Changing to a Different Affiliated Organization

If you are an eRA Commons user and are affiliated with more than one organization or have both scientific and administrative roles, it is important to check which organization and role is currently selected when you log into Commons. You can access only the information pertaining to the currently selected organization/role. Your selected organization and role is displayed with your user ID information under the Person icon, which is in the upper right corner of Commons screens.

To select a specific organization to work with in Commons:

1. Log into eRA Commons.
2. Click the Person icon in the upper right of any screen. If you are affiliated with multiple organizations, you see a Switch Organization / Role Category link.
3. Click the Switch Organization / Role Category link.

The Switch Organization & Role Category screen opens, which lists the names of all organizations with which you are affiliated under the Organization dropdown.

4. Click the name of the organization you want to work with in eRA Commons.
5. From the Role Category, select the desired role (Scientific of Administrative)

To save this choice so that you are always automatically logged in as with this organization and role category, click the checkbox "I want to save these selections as my default for the future".

6. Click the Switch button to set the organization and role.

In eRA Commons, you now see the grant data and roles associated with the organization you chose.

NOTE: If you are a reviewer with the Internet Assisted Review (IAR) role, you can click the "Skip these steps and proceed straight to IAR for Peer Review" text to access the IAR module immediately.