GRID
“GRID has been developed by the team at Digital Science.” It is “a free, openly accessible database of research institution identifiers which enables users to make sense of their data. It does so by minimising the work required to link datasets together using a unique and persistent identifier.” GRID is “manually curated, offers geo-tagging and is an unbiased database of over 90,000 institutes.” – GRID website.
The Global Research Integer Database (GRID) includes data on institutes including acronyms, addresses, aliases, external identifiers, geographical name data, labels, links, relationships, types, and whether it is an active institution . - source: GRID and data details
Latest schema
name |
type |
mode |
description |
|---|---|---|---|
redirect |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
The ID of the institute which should now be used |
relationships |
RECORD |
REPEATED |
Any relationships the institute has to others. See our policies https://grid.ac/pages/policies for more details |
relationships.id |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
The unique ID of the related institute |
relationships.label |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
The name of the related institute |
relationships.type |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
The relationship type, see our policies https://grid.ac/pages/policies for more details on the types and the meaning of these |
external_ids |
RECORD |
NULLABLE |
Other IDs known to refer to the institute. See our policies https://grid.ac/pages/policies for more details |
external_ids.UKPRN |
RECORD |
NULLABLE |
UK Provider Reference Number from the UK Registry of Learning Providers |
external_ids.UKPRN.all |
STRING |
REPEATED |
A list of all IDs in the “External ID Type” format |
external_ids.UKPRN.preferred |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
The preferred ID for this type, or null if none are preferred |
external_ids.UCAS |
RECORD |
NULLABLE |
Universities and Colleges Admissions Service ID |
external_ids.UCAS.all |
STRING |
REPEATED |
A list of all IDs in the “External ID Type” format |
external_ids.UCAS.preferred |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
The preferred ID for this type, or null if none are preferred |
external_ids.OrgRef |
RECORD |
NULLABLE |
OrgRef ID |
external_ids.OrgRef.all |
STRING |
REPEATED |
A list of all IDs in the “External ID Type” format |
external_ids.OrgRef.preferred |
INTEGER |
NULLABLE |
The preferred ID for this type, or null if none are preferred |
external_ids.FundRef |
RECORD |
NULLABLE |
Funder Registry ID |
external_ids.FundRef.all |
STRING |
REPEATED |
A list of all IDs in the “External ID Type” format |
external_ids.FundRef.preferred |
INTEGER |
NULLABLE |
The preferred ID for this type, or null if none are preferred |
external_ids.HESA |
RECORD |
NULLABLE |
HESA ID |
external_ids.HESA.all |
STRING |
REPEATED |
A list of all IDs in the “External ID Type” format |
external_ids.HESA.preferred |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
The preferred ID for this type, or null if none are preferred |
external_ids.Wikidata |
RECORD |
NULLABLE |
WikiData ID |
external_ids.Wikidata.all |
STRING |
REPEATED |
A list of all IDs in the “External ID Type” format |
external_ids.Wikidata.preferred |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
The preferred ID for this type, or null if none are preferred |
external_ids.ISNI |
RECORD |
NULLABLE |
International Standard Name Identifier |
external_ids.ISNI.all |
STRING |
REPEATED |
A list of all IDs in the “External ID Type” format |
external_ids.ISNI.preferred |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
The preferred ID for this type, or null if none are preferred |
external_ids.ROR |
RECORD |
NULLABLE |
Research Organization Registry ID |
external_ids.ROR.all |
STRING |
REPEATED |
A list of all IDs in the “External ID Type” format |
external_ids.ROR.preferred |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
The preferred ID for this type, or null if none are preferred |
external_ids.CNRS |
RECORD |
NULLABLE |
The French National Centre for Scientific Research ID |
external_ids.CNRS.all |
STRING |
REPEATED |
A list of all IDs in the “External ID Type” format |
external_ids.CNRS.preferred |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
The preferred ID for this type, or null if none are preferred |
external_ids.LinkedIn |
RECORD |
NULLABLE |
LinkedIn ID |
external_ids.LinkedIn.all |
STRING |
REPEATED |
A list of all IDs in the “External ID Type” format |
external_ids.LinkedIn.preferred |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
The preferred ID for this type, or null if none are preferred |
external_ids.Ringgold |
RECORD |
NULLABLE |
Ringgold ID |
external_ids.Ringgold.all |
STRING |
REPEATED |
A list of all IDs in the “External ID Type” format |
external_ids.Ringgold.preferred |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
The preferred ID for this type, or null if none are preferred |
status |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
For an active institute, this is always set to “active” |
id |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
A unique ID for the institute |
wikipedia_url |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
URL of the wikipedia page for the institute |
email_address |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
A contact email address for the institute |
links |
STRING |
REPEATED |
An array of URLs linking to things like the homepage for the institute |
established |
INTEGER |
NULLABLE |
The year the institute opened, CE |
ip_addresses |
STRING |
REPEATED |
IP addresses known to belong to the institute |
name |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
The name typically used to refer to the institute. |
aliases |
STRING |
REPEATED |
A list of other names the institute is known as |
weight |
INTEGER |
NULLABLE |
Undocumented. Unclear what this is. Seems to be null or 1 |
acronyms |
STRING |
REPEATED |
A list of short acronyms the institute is known as (e.g. MRC for the Medical Research Council) |
types |
STRING |
REPEATED |
A list of types describing the institute. For an explanation of valid values see our policies https://grid.ac/pages/policies |
addresses |
RECORD |
REPEATED |
An array of addresses associated with the institute, address format described |
addresses.geonames_city |
RECORD |
NULLABLE |
The linked GeoNames data |
addresses.geonames_city.license |
RECORD |
NULLABLE |
License information |
addresses.geonames_city.license.license |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
License URL or name |
addresses.geonames_city.license.attribution |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
License attribution string |
addresses.geonames_city.geonames_admin2 |
RECORD |
NULLABLE |
The admin2 region in GeoNames, documented |
addresses.geonames_city.geonames_admin2.code |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
Geonames code |
addresses.geonames_city.geonames_admin2.ascii_name |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
A preferred ASCII encoded name for the region |
addresses.geonames_city.geonames_admin2.name |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
The name of the region |
addresses.geonames_city.geonames_admin2.id |
INTEGER |
NULLABLE |
The ID in the region format |
addresses.geonames_city.nuts_level3 |
RECORD |
NULLABLE |
The NUTS level 3 region the GeoNames city is in, documented |
addresses.geonames_city.nuts_level3.code |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
Geonames code |
addresses.geonames_city.nuts_level3.name |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
The name of the region |
addresses.geonames_city.nuts_level3.ascii_name |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
A preferred ASCII encoded name for the region |
addresses.geonames_city.nuts_level2 |
RECORD |
NULLABLE |
The NUTS level 2 region the GeoNames city is in, documented |
addresses.geonames_city.nuts_level2.code |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
Geonames code |
addresses.geonames_city.nuts_level2.name |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
The name of the region |
addresses.geonames_city.nuts_level2.ascii_name |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
A preferred ASCII encoded name for the region |
addresses.geonames_city.geonames_admin1 |
RECORD |
NULLABLE |
The admin1 region in GeoNames, documented |
addresses.geonames_city.geonames_admin1.code |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
Geonames code |
addresses.geonames_city.geonames_admin1.ascii_name |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
A preferred ASCII encoded name for the region |
addresses.geonames_city.geonames_admin1.name |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
The name of the region |
addresses.geonames_city.geonames_admin1.id |
INTEGER |
NULLABLE |
The ID in the region format |
addresses.geonames_city.nuts_level1 |
RECORD |
NULLABLE |
The NUTS level 1 region the GeoNames city is in, documented |
addresses.geonames_city.nuts_level1.code |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
Geonames code |
addresses.geonames_city.nuts_level1.name |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
The name of the region |
addresses.geonames_city.nuts_level1.ascii_name |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
A preferred ASCII encoded name for the region |
addresses.geonames_city.city |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
The name of the city |
addresses.geonames_city.id |
INTEGER |
NULLABLE |
The GeoNames ID |
addresses.country_code |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
The ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the country |
addresses.line_1 |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
First line of the address |
addresses.country |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
The name of the country |
addresses.line_3 |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
Third line of the address |
addresses.city |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
The name of the city |
addresses.line_2 |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
Second line of the address |
addresses.lng |
FLOAT |
NULLABLE |
Longitude of the institute |
addresses.postcode |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
The postcode/zipcode |
addresses.primary |
BOOLEAN |
NULLABLE |
If there is more than one address, identifies the main location |
addresses.lat |
FLOAT |
NULLABLE |
Latitute of the institute |
addresses.state |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
The name of the state/region |
addresses.state_code |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
The ISO 3166-2 region code |
addresses.country_geonames_id |
INTEGER |
NULLABLE |
The GeoNames ID of the country |
labels |
RECORD |
REPEATED |
The name of the institute in different languages |
labels.iso639 |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
The ISO-639-1 language code |
labels.label |
STRING |
NULLABLE |
The institute name in a language variant |