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eRA Resources

Supporting Applicants and Awardees

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eRA Resources

• User Documentation– User Guides– Release Notes– Annotated Application Forms

• User Demonstration– My NCBI Resources– eRA.nih.gov/help

• User Self-Help– Web-based training

• User Feedback– Comment Cards

eRA Resources – User Documentation

• New User Guides Posted– Commons User Guide Posted in July

• http://era.nih.gov/docs/COM_UGV2630.pdf

– eSNAP User Guide Posted in August• http://era.nih.gov/docs/

eSNAP_UG_v2.25.0.0_041210.pdf

• Release Notes– eRA Commons Release Notes 2.27.0.0 Posted

in July• http://era.nih.gov/files/Commons_RN_v2.27.0.0_07-

21-10.pdf

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eRA Resources – User Documentation

• Annotated SF424 Application Forms– SF424 (R&R) Application Packages with field-

by-field tips to avoid commons errors• http://grants.nih.gov/grants/ElectronicReceipt/

communication.htm#forms

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eRA Resources – Demonstration

• My NCBI Resources– Created 5 short, targeted demonstrations on

managing your professional bibliography though My NCBI and Commons

• Link an eRA Commons Account to a My NCBI Account

• Associate a Paper with a Grant in Commons• Move Publications from eRA Commons to My

NCBI• Use eRA Commons to Check Citations for Valid

NIHMS ID

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eRA Resources – Demonstration

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eRA Resources – Demonstration

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eRA Virtual Schoolhttp://era.nih.gov/virtualschool/

eRA Resources – User Self-Help

• Self-Help Resources for Applicants– Service Desk in collaboration with eRA

Communications maintains a webpage with self-help resources for the Grant Applicant community

• http://era.nih.gov/help/

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eRA Resources – User Self-Help

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eRA Resources – User Self-Help

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eRA Resources – User Feedback

• User Comment Card– Users can now give documentation feedback

by clicking a link from within the user guide

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How are we doing? The User Support Branch (USB) of electronic Research Administration (eRA) is dedicated to serving our community and welcomes your feedback to assist us in improving our user guides. Simply click the hyperlink listed below and complete the questionnaire associated with the user guide.

http://inside.era.nih.gov/era_feedback/feedback.cfm?userguide=commons

eRA Resources – User Feedback

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Feedback

• Questions– How can User Support help you?– How useful is the virtual school to you?

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