Creating the NIH biosketch through the Science Experts Network Curriculum Vitae (SciENcv) web platform

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced the 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.

NIH will require:

• The use of Science Experts Network Curriculum Vitae (SciENcv) to complete the Biographical Sketch (aka biosketch), Current and Pending (Other) Support and the NIH Biographical Sketch Supplement to produce digitally certified PDF(s) for use in grant application submission.
• The use of a new NIH Biographical Sketch Supplement to collect the “Personal Statement,” “Contributions to Science,” and “Honors” statements
• All Senior/Key Personnel to enter their ORCID ID into SciENcv in the Persistent Identifier (PID) section of the Common Forms.
• All Senior/Key Personnel to link their ORCID ID to their eRA Commons Personal Profile.
• NIH will no longer accept the NIH Biographical Sketch format page.

This session will cover:

• Creating an ORCID account
• Linking the MyNCBI account to the eRA Commons
• Creating and populating a MyBibliography section
• Creating an NIH biographical sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support document
• How to add a delegate to MyNCBI account