Over the next year the NIH will start requiring an eRA Commons ID for all individuals in graduate and undergraduate student roles who participate in NIH-funded projects for a least one person-month or more. This information will appear on NIH progress reports. Beginning October 18, 2013 a warning will be generated when a Research Performance Progress Report is submitted that lists individuals in a graduate or undergraduate student role who have not established an eRA Commons ID. In October 2014 RPPRs lacking the eRA Commons ID for those student roles will receive an error and the RPPR will not be accepted by the NIH without this information.
For more information on this change please see Notice Number NOT-OD-13-097 released on August 2, 2013 by the NIH.
