ORCID provides a unique, persistent identifier that can help make your scholarship easier to find and attribute so that you get credit for all that you do. 

An ORCID ID is being required by grant funders, publishers, and scholarly organizations of all types to help disambiguate author names and provide links to other records of scholarship. For more information about ORCID and its uses, check out our ORCID guide. Visit orcid.pitt.edu to sign up for an ORCID ID and learn about the benefits of linking your ORCID to Pitt. 

Here is a short video with an explanation of how ORCID works:

What is ORCID? from ORCID on Vimeo.

If you have questions about ORCID, please contact orcidcomm@mail.pitt.edu.