NIHMS supports many login routes to authenticate different types of users. Select your login route based on who supports your research and how (e.g., staff/intramural, awardee/grantee). Publishers and other users can access the NIHMS system by selecting an applicable institution or organization from All Login Options.
| Primary Funding Organization | Login Route for Awardees and Extramural Investigators | Login Route for Staff and Intramural Researchers |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH) | eRA Commons | NIH Login |
| Administration for Community Living (ACL) | All Login Options | HHS AMS |
| Agency for Healthcare and Research Quality (AHRQ) | eRA Commons | HHS AMS |
| Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) | All Login Options | HHS AMS |
| Gates Foundation | All Login Options | -- |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | eRA Commons | HHS AMS |
| Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | All Login Options | EPA Account* |
| Food and Drug Administration (FDA) | eRA Commons | HHS AMS |
| Health Research Alliance Member (HRA) | ORCiD** or Google** available from All Login Options | -- |
| Homeland Security, Department of (DHS) | -- | All Login Options Note: All DHS submissions will be completed by specified points of contact within DHS. |
| Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) | -- | HHMI Account |
| National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) | -- | NIST Account*** |
| Veterans Affairs, Department of (VA) | -- | eRA Commons |
*EPA Intramural Researchers should be inside the EPA network and MUST use Chrome.
**Registration of this account with the funding organization is required to associate your funding with an NIHMS submission.
***NIST Staff should be inside the NIST firewall.
If you cannot remember whether you have an account or which account you previously used for a submission, please use the “Request email reminder” feature on the login page or contact the NIHMS Help Desk.