Consortia Advancing Standards in Research Administration Information

The Consortia Advancing Standards in Research Administration Information (CASRAI) is an international, non-profit organisation "dedicated to reducing the administrative burden on researchers and improving business intelligence capacity of research institutions and funders".^[1] Founded in 2006, it is a corporation registered in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada,^[2] and is overseen by a board whose chair is Janet Halliwell, Principal of J.E. Halliwell Associates Inc.^[3]

CASRAI uses standards committees and review circles to develop and maintain data standards for use by researchers and funders.

Members and collaborators

Members of CASRAI include:^[4]

• The Networks of Centres of Excellence of Canada (NCE)
• the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
• The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

CASRAI works with a number of collaborators, including:

• ORCID^[5]
• Symplectic^[6]
• VIVO^[7]

References

1. "CASRAI". CASRAI. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
2. "CASRAI Overview". aiHit. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
3. "About CASRAI". Retrieved 15 November 2014.
4. "The Consortia Advancing Standards in Research Administration Information works to develop valuable data standards". Networks of Centres of Excellence of Canada. 2011-06-28. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
5. "Latest news on the stm publishing industry from scope e knowledge center pvt ltd". 9 April 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
6. "Our Partners". Symplectic. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
7. "VIVO joins CASRAI in advancing research interoperability". Retrieved 15 November 2014.

External links

• Official website