Electronic Research Administration
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Electronic Research Administration (ERA) Commons
Description
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has developed a system
to facilitate the discrete exchange of essential information
between NIH and applicant organizations. The "Commons" is a Web
interface where NIH and the grantee community are able conduct
their extramural research administration business
electronically.
Functionality Available to UCR Investigators
- Status - Allows Principal Investigators to
review the current status of all their grant applications and
review detailed information associated with their grants.
Institutional Officials can see a summary view of grant
applications, review the Notice of Grant Award, and access the
Progress Report face page.
- Internet Assisted Review (IAR) - Allows
reviewers to submit critiques and preliminary scores for
applications they are reviewing as part of a scientific review
group. Allows Reviewers, Scientific Review Administrators (SRA),
and Grants Technical Assistants (GTA) to view all critiques in
preparation for a meeting. IAR creates a preliminary summary
statement body containing submitted critiques for the SRA or
GTA.
- Demo Facility - Demo Facility allows users to
try most of the capabilities of the NIH eRA Commons in a sample
environment. The Demo Facility can be found at https://commonsdemo.era.nih.gov/commons-demo/.
The user name for the demo facility is PeterAnteater and the
password is train2*pi.
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System Requirements
Contact your department technical staff for assistance. The ERA
Commons requires use of Internet Explorer 5.01 (or later) or
Netscape 4.7. JavaScript and cookies must be enabled on your
browser. Sessions expire after 45 minutes of inactivity.
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Password Policy
NIH has instituted a stringent password policy to reduce the
risk of unauthorized access to the system. Users must change their
passwords at least every 180 days and cannot be reused for a period
of one year. Passwords must be at least 8 characters and be a mix
of alpha, numeric, and special characters. The first and last
characters may not be numeric. Passwords cannot contain the user's
login name.
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Registration Requirements
In order to log in and use the Commons, faculty and staff must
contact the Office of Research to create a user account. Please
contact: your Contract and Grants
Officer.
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NIH Provided Assistance
NIH Commons User Support Branch
Help Desk (866) 504-9552 (Toll Free)
(301) 402-7469 (Voice)
(301) 451-5675 (Fax)
(301) 451-5939 (TTY)
commons@od.nih.gov
User Guides for the NIH Commons and Internet Assisted Review are
available at http://era.nih.gov/commons/index.cfm.
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