The document summarizes the registration and login process for a new institutional user of the electronic Research Administration (eRA) Commons system. It provides the registered institution name and address, assigned username, and a temporary password. It instructs the user to access the system using the provided username and change the temporary password upon first login. Contact information is given for assistance.

1. IPF Assignment View
The registration process is now complete. You have confirmed that the registered institution below is correct.
Shortly, you will recieve an email with your username and password.
Registered Institution
Institution Name: MEKELLE UNIVERSITY
Institution Address:
MEKELLE UNIVERSITY
TIGRAY
MEKELLE, ETHIOPIA
MEKELLE,
KINDEYA LILAY,
Username MEKELLEUNIV1
The passwordassociatedwithyourrecentlycreatedaccountis $9evysrp Thispasswordisnot
functional.
Functional Newpassword #5etahpr
The above passwordistemporary.Youwill be requiredtochange yourpasswordthe firsttime you
successfullylogintothe system.Onthe Change Passwordpage,enterthe temporarypasswordinthe
CurrentPasswordfield.Pleasereadthe instructionsonthe Change Passwordpage carefullybefore
selectinganewpassword.
To access the systemuse the Username providedinthe email notifyingyouof yournew account.
For any furtherquestions aboutthisemail,please contactthe eRA HelpDeskatour preferred
methodof contact http://ithelpdesk.nih.gov/eRA/ orcall 1-866-504-9552 (tty:301-451-5939) or
commons@od.nih.gov .
Please accessthe Commonsat http://public.era.nih.gov/commons/

2. Welcome to the Commons
Welcome
KINDEYA LILAY
ID: MEKELLEUNIV1
Institution: MEKELLE UNIVERSITY
Roles: SO
eRA Commons Help Desk
 Hours: Mon-Fri, 7AM-8PM EDT/EST
 Web:http://era.nih.gov/help/
 Toll-free: 866-504-9552
 Phone: 301-402-7469
 TTY: 301-451-5939
Contact initiated outside of business hours via Web or voice mail w ill be returned the next
business day.
System Information Message
All systems are available
Alerts:
 If you have questions on whether to submitan eSNAP or RPPR, please see
Notice NOT-OD-13-061for guidance.
 If your RPPR is due and you’ve either initiated and/or submitted an eSNAP
instead,please submityour requestfor supportvia our online ticketing
system at eRA Help Desk Customer Portal.
Commons allows you to perform the following activities below based on the
privileges associated with this profile:
 Administration - Allows you to assign a delegate to perform system and
accounts maintenance more...
 Institution Profile - Enables you to view and update institution information
more...
 Personal Profile - Allows you to update your personal information more...
 Status - Allows you to check the status of grants and applications thathave
been submitted more...
 eSNAP - Allows you to review the information needed to complete a grant
application more...
 xTrain - Enables you in a Trainee or SO role to confirm the information that
you have submitted for a Trainee role type more...
 Internet Assisted Review (IAR) - Allows reviewer to submitcritiques and
preliminaryscores for applications theyare reviewing more...


3. Contact the eRA Help Desk Monday-Friday 7am-8pm Eastern Time at: Web: eRA Help Phone: 301-
402-7469; Toll Free: 866-504-9552; TTY: 301-451-5939. Contact initiated outside of business hours
via Web or voice mail will be returned the next business day.
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