Funder metadata is becoming more important as the global research infrastructure is engaged as a tool for quantifying impact of funders on research results and as interest in open science increases. Using acronyms in funder names makes it difficult to find identifiers and make the connections that are needed to realize benefits.
Ted Habermann, Metadata Game Changers Jamaica Jones, University of Pittsburgh Howard Ratner and Tara Packer, CHORUSIntroduction A recent blog post described a new partnership between Metadata Game Changers and CHORUS aimed at understanding how CHORUS reports can help federal agencies, other funders, and other users access and use information from the global research infrastructure to understand impact and connections between people,
Research activities depend on monetary and other support from a wide variety of state and federal agencies, universities, foundations, and individuals.