COGR Partners in Multi-Association Comment Letter on NIH Plan to Increase Findability and Transparency of Research Results Through the Use of Metadata and Persistent Identifiers (PID)—NOT-OD-25-050

The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), Association of Research Libraries (ARL), Association of American Universities (AAU), and COGR express strong support for the NIH's plan to enhance the findability and transparency of research through the use of standardized metadata and persistent identifiers (PIDs) such as ORCID, DOI, and ROR. While endorsing the plan's goals, they recommend that NIH focus on automated system-based PID integration and policy-level certification rather than institution-by-institution oversight of manuscript submissions, which would create excessive administrative burdens and is misaligned with current institutional roles. The associations advocate for federal coordination, automated workflow integrations, and retention of institutional responsibility at the policy level to maximize research security, accessibility, and the impact of federal research investments while minimizing administrative burdens on researchers and institutions.