text: **An IDC Infographic, sponsored by ORCID | November 2018**
  
  **The Value of Using Unique Identiﬁers for Researchers**
  
  **Evidence of Institutional Value**
  **What’s in a Name?**
  **Most names are not unique**
  **Tackling Information Overload**
  Examples of time/staff savings achieved by implementing ORCID from around the world 
  
  ORCID is a non-proﬁt organization, which provides a fully open and interoperable 
  identiﬁer to reliably connect researchers with their research contributions. The 
  ORCID iD is a 16-digit identiﬁer that researchers can register for and use for free. 
  
  **UK:**0.2 – 0.4 FTEs per institution1 
  **Portugal:**100,000 researcher hours per year2 
  **Australia:**15-30 minutes per grant application3 
  
  **Enables recognition of**
  **all types of research**
  **contributions and**
  **innovation**
  **1. Jisc/ARMA Institutional ORCID Implementation and Cost Beneﬁt Analysis Report 2015**
  **2. Cátia Laranjeira, FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia 2017**
  **3. Australian Research Council governance meeting, September 2018**