Basic information
- Affiliation in PLGrid Infrastructure is defined as user’s association with a Polish scientific institution.
- Providing valid affiliation information is required to gain access to PLGrid Infrastructure resources. Information provided by user is verified before they can get access to resources.
- Access to resources is regulated by terms and conditions.
- User can register more than one affiliation.
- Affiliations in PLGrid Portal have expiration dates. If auser needs resource access beyond the expiration date, they must apply for affiliation extension before it ends.
- Employees at Polish scientific institutions automatically obtain Supervisor's role after affiliation verification. Supervisor can grant their scientific cooperators (so-called Subordinates) access to PLGrid Infrastructure. Subordinates can be students or other people who are not employed at a Polish scientific institution.
- Supervisor is obligated to manage their subordinate's affiliations. Supervisor should deactivate affiliations of their Subordinates with whom cooperation has been terminated.
- User obtains a trial (test) workgroup after verification and activation of the first affiliation. The trial workgroup has following parameters:
ID: plgt-[the rest part of login], where [the rest part of login] is their plglogin without the "plg" part.
Types of affiliation
User can apply for one of two affiliation types.
- Academic Employee who have status as SUPERVISOR (Pracownik jednostki naukowej)
Students, PhD students, foreigner scientist whom have status SUBORDINATE. (Podopieczny pracownika jednostki naukowej)
Report an affiliation
1. Affiliation menu
To report affiliation User needs to go to AFILIACJE menu.
"Afiliacje" menu basis on an overview for all Users' affiliations with information about their status and due dates. To show an affiliation details click on "Szczegóły".
2. Choose an affiliation type
Click on green button “Dodaj”, the application form will show up. User should define an affiliation type.
3. Fill the form
Fill the form using following template
| Field name | Description |
|---|---|
| Jednostka/Institution | Institution name and its departments. In Poland scientifics institutions have many departments. User can use accordion list and add them in following order:
|
| Website | Official website of Polish Scientific Institution |
| E-mail adress | Email address with official academic domain. This information will be confirmed by Operation stuff. |
| Fields of science | Define User’s field of science |
| Due date/Data weryfikacji afiliacji - Ważna do... | System set up a default due date: - 5 years - for Academic Employee - 6 months - for Subordinate. User can provide shorter due date When the due date is close to expiry User should extend an affiliation. |
| Affiliation name | Individual affiliation name, visible only for User. |
WAŻNE
If there is no record with scientific institution where User is associated, there is a possibility to add new record which must be verified by PLGrid operation stuff. Application with only one unit will be rejected.
4. Send an affiliation
Sebd filled form using option: "Wyślij afiliację do weryfikacji".
Affiliation requires confirmation by Operation stuff. It could take 3 working days.
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