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Early Stage Investigator (ESI): A subset of New Investigators who are within 10 years of completing his/her terminal research degree or medical residency. A traditional NIH research grant (R01) application from an ESI will be identified and the career stage of the applicant will be considered at the time of review and award. See New Investigator.
Edison: NIH's electronic invention reporting system https://s-edison.info.nih.gov/iEdison/.
EIN: See Employee Identification Number.
Electronic Research Administration (eRA): The NIH's infrastructure for conducting interactive electronic transactions for the receipt, review, monitoring, and administration of NIH grant awards to biomedical and behavioral investigators worldwide. Registration is required. Go to: http://era.nih.gov/.
Electronic Review (ER): Internet-assisted method by which reviewers of contract proposals submit their critiques.
Electronic Streamlined Non-competing Award Process (eSNAP): Process allowing an institution to review non-competing grant data and submit a progress report online.
Employee Identification Number (EIN): Identification of a business to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service; also known as a Federal tax identification number. Entered on the SF 424 form of a grant application.
ER: See Electronic Review.
ERA: See Electronic Research Administration.
eRA Commons: Web interface hosted by NIH where agencies using the eRA System and the grantee community are able conduct their extramural research administration business electronically. Go to: https://commons.era.nih.gov.
Expanded Authorities (EA): Operating authorities provided to grantees that waive the requirement for NIH prior approval for specified actions. Go to: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/nihgps_2003/NIHGPS_Part7.htm#_Expanded_Authorities.
Expiration Date: The date signifying the end of the current budget period, after which the grantee is not authorized to obligate grant funds regardless of the ending date of the project period or "completion date."
Extramural Awards: Funds provided by NIH to researchers and organizations outside NIH.
Extramural Research: Research supported by NIH to researchers and organizations outside NIH through a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement.
