NOT- OD-25-152 NIH released preview versions and instructions of the Common Forms for Biographical Sketch, Current and Pending (Other) Support, and the Biographical Sketch Supplement on the NIH Forms Directory and within Science Experts Network Curriculum Vitae (SciENcv).
These preview documents will allow users to save, reopen, and edit the preview forms in the SciENcv module. However, the download PDF functionality will be disabled, and the form(s) and data entered into the preview versions will be deleted and no longer accessible once the official NIH Common Forms become available for preparation and submission, anticipated November 2025.
The previews are intended to help applicants familiarize themselves with the new functionality and instructions. These are not the final official versions, and NIH is not seeking any feedback or testing from external users.
Under no circumstances may applicants or recipients use the preview documents for submissions to NIH. During this preview period, applicants and recipients must continue to use the current NIH Biosketch (generated either through SciENcv or NIH Form Library.docx templates) and Other Support Format Pages for all submissions to NIH until NIH’s official implementation of the Common Forms.
Preview versions of the NIH Common Form instructions can be found in the NIH Forms Directory. Preview of NIH Common Forms within to SciENcv for Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support are Coming Soon.
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