NIH Is Replacing Letters of Support with Letters of Collaboration to Reduce Administrative Burden

Published on July 27, 2026

Notice NOT-OD-26-094 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts

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C-Reactive Protein and Incident Chronic Pain in Older Adults: Comorbidity-Driven Risk Profiles and Implications for Preventive Screening

July 24, 2026
J Pain. 2026 Jul 11:106376. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2026.106376. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSystemic inflammatory biomarkers such as C-reactive protein (CRP) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) have been implicated in chronic pain, but their independent predictive role in older adults remains unclear. Using longitudinal data from the Health and Retirement Study (2016-2022), we analysed 1,850 older adults wit

Step-by-Step Guidance Available to Link Your ORCID iD to Your eRA Commons Profile

July 27, 2026
NIH requires all people listed as senior/key personnel on applications to obtain an Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier (ORCID iD) and link it to their eRA Commons Personal Profile. As we explain in these archived NIH Open Mike blogs from 2024 and 2019, this persistent identifier helps ensure accurate attribution of research outputs and supports integration across NIH systems to reduce admi