Request an eRA Commons Account

To request an eRA Commons account for someone, please email the following information to nih-help@mit.edu

• First Name
• Last Name
• Email address
• Does user have an existing eRA Commons Account at another organization?
• What role will they need? Choose from the following, or see the eRA Commons Roles Matrix for guidance:  
  • ASST
  • PI
  • POSTDOC
  • SCIENTIST
  • SPONSOR
  • TRAINEE
  • GRAD STUDENT
  • PROJECT PERSONNEL
  • UNDERGRAD

NOTE: For NIH fellowship applications the fellow needs both PI and Postdoc roles

To request existing eRA Commons account be affiliated with MIT:

Users with an eRA Commons Account from another organization requiring affiliation must have their MIT home department send a request with the following information to nih-help@mit.edu

• E-mail address for their current account
• Username for user’s current account

To request password reset send request including user’s name and commons ID to nih-help@mit.edu