Published October 17, 2024, via Research News
NSF announced the following information.
Dear Colleagues:
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) issued Dear Colleague Letter (NSF 25-011) to notify the research community about the mandatory use of multifactor authentication (MFA) for Research.gov sign-in effective on Sunday, October 27, 2024. All external users must first complete a one-time MFA enrollment process that will be available starting on October 27 and then use MFA to sign into Research.gov going forward.
Training Resources
Training resources, including how-to guides and frequently asked questions (FAQs), will be available on the new About Signing Into Research.gov page on Research.gov Help on October 27. This new page will assist the research community to quickly enroll in MFA and learn how to sign into Research.gov with the selected MFA method.
User Role Review and Validation
NSF is also requesting that organizations review and validate that all user accounts associated with the organization are still active and roles are still valid in NSF systems. NSF is making this request directly to the individual(s) at each organization with the Administrator role in Research.gov and providing instructions to access and update the View My Users page in Research.gov.
Questions?
If you have IT system-related questions, please contact the NSF IT Service Desk at 1-800-381-1532 (7 a.m. – 9 p.m. EST; Monday – Friday except for federal holidays) or rgov@nsf.gov.
Thank you for your partnership with NSF and for your assistance to strengthen the security of Research.gov.
Regards,
Terry L. Carpenter Jr.
Chief Information Officer (CIO)
U.S. National Science Foundation
For WashU, you should use NSF Account Credentials (research.gov) or login.gov to log in to NSF. WashU does not use InCommon or Federated yet.
If you received an email directly from NSF that contains the following, you may should disregard it. This process will be handled by OSRS and Information Security.
You are receiving this email because you have an Administrator role in the Research.gov System at the U.S. National Science Foundation. NSF is requesting that organizations review and validate that all user accounts associated with the organization are still active and roles are still valid in NSF systems. This can be done by Administrators on the View My Users page in Research.gov.
Please share this information with all faculty and staff who may need this information.
If you have any questions, please contact OSRS.