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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">An update has resolved the previously reported
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><a href="https://www.electronicresearch.pitt.edu/news/alert-information-common-forms-biographical-sketch-and-pending-other-support-documents" id="OWA8fb1b8c5-5134-d154-2926-e1e180bcc56a" class="x_OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u>eRA
Commons technical issue</u></a></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> in which users encountered warning messages when attaching SciENcv documents to grant applications (</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><a href="https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-26-018.html" id="OWA14322170-e837-e569-0eb3-640f84ccb64e" class="x_OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u>NOT-OD-26-018</u></a></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">).</span></p>
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Effective today, new SF-424 applications should no longer experience these warnings when uploading the correct SciENcv documents.</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Please see </span><span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><a href="https://grants.nih.gov/faqs#/common-forms-biographical-sketch-current-pending-support.htm?anchor=11952" id="OWA0151bb0e-c5e1-48d2-5e57-86e66df4a22e" class="x_OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u>NIH
Frequently Asked Questions</u></a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> for more information about Common Forms for Biographical Sketch and Pending (Other) Support documents.</span></div>
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