Research Organisations (ROR)
Research Organization Registry (ROR) v2. 120,000+ research organisations with names, types, location, links, external ids and relationships. CC0.
- cost
- Free every endpoint, within the daily allowance
- after that
- from $0.0005 / call · card or USDC
- endpoints
- 5
No signup needed over MCP: 100 free calls a day, or 500 with a free key.
Search organisations Free
Find research organisations by name, acronym or keyword, optionally filtered by country and type.
- cost
- Free then $0.001 / call
- MCP tool
- ror__search
- method
- GET
Free up to 100 calls a day over MCP (500 with a free key), then $0.001 per call by card credit or USDC. Free key · Pay by card
GET https://fourzerotwo.si/v1/ror/search
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| q | string | Name, acronym or keyword |
| country? | string | 2-letter country code |
| type? | string | education, funder, healthcare, company, archive, nonprofit, government, facility, other |
# free: send a free key from https://fourzerotwo.si/free curl -H "X-API-Key: fzt_…" "https://fourzerotwo.si/v1/ror/search?q=imperial%20college" # no key: returns 402 with the price, for x402 agents curl -i "https://fourzerotwo.si/v1/ror/search?q=imperial%20college"
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Organisation by ROR id Free
Full record: names and aliases, types, status, founding year, location, website, domains, external ids.
- cost
- Free then $0.0005 / call
- MCP tool
- ror__organisation
- method
- GET
Free up to 100 calls a day over MCP (500 with a free key), then $0.0005 per call by card credit or USDC. Free key · Pay by card
GET https://fourzerotwo.si/v1/ror/organisation
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id | string | ROR id, e.g. 052gg0110 or https://ror.org/052gg0110 |
# free: send a free key from https://fourzerotwo.si/free curl -H "X-API-Key: fzt_…" "https://fourzerotwo.si/v1/ror/organisation?id=052gg0110" # no key: returns 402 with the price, for x402 agents curl -i "https://fourzerotwo.si/v1/ror/organisation?id=052gg0110"
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Match an affiliation string Free
Turn a free-text affiliation (as printed on a paper) into the matching organisation, with ROR's confidence flag and candidates.
- cost
- Free then $0.001 / call
- MCP tool
- ror__affiliation
- method
- GET
Free up to 100 calls a day over MCP (500 with a free key), then $0.001 per call by card credit or USDC. Free key · Pay by card
GET https://fourzerotwo.si/v1/ror/affiliation
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| affiliation | string | Affiliation text |
# free: send a free key from https://fourzerotwo.si/free curl -H "X-API-Key: fzt_…" "https://fourzerotwo.si/v1/ror/affiliation?affiliation=Dept.%20of%20Physics%2C%20University%20of%20Oxford%2C%20Oxford%20OX1%203PU%2C%20UK" # no key: returns 402 with the price, for x402 agents curl -i "https://fourzerotwo.si/v1/ror/affiliation?affiliation=Dept.%20of%20Physics%2C%20University%20of%20Oxford%2C%20Oxford%20OX1%203PU%2C%20UK"
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Lookup by external id Free
Find the organisation for a GRID id, ISNI, Wikidata QID or Crossref Funder ID.
- cost
- Free then $0.001 / call
- MCP tool
- ror__external-id
- method
- GET
Free up to 100 calls a day over MCP (500 with a free key), then $0.001 per call by card credit or USDC. Free key · Pay by card
GET https://fourzerotwo.si/v1/ror/external-id
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id | string | GRID, ISNI, Wikidata QID or Crossref Funder ID |
# free: send a free key from https://fourzerotwo.si/free curl -H "X-API-Key: fzt_…" "https://fourzerotwo.si/v1/ror/external-id?id=grid.4991.5" # no key: returns 402 with the price, for x402 agents curl -i "https://fourzerotwo.si/v1/ror/external-id?id=grid.4991.5"
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Parents & children Free
Parent, child and related organisations of a ROR record.
- cost
- Free then $0.001 / call
- MCP tool
- ror__relationships
- method
- GET
Free up to 100 calls a day over MCP (500 with a free key), then $0.001 per call by card credit or USDC. Free key · Pay by card
GET https://fourzerotwo.si/v1/ror/relationships
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id | string | ROR id, e.g. 052gg0110 or https://ror.org/052gg0110 |
# free: send a free key from https://fourzerotwo.si/free curl -H "X-API-Key: fzt_…" "https://fourzerotwo.si/v1/ror/relationships?id=052gg0110" # no key: returns 402 with the price, for x402 agents curl -i "https://fourzerotwo.si/v1/ror/relationships?id=052gg0110"
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Research Organization Registry (ROR), https://ror.org, CC0 1.0.