Registration Help with Agencies

• Request for a new account through our OSP Electronic User Registration link.
• Alternately, contact the OSP office administrator to request for an account.
• Associate your eRA account with login.gov account. Refer to eRA Commons cheatsheet for detailed steps with screenshots.

Note: Existing eRA Commons accounts with previous organizations can be affiliated with Clemson University (duplication of accounts is highly discouraged). Affiliation requests can be sent to the OSP office administrator.

Note: Primary organization for a user profile cannot be edited. The Commons portal displays the organization name the user initially registered with. This however does not have any bearing on the proposal submission.

Users can change their primary employment if they like by following the steps below:

• Upon login, go to the Personal Profile tab on the top menu.
• Add your current organization under the Employment section and Save the information.

• Request for a new account through our OSP Electronic User Registration link.
• Alternately, register for an account on the Research.Gov portal (refer to their online help if required). Upon registering, please complete the registration by logging in and changing your password. Once your account is active, you will receive a role. Make sure to input the additional information required by Research.GOV after receiving a role. A PI role will not be active until you update your profile.
• If you have an existing account with a previous organization, you can simply affiliate your account with the new organization (duplication of accounts is highly discouraged). You may also update your primary organization (this is optional).
  • To update your current affiliation/role on the portal follow the steps below:
    • Sign into Research.gov. Click the My Profile menu tab and then click the Add a New Role option from the left navigation bar. After requesting a role, your organization’s administrator will receive the request electronically to approve or disapprove it.
  • To update your Primary organization, follow the steps below:
    • • Click the My Profile menu tab and then click the View/Edit Profile from the left navigation bar.
      • Click the View My Roles hyperlink and then click the Edit Your Contact Info to make changes.

    *Please note that you will be able to make this change only after being approved for a PI role or a Proposed Postdoctoral Fellow role in the system. Make sure your email address is the Clemson University email.

*For any account related issues do not hesitate to contact the OSP office administrator with your NSF ID (if you have one) and/or your email address.

*Refer to NSF's online help if required.

A GrantSolutions account can be requested via their electronic pdf form. The form needs to be filled up and signed by the user and then signed by their Supervisor or Authorized official and be emailed to our OSP office administrator. In the absence of the Supervisor the form can be sent to our OSP office administrator for the required signatures and further processing. The account creation takes 1 or 2 business days. 

The same process needs to be followed for account change/closure.

• Request for a new account through our OSP Electronic User Registration link.
• Alternately, register for account on NASA/NSPIRES portal (refer the online help document if required).