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What does “Funding acquisition” mean in CRediT?
Funding acquisition is the CRediT role for obtaining the financial support for the project behind a publication: finding a suitable funder, writing the grant proposal and budget, and coordinating the submission. Under the ICMJE recommendations, acquiring funding alone does not qualify a person for authorship.
Funding acquisition is one of the 14 roles of CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy), published as the ANSI/NISO Z39.104-2022 standard. NISO (National Information Standards Organization) defines it as “Acquisition of the financial support for the project leading to this publication.” It adds that this work is necessary to start and sustain some research projects.
NISO’s examples include locating suitable funders, checking whether the team is eligible and passing the funder’s requirements on to the team, drafting grant proposals and running the submission, and preparing budgets and distributing funds in line with the project’s scope and the funder’s expectations.
The nearest role is Project administration. NISO places developing budgets and allocating funds under Funding acquisition, and monitoring and reporting on budgets, timelines and progress during the project under Project administration. Supplying materials, instruments or patients is Resources.
Funding acquisition does not by itself make someone an author. The ICMJE (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors) recommendations name acquiring funding as an activity that, on its own, does not justify authorship; such contributors should be acknowledged instead. CRediT roles describe contributions and do not define authorship.
Example
In a hypothetical thesis project, the professor who writes the grant application, prepares its budget and submits it to a research foundation would appear in the statement as: K.L.: Funding acquisition.
A point to watch
Funding acquisition is not enough for authorship by itself, and it does not describe whoever manages the money later. ICMJE says acquiring funding alone does not qualify for authorship, and in NISO’s examples budget tracking during the project falls under Project administration.
Related terms
Guides and tools
Sources
- Funding acquisition – CRediT — NISO (CRediT)
- ANSI/NISO Z39.104-2022, CRediT, Contributor Roles Taxonomy — NISO, 2022
- CRediT role descriptors — NISO (CRediT)
- Defining the Role of Authors and Contributors (ICMJE Recommendations) — International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)
- CRediT author statement — Elsevier