Electronic Research Administration (ERA)

(Commons) Account Setup Instructions:

Please complete the following information and forward your request to erahelp@research.ucsb.edu.

First Name:

Middle Name:

Last Name:

E-mail:

Date of Birth:

Social Security Number: (Applies to PI's only.)  [please call or fax this information to your SPO team Analyst. Our Management Information Systems Team has asked that we do not accept SSNs via e-mail.]

Prior Support Grant Numbers:  (Applies to PI's only.)

If you are unsure of which Sponsored Projects Analyst assists your department, please visit: http://www.research.ucsb.edu/s_p/spo_roles_responsibilities.shtml

Once your account has been created, the Sponsored Projects Analyst will email you with the confirmation information (i.e. your username).  Within 48 hours, you will also receive an e-mail from the ERA Commmons, which will confirm your account has been set-up and it will provide you with your assigned password.

"eRA Commons" website is located at https://commons.era.nih.gov/commons/.

Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact your Sponsored Projects Team.

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(Commons) Reset Password:

If you need to reset a password, please do the following: Click on the eRA Commons website: https://commons.era.nih.gov/commons/

• Under Username, enter your designated username
• Select “Forgot Password?”
• A new screen will pop up and prompt you to enter “User ID” which is your Username, and then your “Email Address”.

The eRA Commons system will send you a new temporary password, in which the PI will re-enter their log-in information and be prompted to create their own password.