Upcoming Changes in NIH Biosketches and Current/Pending Support

February 3, 2025

*See update on MyRESEARCHpath from 2/6/25, along with additional information about how to prepare. NIH is set to release the new template for Biosketches on March 25, 2025. https://myresearchpath.duke.edu/updates/countdown-sciencv-nih-biosketches

*Update: As of 2/3/2025, we are still awaiting updated guidance from NIH on the forms and instructions for Biosketches that will go into effect May 25, 2025. Things you can do now to prepare are to familiarize yourself with using SciENcv to create your biosketch, if you are not already, and setup your ORCID ID. Attached below are slides from a recent presentation about this topic, and here is a link to the recording.

NIH released NOT-OD-24-163 on 07/31/2024 – which informs the extramural community of NIH’s adoption of Common Forms for Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support to be used with all applications and Research Performance Progress Report(s) (RPPRs) by May 25, 2025.

A high-level summary of NIH specific updates are as follows:

General Information

NIH will require the use of Science Experts Network Curriculum Vitae (SciENcv) to complete Common Forms (i.e., Biographical Sketch, Current and Pending (Other) Support) and the NIH Biographical Sketch Supplement to produce digitally certified PDF(s) for use in application submission.
NIH will require all Senior/Key Personnel to enter their ORCID ID into SciENcv in the Persistent Identifier (PID) section of the Common Forms.
NIH will require all Senior/Key Personnel to link their ORCID ID to their eRA Commons Personal Profile. For information on linking an ORCID ID to the eRA Commons Personal Profile see the ORCID ID topic in the eRA Commons online help.
**See video here from Duke Medical Center Library on how to create a Biosketch using SciENcv.

Biographical Sketch

NIH will no longer accept the NIH Biographical Sketch format page.
NIH will require the use of the Common Form for Biographical Sketch.
NIH will require the use of a new NIH Biographical Sketch Supplement to collect the “Personal Statement,” “Contributions to Science,” and “Honors” statements.