Getting Started

SciENcv takes a variety of inputs from eRA Commons, NCBI, research.gov, ORCID and manually entered data and integrates IDs, grants, affiliations, education, publications and personal statements, among other items to generate outputs such as NIH biosketches and NIH fellowship biosketches, NSF biographical sketches, NSF Current and Pending (DOE requires NSF format).

SciENcv is a centralized space for researchers to maintain information for biographical sketches and current and pending documents and actions within SciENcv can be delegated to others to reduce administrative burden.

Learn what your log in options are, how to create an account, link to other existing accounts, and delegate access.

Create an Account

SciENcv is part of NCBI. You will need to have an NCBI account as you move through the process below to utilize SciENcv and to link your NCBI account to eRA Commons, NSF, ORCID, etc.
1. Unsure if you already have an NCBI account?
  1. You can go to www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov and then click on "Log In". You will see several options for logging in, select NCBI.
  2. You will then click "Forgot login info?" and will be prompted to enter your email address and click "Reset Password".
  3. Once entered, NCBI will send you an email containing your log in ID if you already have an account.
  4. Your email may contain two NCBI login id's. If this is the case, you have two accounts and those accounts must be merged. Please email info@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov and provide the log in id's from the email and request that the accounts be merged.
2. If you do not have an NCBI account, you may work through the instructions below to create an account and also to link your NCBI account to eRA Commons, NSF, ORCID, and others.

2. Go to the SciENcv Homepage.

Select your preferred log in method *please note that many federal organizations will begin to utilize Login.gov. Click here for more information regarding this method of sign in if you are not already set up.
Once your log in selection has been made you will temporarily be redirected to the partner website before you can either Create a new NCBI account or Link to an existing NCBI account.
If you need to create a new account proceed with entering a Username, verify that you E-mail is correct, and then click Continue.
Set up your profile by clicking the edit button within the grey rectangle.
Enter your information in the Edit Mini Profile pop-up and then click Save. If you choose to add IDs you will be redirected to the affilliated websites in order to initiate a link. This is highly recommended, as it will save time when creating documents within SciENcv.
Congratulations you have completed the initial steps needed to create documents in SciENcv and access other features of My NCBI. If you ever need to return to this page you can do so by clicking the profile icon (person) in the top right corner and then select Dashboard from the dropdown. From here you click Manage SciENcv in order to return to your profile and any documents that you have created.

How to Add a Delegate

Go to the profile icon (person) in the top right corner and then select Account settings from the dropdown.
Under Delegates click Add a Delegate.
Within the pop-up enter a valid email address and then click OK.
My NCBI allows you to monitor the staus of delegates so that you know when another user has successfully confirmed access.
You may remove a delegate by navigating to Delegates as outlined above and then clicking on the red X next to the individual to be removed. You will see a confirmation that the delegate was removed.