2025 Federal Administration Transition Information & Resources - This will be updated as new information is available.

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NIH Biosketch and Other Support Forms - SciENcv required beginning May 25, 2025

The NIH is implementing the Common Forms (Biosketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support) for all applications and RPPRs submitted on or after May 25, 2025.  With the implementation:  

  • Applicants/Recipients will be required to use Science Experts Network Curriculum Vitae (SciENcv) for preparing and certifying NIH Biosketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support) forms to produce digitally certified PDFs for use in application submission.    
  • The NIH also will require all Senior/Key Personnel to link their ORCID ID to SciENcv.
  • The New NIH Biosketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support) forms will be available in SciENcv by March 25, 2025.
  • Individuals can refer to the NIH Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) re the Common Forms for Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support for more information.
  • Outside of the Common Forms, NIH will continue to collect other information and data elements (i.e. Personal Statement, Contributions to Science, and Honors) via an NIH Biographical Sketch Supplement. Furthermore, it is anticipated that additional information to supplement the Other Support Common Forms will be required by NIH in a similar manner. Templates and instructions for these supplement forms are still pending from NIH.

Current Faculty/Investigator Action Item

Access your SciENcv account and delegate access to your [research] administrator(s) to allow them ample time to familiarize themselves with SciENcv and to facilitate with the data entry for your NIH Biosketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support forms once they become available in March prior to the May 25, 2025 SciENcv NIH forms implementation date. For clarity, delegation of access should not be to your Grants RPM or OSR Contracts & Grants Officer.

Delegates can create, modify, and/or delete the information in the SciENcv account(s) to which they have been granted access. Step-by-step instructions for delegating SciENcv access are available on the ORA SciENcv Resources page.

Note: The certification of Biosketches and/or Current and Pending (Other) Support MAY NOT be delegated to administrators.  While administrators can assist in the preparation of investigator(s) Biosketches and/or Current and Pending (Other) Support in SciENcv through delegate access, each investigator MUST download and certify their SciENcv generated Biosketches and/or Current and Pending Support from SciENcv themselves.

Reminder: Until the Common Forms are fully adopted by NIH, NIH requests applicants and recipients use the current NIH Biosketch and Other Support formats for applications, Just-in-Time (JIT) Reports, and RPPRs.

In addition to this email, Stanford has several online resources to support faculty and administrators in preparing for the NIH’s implementation of the common disclosure forms:

If you have any questions, please submit those here, and a member of the ORA-RMG Disclosures Team will respond to you shortly.

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