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eRA Enhancements: Ability to Consolidate Multiple Accounts
02/24/26
eRA Update: Changes to Prior Approval, Just-in-Time, and RPPR Have Been Released to Align with New Common Forms Requirements
01/26/26
eRA Enhancements: Changes to Prior Approval, Just-in-Time, and RPPR to be Released Monday, January 26, to Align with New Common Forms Requirements
01/14/26
eRA Enhancement: Organization Name included in Commons Status PI List of Applications/Awards
05/23/25
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eRA Information: Select Withdrawn NIH Applications Will Display a Grant Number Appended with ‘D’ in eRA Commons Effective April 26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
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