Accessing the Electronic Council Book (ECB) Module

ECB Account and Password Management

The new ECB process for account and password management for a council member is as follows:

1.

An ECB administrator adds a member to a council using the Manage Council Member screen’s person search feature in ECB.

2.

The ECB administrator invites the member to serve on the council.

3.

If an existing eRA Commons account is found for the person, they receive an email informing them of their invitation to the council.

4.

If no eRA Commons account is found, the invitee receives an email asking them to create an eRA Commons account. The invitee clicks a link in the email and creates an account, following the online instructions.

5.

The new eRA account holder logs in at https://public.era.nih.gov/commons/, is prompted to change their password, then logs in again with the newly changed password.

6.

The new council member electronically agrees to necessary acknowledgments, such as responsibilities in protecting peer review, confidentiality, and conflict of interest forms, whereupon they land on the council information screen in ECB.

Any password management (reset password, forgot password) that is needed is performed by the council member using eRA’s built-in account and password management features. For information on password management in eRA Commons, see Password Policy in Commons online help.

See the eRA Commons online help for details on accessing eRA Commons and obtaining a Commons user account. Look for sections on:

• About eRA Commons
• Logging into eRA Commons
• Welcome to eRA Commons

Accessing ECB

1.

Log in to eRA Commons at https://public.era.nih.gov/commons/. See https://era.nih.gov/erahelp/commons/#Commons/access/login.htm for complete details.

2.

Once logged in to eRA Commons, click the Apps menu and select ECB.

When you access ECB, the system displays the Council Information Screen.