<p>Subject: SC CTSI Request: PMCID </p><p>Dear Dr. INSERT NAME HERE</p><p>As a recipient of INSERT PROGRAM NAME AND SERVICE DESCRIPTION you are a critical part of our success. We need your help to prepare our Annual Progress Report to NIH. </p><p>We are required to report annually to NIH on the research that our services supported. NIH will assess (among other things) the number of resulting publications. The NIH system used for submission of our annual report will attempt to retrieve the PubMed Central ID (PMCID) or NIH Manuscript Submission number (NIHMSID) for all publications reported. If these are not found the publication will be rejected by the system and cannot be included in our annual report.</p><p>Please help us maximize our annual report by submitting your publication listed below via the NIH Manuscript Submission system to ensure its inclusion:</p><p>Enter Publication Name</p><p>In order to obtain a PMCID, publications must be submitted via the NIH Manuscript Submission system:</p><p>Step 1: Login to NIHMS (http://www.nihms.nih.gov/): Step 2: In NIHMS follow instructions for manuscript submission Step 3: Ensure you cite CTSA grant 5UL1RR031986. The publication will receive an NIHMSID Step 4: Publication primary author will receive an email from NIH. Follow the link provided. Step 5: PMCID will be assigned and emailed to all authors</p><p>Thank you for your help. If we can help you in anyway, please let us know.</p><p>Kind regards,</p><p>Your Name Page 2 of 2</p><p>Instructions for obtaining a PMCID The NIH Manuscript Submission (NIHMS) allows you to submit an electronic version of your peer-reviewed final manuscript for inclusion in PubMed Central (PMC). STEP 1: Log into NIHMS using eRA commons, NIH Login or My NCBI (If using My NCBI login, login to My NCBI website in order to access NIHMS.) STEP 2: In NIHMS follow instructions for manuscript submission. You will need author’s name, journal name, article title, manuscript files and grant/project numbers. STEP 3: Ensure that you cite the CTSA grant as a source of support. The CTSA grant # is 5UL1RR031986- 02. Publication will receive an NIHMSID. STEP 4: Author receives an e-mail from NIH and follows the link provided to approve the PMC-formatted Manuscript for Public Display. This occurs 2-3 weeks after STEP 3. STEP 5: After completion of STEP 3 a PMCID will be assigned • NIHMS will email the author and all PIs the citation with the PMCID • PMC will automatically make the paper publicly available after the designated delay period has expired.</p><p>Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute | University of Southern California 2250 Alcazar Street, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90033-9074 | Tel: 323.442.4032 | Fax: 323.442.2082 | [email protected] | www.sc-ctsi.org</p>