Public Access Policies for Federally Funded Research

Persistent Identifier (PID) or Digital Persistent Identifier (DPI)

"A Persistent Unique Identifier (PID) is a string of letters and numbers used to distinguish between and locate different objects, people, or concepts. A well-known example of a PID is a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) which is used to locate specific digital objects, frequently a journal article. Additional examples are ORCiD, a PID for researchers, and ROR, a PID for research organizations." - National Library of Medicine

The following are common examples of PIDs and is not a comprehensive list.

In response to increasing concerns of foreign government interference and exploitation of federally funded research, the U. S. government issued National Security Presidential Memorandum 33 (NSPM-33) in January of 2021. NSPM-33 directs agencies and departments to focus on improving research security in the following areas:

• Disclosure Requirements and Standardization
• Digital Persistent Identifiers
• Consequences for Violation of Disclosure Requirements Information Sharing
• Research Security Programs

In January 2022 the National Science and Technology Council issued Guidance for Implementing NSPM-33 to federal departments and agencies regarding their implementation of NSPM-33, and general guidance for research institutions to establish research security programs with the following elements:

• Cybersecurity
• Foreign travel security
• Research security training
• Export control training

In order to comply with federal requirements, every UTSA Researcher should have their own unique ORCiD.

As an open, non-proprietary, researcher-driven platform, ORCID meets all standards for a DPI solution for individual researchers, inventors, and authors as defined in Section 5 of NSPM-33 Implementation Guidance for DPIs.

Visit UTSA's ORCiD Research Guide to learn more about how to create and manage your ORCiD.