- Principal Investigator's eRA Commons Accounts Are Transferable
Principal Investigator's eRA Commons Accounts are assigned one time and follow an investigator for his or her entire career. With more and more grant administration tasks moving away from paper in favor of electronic alternatives proper maintenance of your eRA Commons account is critical. Here are a few tips from the NIH
If you change institutions, provide your eRA Commons User Name and the email address listed in your Personal Profile to the business office of your new institution and ask them to "affiliate" your account. Your account can be affiliated with multiple institutions. Each institution will be able to view your history within that institution. You will have access to your full history at all institutions.
Whenever your personal information (e.g., email address, phone number(s) address, employment history, degree) changes take a few minutes to review and update your eRA Commons Personal Profile information.
Keep your email address current. Not only is the email address used for certain NIH notifications, the email adress in your profile is used if you need to take advantage of the "Forgot Password?" link beneathe the login fields on the eRA Commons home page
- GCA and GCFA Launch Newsletter
The Offices of Grant and Contract Administration and Grant and Contract Financial Administration have launched a new quarterly newsletter providing information on pertinent business topics, helpful hints and introductions to the staff. Access the newsletter and at the new combined GCA/GCFA website.