The Pivot funding database uses researchers’ profile information in its recommendation engine, matching grants and collaborators to researchers. Now, citations added or updated in a scholar’s ORCID profile will cascade near real time and seamlessly into their Pivot profile. Integration of this updated publication information helps Pivot learn more about the scholar’s research area, improving recommendations for funding sources and collaborators. This latest enhancement to Pivot eliminates the need for scholars to key citations in their Pivot profile, freeing them to spend more time evaluating opportunities.

ORCID provides researchers with a unique identifier – an ORCID ID – and links their research outputs and activities to their ORCID ID. Many systems used by publishers, funders, and institutions include ORCID integrations. FSU is working with ORCID to collect IDs for our faculty and connect them to the information about your research activities stored in FSU’s systems. Please visit https://orcid.fsu.edu/ and click on the “Create/Connect your ORCID ID” button to authorize the collection and use of your ORCID iD in FSU’s systems. If you have not yet registered for an ORCID ID, you will be prompted to do so as part of the process.

Once you have created your ORCID ID, you can link it to your Pivot Profile in these easy steps: 

1. Access your Pivot Account at https://pivot.proquest.com/session/login 
2. Click “Your Profile” in the drop down menu under your name in the top-right corner of the screen
3. Click the Edit Profile button
4. Click the + Add button next to the ORCID heading
5. Follow the directions to either create an ORCID account or sign in to an existing account
6. Authorize Pivot to read your ORCID profile

If you have questions about connecting your Pivot Profile to ORCID, please email FSU’s ORCID Task Force at orcid@lists.fsu.edu.