Latest Updates

March 10, 2026

Enhancements have been implemented for Council Sweep, List and Panel functionality, and the Council Member preview screen, along with the creation of a new Council Member Activity report.

January 29, 2026

Enhancements were added to provide users with tools to manage conflicts, create custom ordering of applications, edit council member email addresses, and modify and save searches.

March 14, 2025

The following topics have been updated:

  • Council Information Screen

  • Proxy Voting

December 17, 2024

The following topics have been updated:

ECB for Agency Staff

  • Council Information Page

ECB for Council Members

November 14, 2024

The following topics have been updated:

  • Searching for Applications

  • Application Actions

October 22, 2024

The following topics have been updated:

ECB for Agency Staff

  • Electronic Council Book Home Page

  • Managing Conflicts

  • Council Information Page

  • Early Concurrence Panels screen

  • Manage Council Members Screen

  • Manage Lists/Categories Screen

  • Reports Screen

  • Searching for Applications

  • Project Search Result Screen

  • Voting Details Screen

ECB for Council Members

August 30, 2024

The following topics have been updated:

ECB for Agency Staff

  • Searching for Applications

  • ECB Roles

August 23, 2024

The following topics have been updated:

ECB for Agency Staff

  • Searching for Applications

  • ECB Roles

July 30, 2024

The following topics have been updated:

ECB for Agency Staff

  • Application Lists

  • Small Business Fundable Lists

  • Reports Screen

July 11, 2024

The following topics have been updated:

ECB for Agency Staff

  • Electronic Council Book Home Page

  • Searching for Applications

  • Application Actions

  • Manage Lists/Categories Screen

  • Early Concurrence Panels screen

  • Voting Details Screen

  • Council Information Page

  • List Screen

  • Manage Council Members Screen

June 17, 2024

The following topics have been updated:

ECB for Agency Staff

  • Searching for Applications

  • Council Information Page

  • Reports Screen

April 30, 2024

ECB for Agency Staff

  • Council Sweep has been moved into the ECB module.

  • The Correspondence topic was added for NIAID users.

  • The Manage Council Members Screen topic was updated with council round rollover dates.

April 4, 2024

ECB for Agency Staff

The Navigating and Using the UI in eRA Modules topic was updated to reflect additional fields that can be added to search results.

The following pages were updated to reflect changes to application conflicts:

  • Application Actions

  • Managing Conflicts

  • Searching for Applications

ECB for Council Members

The following pages were updated to reflect changes to application conflicts:

March 5, 2024

This online help has been newly created for the redesigned ECB.

For pilot users, the following topics have been updated:

ECB for Agency Staff

  • Searching for Applications

  • Reports Screen

  • Application Lists

  • Manage Lists/Categories Screen

  • Council Information Page

  • Manage Council Members Screen

ECB for Council Members

January 22, 2024

The following topics have been updated:

ECB for Agency Staff

  • Searching for Applications

  • Managing Conflicts

  • Early Concurrence Panels screen

  • Council Information Page

  • Manage Council Members Screen

  • Reports Screen

ECB for Council Members

October 31, 2023

The following topics have been updated:

ECB for Agency Staff

  • Navigating and Using the UI in eRA Modules

  • Searching for Applications

  • Application Lists

  • Document Lists

  • Managing Conflicts

  • Early Concurrence Panels screen

  • Council Information Page

  • Manage Council Members Screen

ECB for Council Members

July 14, 2023

Online help created for ECB redesign