Requirement for eRA Commons ID is expanded to All Senior/Key Personnel for Due Dates on or after January 25, 2022
Effective with applications due on or after January 25, 2022, NIH, AHRQ, FDA, and ORD/V will require all individuals listed on the R&R Senior/Key Person Profile (Expanded) Form to have an eRA Commons username (Commons ID) and the eRA Commons ID must be entered in the “Credential, e.g. agency login” field on the R&R Senior/Key Person Profile (Expanded) Form. Extension of the existing eRA Commons ID requirement to include all senior/key personnel will facilitate better data collection for individuals contributing to federally funded research as well as assist in disambiguating data on applications and facilitating the identification of conflicts of interest in peer review.
To facilitate awareness of this policy change, applicants will now encounter an eRA system validation if the “Credential, e.g. agency login” field of the R&R Senior/Key Person Profile (Expanded) is blank or does not contain a valid eRA Commons ID. This validation will be a warning for no less than 2 council rounds before being escalated to an error that must be corrected before the application can be submitted to the agency.
Reminder: Individuals needing scientific roles (Program Directors, Principal Investigators, Scientist, Post-Doc, Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students, Project Personnel) should only have one eRA Commons ID for the life of their research career. Always check for an existing eRA Commons account prior to creating a new one. If a person already has an eRA Commons scientific account and is changing institutions, a Signing Official (SO) or an Account Administrator (AA) role at the new institution can affiliate that account with the new institution. If you find that you have more than one account please contact the eRA Service Desk at https://public.era.nih.gov/submithelp/ or 1-866-504-9552.
For complete information on this requirement, please see NIH Notice NOT-OD-21-109.
If you have questions, please contact your Sponsored Programs Research Administrator.