Identify CCG authors #19
Description
We need a way to identify which authors are funded directly by CCG. This is needed because we now have very many authors in the research index, but only a subset of these are funded by CCG, given the range of collaborations.
There are a few nuances here.
- authors join and leave the programme
- only some of the outputs produce are associated with the CCG programme, e.g. those based upon the funding they received during their participation in the programme
- there are different funding streams - core funding, flexibility research funds, southern partners fund etc.
How to manage this in the data model?
Option 1: Simple
Add a ccg_funded flag to the author record. This would easily allow CCG funded authors to be flagged in different pages on the front-end website, or to write a query which only returns CCG authors.
Option 2: More accurate, but complex
Add ccg_start and ccg_end date fields. They could record the start and end dates of the author's participation.
Option 3: Most complex
Add ccg_start and ccg_end date fields.
Add ccg_funding field to specify whether the author received core or flexible funding.
The issue with this is that authors may receive multiple types of funding throughout the programme, so this becomes a lot more complex. We'd require ccg_funding to be a node, with the relationship to include funding_start and funding_end date fields.