7441544.v1 %2 https://orcid.org/blog/2018/12/06/signing-orcid-funder-open-letter %K ORCID %K persistent identifiers %K research infrastructure %K open source %K ORCID funders open letter %X Today sees the launch of the ORCID funder open letter - a commitment by nine funding bodies to expand the use of ORCID in their grant application and management workflows following our best practices. In this guest post, Christian Gutknecht and Michael Hill, respectively Specialist for Information Systems and Deputy Head of Strategy Support at the Swiss National Science Foundation, explain why their organization is a signatory, describe their current and future ORCID implementation plans, and encourage other funding bodies to sign the open letter. %I ORCID