Guide Notice NOT-OD-24-163 informs the extramural community of NIH’s adoption of Common Forms for Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support to be used with all applications and Research Performance Progress Report(s) (RPPRs) by May 25, 2025.
General Information
- NIH will require the use of Science Experts Network Curriculum Vitae (SciENcv) to complete Common Forms (i.e., Biographical Sketch, Current and Pending (Other) Support) and the NIH Biographical Sketch Supplement to produce digitally certified PDF(s) for use in application submission.
- NIH will require all Senior/Key Personnel to enter their ORCID ID into SciENcv in the Persistent Identifier (PID) section of the Common Forms.
- NIH will require all Senior/Key Personnel to link their ORCID ID to their eRA Commons Personal Profile. For information on linking an ORCID ID to the eRA Commons Personal Profile see the ORCID ID topic in the eRA Commons online help.
Biographical sketch
- NIH will no longer accept the NIH Biographical Sketch format page.
- NIH will require the use of the Common Form for Biographical Sketch.
- NIH will require the use of a new NIH Biographical Sketch Supplement to collect the “Personal Statement,” “Contributions to Science,” and “Honors” statements.
Current and pending (other) support
- NIH will no longer accept the NIH Other Support format page.
- NIH will require the use of the Common Form for Current and Pending (Other) Support.
Additional Resource
Common Forms for Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support