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Researcher Profile Guide : SciENcv

History of Biosketches

You may already be familiar with sumbitting biosketches in PDF format for grants or fellowships. With SciENcv, digital profiles eliminate the need to repeatedly enter biosketch information, reducing the administrative burder associated with rederal grant submission and reportin requirements. See SciENcv Background for more information.

As of October 23, 2023, the use of SciENcv is required to prepare biosketch documents for submission to Research.gov or Grants.gov.

Introducing SciENcv

Science Experts Network Curriculum Vitae (SciENcv) is a researcher profile system in My NCBI for researchers who receive funding from certain US federal agencies. It is used to create and maintain biographical sketches (biosketches) which must be submitted with grant applications and annual reports for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF) and Institute of Education Sciences (IES). This electronic system eliminates the need to re-enter information with each application or report submitted. Researchers maintain their profiles and have ultimate control over their data and what information is public. Learn more at ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sciencv.

Actions

Here are 6 steps you should take to build your SciENcv profile: 

  1. Sign in to My NCBI. You must sign into NCBI using a third-party login credentials. When you sign in through a new partner sign in route, you will be given the option link this account to an existing NCBI account, or to create a new one.
    • You can choose whichever login option is easiest for your workflow. You will have the option to link additional accounts later.
    • Select eRA Commons or National Science Foundation to sign in with your eRA Commons or NSF account.
    • To sign in with your ORCiD account:
      • Click More Options >> ORCiD
    • To sign in with your UW Madison credentials:
      • Click More Options >> other login options >> more login options. Type Madison and select "University of Wisconsin-Madison" to sign as a Partner Organization
  2. Add a delegate to do these actions for you (Optional)
  3. Link to a partner organization
    • Linking your account to a partner organization such as ORCiD, NSF, or eRA Commons will allow you to import data and citations. for your publications from existing profiles on other sites into your SciENcv biosketch.
  4. Create a SciENcv biosketch
    • There may be different biosketch document formats depending on your funder. See below for more details.
  5. Add citations via My Bibliography
    • You can add citations for your publications with SciENcv's PubMed search tool.
    • Publications outside of PubMed can be added manually.
  6. Share or download your biosketch

Visit the SciENcv help page for help with these actions, or contact a UW-Madison Librarian.

Benefits

SciENcv has several benefits: 

  • Create profiles in the official biosketch format required for grant submissions
  • Assign a delegate to create, update, and edit your profiles on your behalf
  • Maintain multiple profiles for different grants
  • Free to use and register
  • Pull external information directly into your profile by linking to your ORCID, NSF, and/or eRA Commons account
  • You maintain your profile,and have full control over your data

Limitations

SciENcv has a few limitations: 

  • Does not automatically update, even if you have linked your ORCID, NSF, or eRA Commons account
  • Requires a time investment to create or update a complete profile
  • Does not provide bibliometric data such as citation tracking or H-index

Additional Information

SciENcv allows you to create different types of biosketches depending on your purpose. Your biosketch will include different sections depending on how it will be used.

For more information, consult My NCBI Help.
 
This short video shows how to log into your SciENcv account and create a biosketch:

This short video shows how to import information from ORCID into your SciENcv biosketch, including how to add citations from your ORCiD to your SciENcv profiles: