Policy & Timeline

This section summarizes NIH’s implementation date, enforcement behavior in eRA validations, and the high-level differences between the legacy NIH biosketch/other support formats and the 2026 Common Forms.

flowchart LR
    accTitle: Policy section map
    accDescr: The policy section moves from effective dates to enforcement behavior and then to practical changes from old formats to Common Forms.
    A["Effective dates"] --> B["eRA enforcement"]
    B --> C["Old formats to Common Forms"]
    C --> D["Operational workflow changes"]

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Table of contents

• Effective dates (NIH)
• Enforcement (active NIH timeline)
• What changed (old → new)