New Tutorials on Creating eRA Commons Accounts and Registrations

June 30, 2015

Are you a PI who needs to invite a new student or fellow to create an eRA Commons account? Or are you a research organization official looking to register your organization in Commons, or create accounts for others? We’ve published several new video tutorials for additional assistance! The following videos are now part of the eRA video tutorial collection: ….

Do You Know You Have a New Option for Submitting R01, U01, and K applications?

May 27, 2015

As highlighted in an April Rock Talk blog post, NIH’s ASSIST submission system is now an option for submitting R01 applications, as well as most individual career development (K) award applications. In addition, applications to NIH’s U01 programs (Research Project Cooperative Agreements) recently joined the roster of programs supported in ASSIST. When applying, a button to use ASSIST is linked from the ….

Looking For The Ultimate Application Cheat Sheet?

May 27, 2015

Looking for a handy “how to complete your NIH grant application” cheat sheet… that doesn’t actually involve cheating? Check out our annotated form set — a handy field-by-field walk-through that helps you avoid common errors in completing your application package, and ensure successful submission of your application. These annotated forms include tips for completing many of ….

Learn More About Using the NIH Inclusion Management System

April 30, 2015

A new tutorial video helps principal investigators use NIH’s Inclusion Management System (IMS) to access Inclusion Data Records in the eRA Commons to report sex/gender, race, and ethnicity information as required by NIH’s policy on the Inclusion of Women and Minorities in Clinical Research. ….

New Podcasts on the NIH Biosketch and SciENcv

March 31, 2015

The All About Grants podcast welcomes Dr. Neil Thakur, special assistant to the NIH Deputy Director for Extramural Research, and Dr. Bart Trawick, literature database lead at the NIH National Library of Medicine, as guests on its two newest podcasts, “Understanding NIH’s Biosketch Requirements” and “Using SciENcv to Create an NIH Biosketch”. Learn about the modified format for the NIH biosketch, which ….

Uniform Guidance Explained

March 31, 2015

Still trying to understand what the new cost principles in the Uniform Guidance mean to you? We have added a video overview as well as a recorded Q & A to the NIH Grants YouTube page …

Helping Your Referees Help You

February 27, 2015

As the April and June deadlines for fellowship (F) and career development (K) applications approach, we encourage you to get a jump start on helping your referees submit those reference letters through the eRA Commons. ….

New Biosketch Format Available in SciENcv

January 31, 2015

The latest release of Science Experts Network Curriculum Vitae (SciENcv) allows you to create a biosketch in the new NIH format and has addressed some of the issues users had been reporting. The SciENcv system allows you to enter or import your biographical data once, then convert it into a format that can be used when submitting NIH or NSF grant applications. The NIH National Library of Medicine recently published a technical bulletin to help ….