Coming soon Capacity-building Grant Technical Assistance
Research Visibility and Discoverability Grant
Support to make research easier to find and cite — persistent identifiers, researcher profiles, metadata and discovery services.
This is a planned grant concept and is not yet open. Eligibility criteria, value and deadlines will be published when the Foundation opens the call.
Overview
Good research is often hard to find. This grant concept supports the practical steps that improve discoverability: persistent identifiers such as DOIs and ORCID iDs, complete metadata, researcher profiles and inclusion in appropriate discovery services and indexes.
Support is for meeting the requirements of such services; the Foundation cannot guarantee inclusion in any index.
Who can apply
Intended for: Journal editors & publishers, Researchers, Universities.
Detailed eligibility criteria will be published when this call opens.
How applications are assessed
Selection criteria will be published with the call.
Applications are screened for eligibility and completeness, reviewed and scored by qualified reviewers who have declared any conflicts of interest, and decided by an authorised committee. Automated tools may help check completeness, but funding decisions are always made by people. Read the grant guidelines.
Expected outcomes and impact
- Improved metadata and identifier coverage
- Researchers with complete public profiles
- InputsTechnical expertise on identifiers, metadata and discovery services; training.
- ActivitiesDiscoverability audit; identifier and metadata improvements; researcher profile set-up; preparation for relevant discovery services.
- OutputsOutputs with persistent identifiers; researcher profiles created.
- OutcomesResearch that is easier to find, access and cite.
- Long-term impactGreater visibility and influence of African research.
How results will be measured
- Outputs assigned persistent identifiers
- Researcher profiles created
- Outputs with complete metadata