For a detailed walkthrough of setting up SciENcv for the first time, click Home above.
Once you have a SciENcv account, choose the +Create new document link, pictured here. It's in fairly small print so it may be hard to spot on your SciENcv page.
That will take you to a page where you can choose what kind of document you want to create: NSF biosketch, NIH biosketch, NIH fellowship biosketch, IES (Dept of Ed) biosketch, or Current and Pending (Other) Support for either funder.
Choose the source of any reused data that you want to import, such as reusing a previous Biosketch or CPOS page or importing education and employment information from eRA Commons, Research.gov, or ORCID. You can only choose one source for data at this stage, so choose the one that will have the most and most accurate information to serve as the basis of your new Biosketch.
Adding a delegate allows a coordinator, administrator, or research assistant to create and manage content for you.
After logging in to SciENcv, there should be a button with your username in the upper right. Click your username.
From the menu, choose Account Settings.
Scroll down to find the Delegates section. and click Add Delegate.
Enter your delegate's email address in the resulting form, then click Save.
They will receive an automated email asking whether they confirm that they should be delegates on your account.
Be sure you know the correct email to delegate to! A departmental pre-award administrator who has agreed to enter your support information should be added by a shared school / college / departmental research administration unit email instead of individual person's address when possible.
Delegates cannot certify documents. The final document certification stage must be completed by the PI / senior personnel who owns the Biosketch or CPOS document
The most important thing to know about certifying and downloading your Biosketch and CPOS pages is:
After downloading your certified Biosketch or CPOS page, do not attempt to edit it. Upload it directly to your proposal without making any changes.
Once the Biosketch or CPOS is complete, you have two options: you can view a draft version to be certain it looks right, or you can Certify and download.
The draft version will be watermarked as a draft. The draft cannot be submitted in a grant proposal. Delegates cannot certify for the PI. When the PI or other senior or key personnel is ready to certify, they can click Download PDF. It will prompt them to agree with the legally-binding certification statement. After certifying, the PDF will download. This should be uploaded without edits.
Some computer arrangements can make invisible changes to PDFs when viewing them. If you need to check the accuracy of the document, it is recommended that you do so with the View Draft function. Any changes made after downloading the certified PDF will affect its compatibility with the grants.gov / research.gov submission process.
If the personnel who owns the Biosketch/CPOS need to make edits or changes, they must make them in SciENcv and then re-certify and download a new copy.
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