References

Reviewed against official NIH/eRA/NCBI/NLM/NSF sources on 2026-05-14.

For enforcement timing, check the NIH Common Forms hub and the newest NIH Guide Notice first. Some form-directory pages may lag the hub after NIH issues a new notice; treat them as form/instruction pages unless their timing text matches the hub.

Site disclaimer

• Disclaimer (not official guidance)

NIH official pages (policy + enforcement)

• Common Forms hub (current NIH source-of-truth page)
• NOT-OD-26-079 (May 8, 2026 system enforcement)
• NOT-OD-26-018 (implementation notice)
• NOT-OD-26-017 (Research Security Training requirements)
• NOT-OD-25-133 (other support disclosure training policy; effective October 1, 2025)
• NOT-OD-25-152 (SciENcv preview / XML ingest background)
• NIH Grants Policy Statement (March 2026)
• NIH Common Forms FAQ page
• NIH Nexus: Will my application be withdrawn if I don’t use the Common Forms?

NIH official pages (forms + explainers)

• Biographical Sketch Common Form
• NIH Biographical Sketch Supplement
• CPOS Common Form
• Biosketch landing page
• NIH Nexus: What should I know about the new Biographical Sketch Common Form?
• NIH Nexus: What should I know about the CPOS Common Form?

eRA / SciENcv / NCBI

• SciENcv (NCBI)
• eRA: ORCID iD help (revised April 29, 2026)
• eRA: Common Forms changes for Prior Approval, JIT, and RPPR
• NCBI Insights: Linking an ORCID account to My NCBI/SciENcv (workflow how-to; not an enforcement source)
• NCBI Insights: Fixing an incorrect PID/ORCID in a SciENcv document
• NLM Support: CPOS XML file upload structure (KA-05499)
• NLM Support: Troubleshooting CPOS XML upload errors (KA-05498)
• SciENcv Data Schemas

NSPM-33 / research security references

• NSF NSPM-33 implementation guidance and disclosure requirements
• NSF NSPM-33 definitions
• OSTP policy regarding use of common disclosure forms

Examples of institutional guides

These are not official NIH instructions, but they often provide practical screenshots and workflow tips.

• Stanford ORA — NIH implementation of Common Forms (effective Jan 25, 2026)
• Yale — SciENcv & Common Forms
• NC State University Libraries — SciENcv for Biosketches
• UCSF OSR — NIH implementation news item
• Washington University in St. Louis — implementation announcement
• Emory — SciENcv EPC flyer (PDF)
• Georgia Tech OSP — Adding Delegates to SciENcv (PDF)

(Expand this list for your institution and add your local SOP links.)