IAR and Commons

IAR is accessed through the eRA Commons. SROs use IAR to electronically invite Reviewers to participate in review meetings. This process is called enabling. Once enabled for a meeting, a Reviewer receives an email invitation either providing instructions for establishing an eRA Commons account or, if that Reviewer already has an account, instructions for accessing eRA Commons and IAR with the existing account.

The Refer to Sample Emails Received by Reviewers topic includes samples of the types of emails Reviewers might receive when enabled for a meeting.

To access IAR, log into eRA Commons (https://commons.era.nih.gov/commons) and select Internet Assisted Review from module navigation.

Reviewers who are enabled for review meetings starting February 1st, 2021 and later will be required to use login.gov to login into eRA Commons. When IAR users attempt to log into eRA Commons, they will be prompted to create a login.gov account and to associate their eRA Commons account with login.gov (one-time only). From then on, they will always use the login.gov option on the eRA Commons login screen to log in.

For instructions on using login.gov, see:

https://era.nih.gov/register-accounts/access-era-modules-via-login-gov.htm

https://era.nih.gov/erahelp/commons/Default.htm#Commons/access/login.htm

https://era.nih.gov/faqs.htm#XXIV

NOTE: After transitioning to login.gov, users no longer use their eRA Commons username and password.