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Research funder

An organisation providing financial support for research activity.

ByCASRAI Editorial Board

· Last updated 19 May 2026

Editorial commentary

An organisation providing financial support for research activity. May be governmental, charitable or commercial. Such an organisation determines how funding is allocated for research and may have requirements for how the results of research are published, including access" class="text-primary underline-offset-2 hover:underline" data-autolinked="true" title="Open access — CASRAI Dictionary">open access (OA).

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JATS XML <role> element

xml

<role vocab="credit"
      vocab-identifier="https://casrai.org/dictionary/"
      vocab-term="Research funder"
      vocab-term-identifier="https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/research-funder" />

Schema.org DefinedTerm (JSON-LD)

json

{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "DefinedTerm",
  "name": "Research funder",
  "identifier": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/research-funder/",
  "description": "An organisation providing financial support for research activity.",
  "inDefinedTermSet": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/domain/funding-lifecycle-and-financial-vocabulary/",
  "url": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/research-funder/",
  "sameAs": [],
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}

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