How the University of Michigan Taubman Health Sciences Library
is Addressing the Needs of eRA Commons Users
Merle Rosenzweig & Anna Ercoli Schnitzer
What is eRA Commons
The NIH eRA Coommons is
web-based system that
allowsNIH extramural grantee
organizatgions & grantees
to receive & transmit information
electronically about
thea dministration of biomedical
& behavioral research.1 “eRA
plays a function of grants
administration for NIH and other
Federal granting components.”2
Delegate Management of My Bibliography
MY NCBI & My Bibliography
My NCBI Tool to Replace eRA Commons for
Bibliography Management. Notice Number: NOTOD-10-103
“Required actions:
1. If not already established, PD/PIs must
establish a My NCBI account to gain access to My
Bibliography.
2. My NCBI accounts must be linked to eRA
Commons accounts.
3. PD/PIs … must enter new citations into their
My NCBI accounts.
4. As of October 22,[2010] …citations must be
added to My Bibliography so that they will continue
to appear in Commons and can be associated with
Publications in eRA Commons
MyNCBI system
future annual progress reports.” 3
eRA Commons users may assign a delegate
to manage their My Bibliography:
1. The delegate should have a My NCBI
account.
2. Begin by signing in to My NCBI.
3. Click on My Bibliography.
4. Click on Edit My Bibliography Settings.
5. Click on Add a Delegate.
6. Add the delegates email address and
click Save.
7. The delegate will receive an email in
which they will confirm they their status
allowing them to manage the My
Bibliography.
Adding to My Bibliography &
Assigning Grant Support
Key to Compliance
References
1 NIH eRA Commons Introduction
https://commons.era.nih.gov/commons-help/161.htm
2
Dr. Sally Rockey, PhD., NIH Deputy Director for
Extramural Research
3 http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/not-od-10-103.html