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No fee
- Link your ORCID
- Secure your account with multi-factor authentication
- Control what you share and see your activity log
What you need: email address, ORCID account, phone or authenticator app
Create Your AccountFor Researchers
Verify once. Stop re-proving who you are.
A free account gets you started. Membership gets you a verified credential you control — and a vote in how Cividens is run.
Create Your AccountHow it works
Create your account
Link your ORCID, secure it with MFA.
Verify your identity
A government ID check and a webcam check, once.
Share your verification
Reuse it across every connected research system.
Free account vs. membership
Verified & governing
$20 / year
- Government ID and webcam personhood verification
- One credential, reusable across every connected research system
- A vote in Cividens governance
- Eligible for patronage distributions
What you need: your free account, ID, webcam, payment method
Become a MemberFees & patronage
Membership fee — $20 / year
Annual re-verification — keeps your credential current and keeps you eligible for patronage
Patronage distributions — applied as credit toward your renewal; earnings come back to the members who make it work
You're a member, not a customer.
Active members vote on how Cividens is governed. Decisions are transparent, and earnings are redistributed to the people who make the cooperative work — not extracted from them.
We're building this ahead of our 2026 launch. Join now and help shape the experience before it's final.
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