NIH will require the use of Common Forms and SciENcv to prepare biographical sketches for grant applications, progress reports, and other related submissions with due dates on or after January 25, 2026.

Rutgers Research Services Librarian, Yingting Chen, will be delivering a session to RARC researchers on Tuesday, January 27 @2:00 PM Eastern introducing the NIH Biographical Sketch Common Form and NIH Biographical Sketch Supplement (replacing the traditional NIH biosketch formats by January 25, 2026). The session will also include a demo of ORCID and SciENcv.