The UK ORCID consortium is for research-related not for profit organisations in the UK. There are different paths for membership through Jisc. The flow chart shows the different paths to membership; a text-only version of the flow chart is available.

If your organisation is already a Jisc member, or affiliate member, then you can subscribe to the consortium through the Licence Subscription Manager (LSM). Most members are HEIs or research organisations. Other research-related organisations may still be eligible to join as long as they are a non-profit organisation.

Orders are placed through Jisc Licensing Manager. If you do not have access please email us using [email protected] and we can identify who has access to order from your institution.

The FAQ about pricing includes prices for the new licence agreement starting in 2026. Institutions are invoiced in Sterling.

Historical pricing info:

2025

FAQ with 2025 pricing (1 year agreement)

2022-2024 

2022-2024 Member Pricing FAQ. The price shown is annual. 3-year agreement.

2019-2021

Pricing information sheet 2019-2021.
NOTE – a price freeze was announced for 2021 – prices for 2021 were charged at 2020 rates. A reimbursement was due for any institutions that paid for 3 years in advance.

From 2025 the fees are determined annually. Prices for the agreement starting January 2026 for one year are shown in the pricing FAQ.

Prices exclude and are subject to VAT. A transaction management charge, currently either £100 or £50 for invoices over and under £1000 respectively is also applicable. For invoices in excess of £10,001 a transaction management charge of £200 will apply.

Yes the fees will be pro-rated when an organisation joins part-way through the year. If you join after the 15th of any month, then the membership will start (and you will be charged) from the 1st of the following month.

Yes. From May 2025 we implemented a new process to allow non-profit organisations to join the consortium without having to become affiliate members. If you would like to subscribe to other Jisc products and services, you would need to become an affiliate member. If you just want to subscribe to the UK ORCID consortium you can now do so. ORCID stipulates that consortium members must be non-profit organisations. For-profit organisations can join ORCID direct.

The following guidance is provided so you can understand how much your organisation would be charged for membership. If you want to become a member, or would like a detailed quote, please get in touch so your organisation can be set up on the licence subscriptions manager (LSM). Official quotes and subscriptions are handled through the LSM.

The consortium fee is made up of two parts – an ORCID fee, paid by Jisc for each member, and a support fee to cover the cost of running the consortium. The licence period runs from 1 Jan to 31 Dec. For the prices set for 2026 please check the question How much would my institution pay?  The next section shows how the two pricing elements were calculated for the 2025 licence period, with the same method being used going foreward, with new prices applied.

ORCID fee

ORCID consortium fees are calculated using a per-member model (with the price set by ORCID based on the number of members in the consortium), and by assigning one of the three tiers (Small, Standard and Large) to each consortium member, based on the member’s total income. We obtain the total income figure from the organisation’s latest available accounts, which are either published on their website or by Companies House.
ORCID introduced the tiered fee structure based on ORCID’s fee principles, which explains how ORCID sets its fees. Based on a consortium size of over 60 members (as of May 2025 the consortium had 101 members), the price in USD for each tier (as published by ORCID for 2025) was:

For 2025, the USD figures were converted to GBP and are shown in the table above.

Support fee

The support fee is also determined by the organisation’s total income and is in four levels linked to the ORCID tiers. We have split the Standard tier into two to help reduce support fee costs for lower income organisations.

N.B. the above prices were set for 2025. If an organisation upgrades to affiliate membership the support fee won’t change until the next annual licence period.

Cost of membership and ordering

The two elements of the fee (the ORCID fee and the support fee) are added together to get the total fee for the licence period. As the fee is pro-rated, when you join determines how much you will pay. Prices exclude and are subject to VAT.

There are also Transaction management charges (TMCs) applied when ordering subscriptions. This charge is currently either £100 or £50 for invoices over and under £1000 respectively.

Ordering consortium membership is done through Jisc’s Licence subscriptions manager. If you would like to subscribe, then we will make sure your organisation is set up in the system so that you can place your order or get an official quote. The system will restrict you to just ordering UK ORCID Consortium membership so you will not be able to order other Jisc products or services. If you upgrade to affiliate membership, other Jisc products and services will become available through the LSM. If you are interested in any of these other products and services, we can refer you to our relevant colleagues to discuss these options.

You can view the licence and sign electronically when placing your order using the Jisc Licence subscriptions manager.

Please contact [email protected] who will cascade your query as appropriate.

All members who join ORCID through the Jisc UK consortium agreement acquire premium membership which is the highest level of membership available.

• More cost effective together than alone
• Co-ordinated approach to implementation
• Strategic value in developing a community of practice
• Wide adoption to maximize benefits
• Build sustainability, long term commitment and investment

Based on: https://aaf.edu.au/media/2016/02/ORCID_WS_pre_v2_20151008.pdf (page 5).