Funding acquisition

In practice — medical research context

When this role applies

Encoding

Use in your systems

<role vocab="credit"
      vocab-identifier="https://casrai.org/credit"
      vocab-term="Funding acquisition"
      vocab-term-identifier="https://casrai.org/credit/roles/funding-acquisition" />

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  "@type": "DefinedTerm",
  "@id": "https://casrai.org/credit/roles/funding-acquisition",
  "name": "Funding acquisition",
  "identifier": "https://casrai.org/credit/roles/funding-acquisition",
  "description": "Acquisition of the financial support for the project leading to this publication.",
  "inDefinedTermSet": "https://casrai.org/credit",
  "url": "https://casrai.org/credit/roles/funding-acquisition",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "bibliographicCitation": "CASRAI Editorial Board (2026). Funding acquisition — CRediT contributor role (v2022.1). CASRAI. https://casrai.org/credit/roles/funding-acquisition",
  "citation": "https://casrai.org/credit/citation",
  "dateModified": "2022-08-01",
  "version": "2022.1",
  "inLanguage": "en",
  "audience": {
    "@type": "Audience",
    "audienceType": "Researchers, editors, publishers, librarians"
  }
}

<contributor sequence="additional" contributor_role="author">
  <given_name>Jane</given_name>
  <surname>Doe</surname>
  <ORCID>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-XXXX-XXXX</ORCID>
  <credit_roles>
    <credit_role vocab-term-identifier="https://casrai.org/credit/roles/funding-acquisition">Funding acquisition</credit_role>
  </credit_roles>
</contributor>

Identifiers

Persistent identifiers

Frequently asked

Common questions about Funding acquisition

What does the "Funding acquisition" CRediT role mean?

Acquisition of the financial support for the project leading to this publication.

How do I cite "Funding acquisition" in an author contribution statement?

Per ANSI/NISO Z39.104-2022, list the contributor's name followed by their CRediT role(s). Example: "A. Smith — Funding acquisition". You can add an optional degree qualifier (lead / equal / supporting) when several authors share a role. See CASRAI's author-statement guidance at https://casrai.org/credit/for-authors for templates and worked examples.

What is the canonical machine-readable URI for "Funding acquisition"?

The canonical URI is https://casrai.org/credit/roles/funding-acquisition. Use this in JATS XML (vocab-term-identifier), Crossref deposits (credit_role), JSON-LD (sameAs), and any system that stores contributor metadata. CASRAI's encoding guides cover JATS, Crossref Schema 5.5, and JSON-LD at https://casrai.org/credit/jats and https://casrai.org/credit/json-ld.

Can one author hold "Funding acquisition" plus other CRediT roles?

Yes — CRediT roles are not mutually exclusive. A single contributor typically holds 3–4 roles. The optional "lead / equal / supporting" qualifier clarifies the contributor's relative responsibility within each role they share with others.

Cite this role

Cite the Funding acquisition role

These citations reference this specific role page as a standards-body definition aligned with ANSI/NISO Z39.104-2022. For guidance on citing CRediT generally, the underlying standard, or worked statement examples, see How to cite CRediT.

CASRAI Editorial Board (2026). Funding acquisition — CRediT contributor role (v2022.1). CASRAI. https://casrai.org/credit/roles/funding-acquisition

CASRAI Editorial Board. Funding acquisition — CRediT contributor role [Internet]. CASRAI; 2026 [cited 2026]. Version v2022.1. Available from: https://casrai.org/credit/roles/funding-acquisition

CASRAI Editorial Board. 2026. "Funding acquisition — CRediT contributor role." Version v2022.1. CASRAI. https://casrai.org/credit/roles/funding-acquisition.

@misc{casrai_credit_funding_acquisition_2026,
  author       = {{CASRAI Editorial Board}},
  title        = {{Funding acquisition — CRediT contributor role}},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {v2022.1},
  publisher    = {CASRAI},
  howpublished = {\url{https://casrai.org/credit/roles/funding-acquisition}},
  note         = {Aligned with ANSI/NISO Z39.104-2022. Licensed CC-BY 4.0.}
}

Notable examples

Papers exemplifying the Funding acquisition role

These published papers demonstrate the Funding acquisition CRediT role in practice. Each example links to its DOI and explains why the role applies.

1. Example 1 of 4illustrative

   The Human Genome Project: Lessons from Large-Scale Biology

   Collins, F. S., Morgan, M., & Patrinos, A. · 2003 · Science · vol. 300 · pp. 286-290

   DOI: 10.1038/nature01626

   A reflective paper from the leaders of the Human Genome Project, an effort that required sustained acquisition of multi-billion-dollar public funding across more than a decade. The authors are precisely the people whose funding-acquisition contributions made the science possible. The paper documents the funding-strategy decisions as primary content, illustrating why CRediT Funding Acquisition is a recognised contributor role.

2. Example 2 of 4

   Initial Sequencing and Analysis of the Human Genome

   International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium · 2001 · Nature · vol. 409 · pp. 860-921

   DOI: 10.1038/35057062

   The flagship Human Genome Project paper. Behind its results lies a years-long international funding-acquisition effort by named principal investigators across NIH, the Wellcome Trust, and partner agencies. CRediT Funding Acquisition exists precisely to make this contribution attributable — the funders' science officers and the PIs who wrote the grants are not the same people who performed the sequencing, but their contribution is essential and now recordable.

3. Example 3 of 4

   A Global Reference for Human Genetic Variation

   The 1000 Genomes Project Consortium · 2015 · Nature · vol. 526 · pp. 68-74

   DOI: 10.1038/nature15393

   Large international consortia of this size depend on sustained, coordinated funding-acquisition across many agencies (NIH, Wellcome Trust, BGI, EBI). The 1000 Genomes flagship paper makes the case study for why CRediT formalises Funding Acquisition: a contribution as critical as the sequencing itself, separable from the bench work, and now attributable to specific named authors who led grant writing and renewal.

4. Example 4 of 4illustrative

   Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine

   Polack, F. P., Thomas, S. J., Kitchin, N., Absalon, J., Gurtman, A., Lockhart, S., et al. · 2020 · New England Journal of Medicine · vol. 383 · pp. 2603-2615

   DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2034577

   The pivotal Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine trial. The Operation Warp Speed and BioNTech funding-acquisition apparatus that made the trial possible at unprecedented speed is reflected in the paper's acknowledgements and conflict-of-interest disclosures. NEJM and Pfizer adopted CRediT-style contribution declarations precisely so that funding-acquisition contributions can be distinguished from clinical-investigation roles on papers of this scale.

Examples curated by the CASRAI editorial board. Inclusion is illustrative of the role, not an endorsement of methodology or claims. Pre-CRediT-era papers are flagged illustrative.

Translations

Available in

The canonical, normative version of Funding acquisition is this English page (ANSI/NISO Z39.104-2022). Community-drafted translations are available below for working reference; the English text prevails in case of any divergence.

• English (canonical)en-GB
• Obtention du financement(Français)fr
• Obtención de financiación(Español)es
• Obtenção de financiamento(Português)pt-BR
• 经费筹集(中文)zh
• 資金獲得(日本語)ja

All translations are community drafts. CRediT has not been officially translated by NISO.

Dictionary

Related CASRAI Dictionary terms

The Funding acquisition role connects to these CASRAI Dictionary terms — the controlled-vocabulary concepts a contributor in this role typically works with. Each links to its canonical definition with worked examples and machine-readable encodings.

Adoption

Who collects Funding acquisition — by publisher

The Funding acquisition role is collected by the major publishers that have adopted CRediT portfolio-wide. See how each implements the taxonomy in their submission systems:

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