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NIH Public Access Policy, Biosketch, and Data Management and Sharing Plans: Generating NIH Biosketches with SciENcv

What is SciENcv?

  • NCBI tool to easily create NIH biosketches in the current format
  • As of May 25, 2025, all NIH biosketches will be required to be generated using SciENcv, per this announcement
  • Pulls information from eRA Commons (awards), MyNCBI (publications), ORCiD, previous biosketches, or manual entry

SciENcv Features

  • Citation and award lists are completely customizable and able to be edited
  • Multiple biosketches can be generated per person; an investigator can have a sketch for each project
  • Biosketches are exportable in PDF for easy inclusion in grant applications
  • Sections of biosketches can be reused; the education and award sections can be copied from one profile to another

Using Word to generate biosketches

  • Would you rather use Word to generate your New NIH biosketch?
  • Word-generated biosketches will no longer be accepted for application due dates and other submissions on or after May 25, 2025

SciENcv Introduction

SciENcv Tutorial

Tips to get started (and finished) quickly with SciENcv

  • Step 1: Go to MyNCBI and ensure your PubMed citations are in 'My Bibliography' and link to an eRA Commons account (if you have one)
    • This will link your 'My Bibliography' citations and eRA Commons grants to your new SciENcv biosketch
    • Visit MyNCBI 'My Bibiography' help to learn how to populate your bibliography and more
  • Step 2: Go to SciENcv and use the eRA Commons login option. From there you can create a new document with three different options for how to populate it:
    • Use an external source - Pull in profile information from eRA or ORCID
    • Use an existing document - import profile information from an existing SciENcv biosketch
    • Start with a blank document - hand enter your profile information but auto link to your 'My Bibliography'
  • Step 3: Edit your New NIH biosketch to include your citations, grants, and peer-reviewed publications
    • For detailed instructions, templates, and example, visit the NIH biosketch page
    • You can download your new biosketch in PDF, Word, and XML formats

If you have any questions about using SciENcv to generate New NIH Biosketches, please do not hesitate to reach out to the library at NIHSUPPORT@med.cornell.edu