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- eRA Enhancements: Changes to xTRACT Released Today, December 20, to Align with New FORMS-I Package - 12/20/24
- eRA Enhancements: Account Management Module Enhancements for Agency and System Accounts Released Today, December 17 - 12/17/24
- eRA Enhancements: Account Management Module (AMM) Changes for System Accounts Coming December 12 - 11/26/24
- eRA Information: Commons Demo to be Retired October 14 - 10/07/24
- eRA Information: New Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Policy Questions in RPPR as of October 1, 2024, and Other DMS Changes - 09/26/24
- eRA Information: Automated Email Notification Asking for Just-in-Time Information to be Retired October 1, 2024 - 08/28/24
- eRA Information: Improved Visual Appearance for eRA Commons Modules Coming Soon, Starting With ESI Eligibility Screen - 01/31/24
- eRA Enhancement: Cooperative Agreement Search Now Available Through RePORTER’s Advanced Search - 01/17/24
- eRA Enhancements: New Look Coming to XTRACT October 16 - 10/12/23
- eRA Information: Prior Approval Requests to Revise Data Management and Sharing Plans for NIH Awards to be Submitted via Prior Approval “Other Request” Type Effective October 12 - 10/10/23
- eRA Enhancement: New Language in Confidentiality Agreement in IAR Prohibiting Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence Technologies in NIH Peer Review Process — Coming August 8 - 08/07/23
- eRA Information: New Header Coming to eRA Commons June 30 - 06/29/23
- eRA Information: New Contracts Screen & Link in eRA Commons for Improving NIH R&D Contracts Data; Pilot Program to Begin May 15 - 05/11/23
- eRA Information: Select Withdrawn NIH Applications Will Display a Grant Number Appended with ‘D’ in eRA Commons Effective April 26 - 04/25/23
- eRA Alert: Intermittent Difficulty Accessing Grants.gov; Reminder of NIH System Issue Policy - 04/04/23
- eRA Reminder: Redesigned xTrain Module To Be Released Tomorrow, March 30 - 03/29/23
- eRA Alert: Intermittent Difficulty Accessing Grants.gov; Reminder of NIH System Issue Policy - 03/23/23
- eRA Enhancements: Redesigned xTrain Module in eRA Commons Coming on March 30 - 03/16/23
- eRA Enhancements: New FORMS-H Package for Grant Applications Coming Soon - 10/27/22
- eRA Enhancements: New Status Information Screen Released Today, October 26 - 10/26/22
- eRA Enhancements: Ability to Bypass 2 Business Day Viewing Window as an Option for Electronic Administrative Supplements Coming Tomorrow, October 27 - 10/26/22
- eRA Enhancements: New Status Screens for Signing Officials to Be Released October 27 - 10/25/22
- eRA Information: SAMHSA Applicants/Recipients — Please Press 4 When Calling the eRA Service Desk - 10/13/22
- eRA Enhancements: New Look for Status Information Screen in eRA Commons Coming Soon - 10/03/22
- eRA Information: Grants.gov Downtime September 23-29 — Information and Advice for Applicants/Recipients - 08/25/22
- eRA Information: Form Versions Prior to FORMS-E Will Be Retired in ASSIST On August 31 - 08/16/22
- eRA Information: NIST Has Launched New iEdison System, Following Transfer From NIH eRA - 08/09/22
- eRA Reminder: iEdison System Going Offline on August 2; New NIST iEdison to Launch on August 9 - 07/27/22
- eRA Update: Ability for Users to Consolidate Multiple Commons Accounts Coming in Early 2023 - 07/26/22
- eRA Alert: Login.gov Maintenance Thursday, July 21 from 1 a.m. to 4:30 a.m. ET - 07/18/22
- eRA Enhancements: New Visual Appearance for Public Roster Website Coming on July 14 - 07/12/22
- eRA Information: NIH to Transfer iEdison System to NIST on August 9, 2022; Take Steps Now to Prepare for Transition and Associated System Downtime - 06/27/22
- eRA Reminder: Updated Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR) Screens Released Today - 06/23/22
- eRA Enhancements: New Look for FCOI Module to Be Released in eRA Commons on June 30 - 06/23/22
- eRA Enhancements: Reminder that a New Visual Appearance is Coming June 23 to Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR) Module in eRA Commons - 06/16/22
- eRA Alert: Performance Sites of Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR) Require UEI Effective June 23 - 05/26/22
- eRA Alert: Action Required for In-Progress RPPR Budget Forms Due to RPPR Update June 23; Updated RPPR Instruction Guide Available - 05/16/22
- eRA Enhancements: New Look for Delegations in eRA Commons Released Today, Monday, May 16 - 05/16/22
- eRA Information: UEI Field Will be Added to Institutional Profile in eRA Commons Tomorrow, May 12 - 05/11/22
- Refreshed eRA Website Launched Today - 04/25/22
- eRA Enhancements: Refreshed Public eRA Website Coming Soon - 04/13/22
- eRA Information: SAM.gov Unavailable April 1 – 4, 2022 for Transition from DUNS to UEI - 03/31/22
- eRA Information: iEdison to Move from NIH eRA to NIST in Summer 2022; Action Required By Users - 03/30/22
- eRA Information: Commons Mobile Site Retiring April 25; Use the Mobile-Friendly Status Screen in eRA Commons Instead - 03/25/22
- eRA Information: Ability for Users to Consolidate Multiple Commons Accounts Coming in Summer 2022 - 03/07/22
- eRA Enhancements: New Look Coming March 7 to Prior Approval Module in eRA Commons - 03/04/22
- eRA Information: New Wizard-Like Feature Coming Tomorrow, March 2, to eRA Commons Registration Screens - 03/01/22
- eRA Information: FORMS-G Changes to be Reflected in Human Subjects Clinical Trials Form on February 10 – Action Required by Users - 02/09/22
- eRA Enhancements: New Look Coming January 20 to Federal Financial Report Module in eRA Commons - 01/13/22
- eRA Information: New Mandatory Award Condition for RADx-UP Recipients for Specific NOSIs/FoAs - 12/23/21
- eRA Reminder: Password Moving to Passphrase for eRA Commons Users Starting November 17, 2021 - 11/12/21
- eRA Enhancements: New Errors for Non-Compliance with Clinical Trial Registration and Reporting at Time of Award and in RPPR in a Release Today - 10/01/21
- New Look and Feel for Submit Reference Letter Screen in eRA Commons - 09/29/21
- eRA Enhancements: New Prior Name Options in Personal Profile Coming September 8 - 09/01/21
- eRA Final Reminder: The Use of Internet Explorer to Access eRA Modules Ends July 19, 2021; Switch to Supported Browsers - 07/12/21
- eRA Reminder: Switch to Supported Browsers, the Use of Internet Explorer to be Phased Out by July 19, 2021 - 06/21/21
- eRA Reminder: Switch Now to the Secure Use of Login.gov to Access eRA Modules Before the Deadline of September 15, 2021 - 05/27/21
- eRA Information: Reminder to “Flatten” PDFs for Just-in-Time and RPPR Before Uploading to eRA Commons - 05/19/21
- eRA Information: Login.gov Unavailable Friday, May 14, 1 a.m. to 4:30 a.m. ET - 05/11/21
- eRA Reminder: IAR Button Added to eRA Commons Landing Screen Today - 05/03/21
- eRA Information: IAR Button to be Added to eRA Commons Landing Screen on Monday, May 3 - 04/26/21
- All Senior/Key Personnel Required to Get A Commons ID for Due Dates on Or After January 25, 2022 - 04/20/21
- eRA Alert: Maintenance Downtime Saturday, April 24 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Systems Unavailable - 04/19/21
- eRA Information: Use of Internet Explorer for eRA Modules to be Phased Out by July 19, 2021 - 04/12/21
- eRA Information: External User Acceptance Testing (Ext-UAT) Environment Downtime Monday, April 26, 2021 - 04/01/21
- eRA Reminder: Switch Early to the New Secure Two-Factor Authentication Required to Access eRA Modules - 02/16/21
- eRA Reminder: New eRA Commons Login and Landing Screens Have Arrived! - 01/12/21
- eRA Reminder: Transition Early to Use of Login.gov to Access eRA Commons, ASSIST, IAR and Commons Mobile - 01/11/21
- eRA Reminder: New eRA Commons Login and Landing Screens Coming January12; Watch for New Navigation Once Logged In - 01/07/21
- eRA Information: Federal Financial Report Required to be Submitted in the Payment Management System, Starting January 1, 2021 - 12/21/20
- eRA Update: New eRA Commons Log-in and Landing Screens Scheduledfor Release January 12 - 12/18/20
- eRA Information: Required Use of Login.gov to Access eRA Commons, ASSIST, IAR and Commons Mobile Coming in 2021 - 12/14/20
- eRA Enhancement: Ability to Search and Report Multiple Publications in xTRACT for Research Training Data Tables - 12/10/20
- eRA Enhancement: New eRA Commons Home Page & Landing Screen Coming in January 2021 - 12/03/20
- eRA Update: RPPR Submissions Issue Resolved in eRA Commons - 11/18/20
- eRA Update: Technical Issue with RPPR Submissions Is Near Resolution - 11/17/20
- eRA Alert: Technical Issue with RPPR Submissions in eRA Commons - 11/16/20
- eRA Information: External User Acceptance Testing (Ext-UAT) Environment Downtime Friday, November 6, 8 p.m. to Midnight - 11/02/20
- eRA Enhancement: New Features Coming to Just-in-Time Screen in eRA Commons Tomorrow, Friday, October 30 - 10/29/20
- eRA Enhancements: Institutions Must Submit FCOI Policy Electronically in eRA Commons, Effective November 12, 2020 - 10/22/20
- Automated Trainee Diversity Report Required to be Submitted Electronically with RPPR for Specified Training, Career and Other Grants Starting October 30, 2020 - 10/22/20
- eRA Enhancements: Institutions Must Submit FCOI Policy Electronically in eRA Commons, Effective November 12, 2020 - 10/22/20
- eRA Alert: Log-in Issue Intermittently Affecting eRA Systems - 10/19/20
- eRA Update: Intermittent Log-in Issue Resolved - 10/19/20
- eRA Information: NIH Encourages SOs to Review the Accuracy of Grant Information for FY 2020 Before October 2 - 09/23/20
- eRA Enhancement: Ability to Select Awarded Components on RPPR Screen, Instead of Manually Adding for Multi-Project Awards - 09/01/20
- eRA Alert: Issue Affecting ASSIST & eRA Commons Login Screens - 08/12/20
- eRA Update: ASSIST & eRA Commons Login Screens Issue Resolved - 08/12/20
- eRA Enhancement: Change in Format to the Notice of Award Starting October 1, 2020 - 08/05/20
- eRA Information: Use of ASSIST Expanded for Submission of Administrative Supplements - 07/22/20
- eRA Reminder: Overall Impact Score and Summary Statement(s) Available to Signing Officials Starting Today - 06/24/20
- eRA Information: Overall Impact Score and Summary Statement(s) Available to Signing Officials Starting June 24 - 06/18/20
- eRA Information: Changes in HSS Post-Submission Updates with FORMS-F Starting June 13 - 06/15/20
- eRA Information: Extended Hours for eRA’s Scheduled Maintenance on the May 9-10 Weekend; Systems Unavailable - 05/04/20
- eRA Reminder: xTRACT and xTrain Changes to Accommodate Transition to FORMS-F for Due Dates on or After May 25, 2020 - 04/24/20
- eRA Update: Migration of eRA Systems to the Cloud Successfully Completed: All Modules Available - 04/20/20
- eRA Information: Transition to FORMS-F for Due Dates on or After May 25, 2020 - 04/17/20
- eRA Final Reminder: eRA Modules Will Be Unavailable Tomorrow Friday, April 17 Through Monday, April 20 During Cloud Migration - 04/16/20
- eRA Information: eRA Modules Will Be Unavailable April 17 to April 20 During Cloud Migration - 04/13/20
- eRA Reminder: Two-Factor Authentication Login Option Available Today - 04/08/20
- eRA Reminder: eRA Moving to the Cloud; eRA Modules Will Be Unavailable April 17 to April 20 - 04/07/20
- eRA Enhancement: ASSIST Has Been Streamlined to Support Easier Initiation and Submission of Administrative Supplements - 04/07/20
- eRA Enhancement: Two Factor Authentication Login Option Coming to eRA Modules - 04/06/20
- eRA Update: Intermittent Network Connectivity Issue Resolved - 03/18/20
- eRA Alert: Intermittent Network Connectivity Affecting ASSIST and eSubmission - 03/17/20
- TLS 1.1 to be Decommissioned to Make Way for Updated Security Protocol - 02/25/20
- NIH eRA Items of Interest — January 2020 - 01/31/20
- eRA Information: All eRA Modules and Websites Unavailable Thursday, January 16 from 6 P.M. to 9:30 P.M. ET For Critical Maintenance - 01/15/20
- eRA Information: Enhancements to xTRACT Reporting Coming in December Release - 12/17/19
- eRA Reminder: Requirements Start October 1 for the Use of ORCID iDs for xTrain Appointments and the Use of xTRACT for Training Tables - 10/01/19
- eRA Update: The Issue with Blank Pages in Grant Application Images Has Been Resolved - 09/20/19
- eRA Alert: Reminder to Thoroughly Check Grant Application Images in eRA Commons - 09/11/19
- eRA Information: eRA Website Unavailable June 26 from 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. ET - 06/20/19
- eRA Alert: Users Experiencing Issues with eRA Commons, ASSIST and IAR - 05/29/19
- eRA Update: Issue Resolved with eRA Commons, ASSIST and IAR - 05/29/19
- eRA Update: The Issue Preventing Users from Accessing eRA Modules Has Been Resolved - 05/28/19
- eRA Alert: Users Receiving an Error Accessing eRA Modules - 05/28/19
- eRA Information: External User Acceptance Testing (Ext-UAT) Environment Downtime June 1, Starting at 9 a.m. ET - 05/23/19
- eRA Alert: eRA Modules Affected by Intermittent Network Outages - 05/09/19
- eRA Update: eRA Modules Back to Normal as Network Issue Resolved - 05/09/19
- eRA Alert: Intermittent Issues When Submitting RPPRs with Publications and Possible Issues with Publications in xTRACT - 05/03/19
- eRA Update: The Intermittent Issues with Publications Affecting RPPRs and xTRACT Have Been Resolved - 05/03/19
- eRA Update: RPPRs With Publications Can Once Again be Submitted - 05/02/19
- eRA Alert: Hold off on Submitting RPPRs with Publications For Now - 05/01/19
- eRA Update: Newly Redesigned eRA Website is Launched! - 04/30/19
- eRA Information: New Redesigned eRA Website To Be Launched April 30, 2019 - 04/23/19
- eRA Update: Connection Issue to eRA Systems Has Been Resolved - 03/14/19
- eRA Commons Upgrades for RPPR - rescheduled for March 4 - 03/01/19
- eRA Update: eRA Commons Upgrades for Validations and Messages for RPPR Have Been Rescheduled for March 4 - 03/01/19
- eRA Commons Upgrades for RPPR Have Been Postponed - 02/27/19
- eRA Update: eRA Commons Upgrades for Validations and Messages for RPPR Have Been Postponed - 02/27/19
- eRA Enhancements: New Ability to Export Study Records From the Human Subjects System - 02/26/19
- eRA Information: New Validations and Messages for RPPR - 02/25/19
- eRA Information: Issues Concerning Logging into eRA Commons and ASSIST - 02/19/19
- eRA Alert: Users Experiencing Connection Issues to eRA Systems - 02/14/19
- ASSIST Application Previews Prior to Dec. 12 To Be Removed - 01/30/19
- New Validations for HSS Form When Completing an RPPR - 01/23/19
- eRA Information: New 2-Step Submission Process for RPPRs with Inclusion Enrollment Data - 01/22/19
- eRA Information: Detailed Status Information Unavailable from 9:00 to 10:00 p.m. - 01/14/19