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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">An update has resolved the previously reported
<a href="https://www.electronicresearch.pitt.edu/news/alert-information-common-forms-biographical-sketch-and-pending-other-support-documents">
eRA Commons technical issue</a> in which users encountered warning messages when attaching SciENcv documents to grant applications (<a href="https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-26-018.html">NOT-OD-26-018</a>).
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Effective today, new SF-424 applications should no longer experience these warnings when uploading the correct SciENcv documents.
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<a href="https://grants.nih.gov/faqs#/common-forms-biographical-sketch-current-pending-support.htm?anchor=11952">
NIH Frequently Asked Questions</a> for more information about Common Forms for Biographical Sketch and Pending (Other) Support documents.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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