January 22, 2026
NIH: Common Forms Reminder
UPDATE: 2/10/2026:
NIH released an Adjusted Timeline for NIH’s Implementation of Common Forms: NOT OD-26-033.
- Use Common Forms now.
- If there are technical challenges: NIH will accept previous format for Biosketches & Other support until May 2026.
- If Common Forms are not used, you will receive eRA Commons validation warnings.
- OSP will not resubmit applications to update to the Common Forms.
Sent via MRAM.
With the upcoming 1/25/2026 NIH SciENcv Common Forms requirements for Biographical Sketch, NIH Biographical Sketch Supplement and Current and Pending (Other) Support, we have some guidance and reminders to share.
- UW NIH Biosketch FAQs: Recently updated, this set of FAQs help answer some common questions around the NIH Biosketches
- UW Libraries Guide to NIH Biosketches with SciENcv: Provides guidance for Initial setup: NCBI, ORCID and eRA Commons, Creating an NIH Biosketch with SciENcv and
- the Updated NIH Biosketch fields
- ITHS Intro to Creating Biosketches in SciENcv
- UW Proposal Reminders
- NIH requires Common Forms effective 1/25/2026: MRAM announcement from 12/09/2025 includes more resource links around the common forms requirement