Resources for NIH Biosketch/Other support - 1/25/26 NIH Requirement Effective Date

Memo sent to RAC 1/14/26 

Dear RAC,

As communicated already, NIH's implementation of common forms for biographical sketches and current and pending other support becomes effective January 25, 2026. Given the questions we have received, we wanted to share the following resources again with the community:

NIH Other Support Reporting - How To
Included within, an excellent powerpoint presentation:  NIH Biosketch and Other Support Changes
This presentation provides instructions and resources for the ORCID ID and SciENcv, as well as linking the ORCID ID with an eRA Commons account.

SciENcv - Guidance, Instructions, Resources

Please reach out with any questions:

Proposals: SPA-Proposals@umaryland.edu
Post-submission action (JIT or RPPR): SPA-grants@umaryland.edu

Go to the SPA Contact Us page for more.

Thank you,

John B. Evermann
Executive Director
Sponsored Programs Administration