diff --git a/adsingestschema/Document.json b/adsingestschema/Document.json
index 6343327..31d63bf 100644
--- a/adsingestschema/Document.json
+++ b/adsingestschema/Document.json
@@ -206,7 +206,11 @@
       "type": "string"
     },
     "funding": {
-      "type": "string"
+      "type": "array",
+      "description": "Array of Funder.json objects",
+      "items": {
+        "$ref": "./Funder.json"
+      }
     },
     "version": {
       "type": "string"
diff --git a/adsingestschema/Funder.json b/adsingestschema/Funder.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e0e1577
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adsingestschema/Funder.json
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+  "title": "Funder",
+  "description": "Describes a funding agency and provides fields for their name,funder ID, and award number cited in the paper",
+  "type": "object",
+  "properties": {
+    "agencyname": {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "agencyid": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "properties": {
+        "idschema": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "idvalue": {
+          "type": "string"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "awardnumber": {
+      "type": "string"
+    }
+  }
+}