In April 2021, NIH announced that all personnel listed on the R&R Senior/Key Person Profile (Expanded) Form must have an eRA Commons ID. Those who did not comply were given a warning.

Fast forward to now. Having given ample notice to the applicant and recipient community and seeing a high level of compliance, NIH will now update the warning to an error for non-compliance with this requirement in mid-January. Applicants will receive an error if the “Credential, e.g., agency field” is blank or does not contain a valid eRA Commons ID for all personnel on the form. That...

Advancing scientific research and discovery often involves collaboration between various institutions, universities, and organizations. Subaward agreements are key to making this all happen. Are you looking to collaborate with other organizations in your research? Here are three steps to start setting up your subaward agreement, which must be done in partnership between the prime and subrecipient. Refer to the NIH post for more information.

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Your grant applications, just-in-time information, and progress reports must all include PDF file attachments. Learn how to make your attachments reader-friendly for both people and electronic systems. NIH uses your attachments in different ways. Some are read as stand-alone documents. However, most attachments undergo eRA system processing before staff and others use the content. eRA often combines PDF attachments with additional forms and submission data to create consolidated applications or reports. Our systems also “read” PDF attachments and use text data mining for...