Support Available for NIH Common Form Requirement

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced that it will adopt Common Forms for Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support for all applications and Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPRs) by May 25, 2025.  https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-24-163.html

The Cushing/Whitney Medical Library is offering support with the NIH transition to Common Form through ScienCV platform. These instruction sessions will be offered in April and one-on-one sessions can also be scheduled.

This move is part of a broader federal effort to standardize disclosure requirements and are intended to streamline disclosures and improve transparency. NIH's implementation will not change any collection fields but will maintain three specific data elements (Personal Statement, Contributions to Science, and Honors) through a separate NIH Biographical Sketch Supplement.

Key updates include:

• Mandatory use of Science Experts Network Curriculum Vitae (SciENcv) for completing Common Forms and producing digitally certified PDFs for applications.
• Requirement for Senior/Key Personnel to enter their ORCID IDs into SciENcv and link them to their eRA Commons Personal Profile.
• The NIH will discontinue its Biographical Sketch format page, instead requiring the new Common Form and the NIH Biographical Sketch Supplement.
• The NIH Other Support format page will be replaced by the Common Form for Current and Pending (Other) Support.