2020 will bring significant changes to the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation’s proposal submission process. The following are highlights of these changes:
NIH Changes - ORCID ID and Forms-F
Beginning October 2019, National Institutes of Health (NIH) started to require an ORCID for trainees, scholars, and participants supported by institutional research training, career development, and research education awards that require appointments through the xTrain system.
In 2020, NIH will require Principal Investigators (PIs) applying to fellowship or career programs to be registered with ORCID and to ensure their eRA Commons profile is linked to their ORCID prior to submission. All PIs are encouraged to create and link ORCID IDs to their eRA Commons account.
An ORCID ID is a unique digital identifier that creates linkages between researchers and their professional activities. An overview of ORCID and how to create an ORCID ID are provided in the ORCID Step-by-Step Instructions.
In addition to this change, NIH is introducing new proposal forms, Forms-F, for all due dates on or after May 25, 2020. NIH’s High-Level Summary of the Form Changes provides details about form and proposal requirement changes.
NSF Changes - SciENcv Biosketches
Beginning with the next iteration of the PAPPG (anticipated effective date February 2020), the National Science Foundation (NSF) will only accept PDFs for biographical sketches generated through the use of an NSF-approved format. To date, the only biosketch generator NSF has approved is SciENcv. OCG’s SciENcv Instructions provide an overview of SciENcv and step-by-step instructions for signing up and populating a ORCID ID and NCBI—the host of SciENcv.
Questions?
If you have any questions about these changes, contact your OCG Proposal Analyst.