The link on the top of the familiar RDCRN Network homepage now leads to a new login page:
RDCRN login page
The way users log in to the RDCRN website has changed. Rather than using local credentials with the DMCC, users are now strongly encouraged to use their credentials from their home institution or the NIH to authenticate to the DMCC. Not only will this greatly simplify the login process for users, it also relieves the DMCC from having to hold and manage passwords.
If a user had access to the previous DMCC’s infrastructure, their e-mail address and credentials have been pre-loaded into our system. These users should follow one of the following processes to log in to the new RDCRN system. New users can use the “Request Access” button and fill out an access request form.
Option 1a – Preferred Method: Logging in with your institutional credentials
A. Visit https://www.rarediseasesnetwork.org/ and choose “RDCRN Members Login” in the upper right corner of the page. Search for your home institution by typing your organization’s name into the search box (or click on the “Allow me to pick from a list” link to see all 3000+ institutions that provide federated authentication services to us). Choose the institution that hosts the e-mail address you used with the previous DMCC and press “Continue.”
B. Enter your credentials to authenticate to your home institution.
C. If your e-mail address is already registered with the DMCC and associated with a consortium, then you will see the Members’ Landing Page next. Please proceed to Step 2.
D. If your e-mail address is not already registered with the DMCC and associated with a consortium, you will arrive at an Account Request form. Please choose your consortium, complete the form and press “Submit.” DMCC project managers will check with your consortium leadership and assign you to the correct permissions group. NOTE: Please allow five working days for this process. We are likely to experience high initial volume of such requests and will respond as quickly as possible.
NOTE: If your institution does not federate identities (and isn’t on the list behind the search box), we would still like to make an effort to federate directly with your institution. If successful, it would mean that you'll be able to use your institutional username/password to login to RDCRN (one less password to remember!). That process takes some time and we need your help to identify contacts to talk to about setting it up. Please let us know if you can help!
Option 1b: Logging in with your NIH / eRA Commons credentials.
If you are an NIH employee OR if your institution does not appear in the search box, follow these steps to authenticate through NIH:
A. Visit https://www.rarediseasesnetwork.org/ and choose “RDCRN Members Login” in the upper right corner of the page. Click the button on the bottom left of the RDCRN login page labeled “NIH.”
B. Enter your NIH or eRA Commons credentials.
C. If your NIH/eRA e-mail address is already registered with the DMCC and associated with a consortium, then you will see the Members Landing Page next. Please proceed to Step 2, below.
D. If your NIH/eRA e-mail address is not already registered with the DMCC and associated with a consortium, you will arrive at an Account Request form. Please choose your consortium, complete the form and press “Submit.” DMCC project managers will check with your consortium leadership and assign you to the correct permissions group. NOTE: Please allow five working days for this process. We are likely to experience high initial volume of such requests and will respond as quickly as possible.
Option 1c: Request local credentials with the DMCC.
If your e-mail address is not from an institution that provides federated authentication services and you do not have NIH-based credentials and you have an urgent short-term need to authenticate to the RDCRN system (e.g., to enter critical patient data or submit adverse events), then you can request local credentials with the DMCC:
A. Click on the “Request Access” button and complete the web form.
B. If your e-mail address is already affiliated with a consortium, the DMCC will issue you separate credentials using the Cincinnati Children’s Research Network authentication system.
C. If your e-mail address is not already registered with a consortium, the DMCC Project Manager will vet your request with the consortium. Please communicate with your consortium or site leadership to escalate requests. The DMCC is committed to rapidly responding to all requests but has to follow a careful process to ensure the security of the RDCRN systems.
NOTE: If you do not have an urgent short-term need to access the RDCRN systems, we ask that you delay requesting access and read NOTE #3 below. We are working to simplify the account management process and will roll new processes soon as they have been fully vetted and tested.
NOTE #2: The login page remembers your last several login routes that were used in a web browser and provides a single-click authentication option for returning users. As an example, see the screenshot below.
NOTE #3: In the not-too-distant future we’ll be implementing login.gov as an authentication method for the RDCRN members’ web site. Login.gov is run by the General Services Administration of the US Federal Government and anyone can sign up for a free account. If your institution doesn’t federate identities with InCommon or with RDCRN directly, and unless you can come in through eRA Commons or an institution that does federate, login.gov will be the only way for you to authenticate to RDCRN.
You can already go to login.gov/help/ to familiarize yourself with their signup process, and then sign up for an account. It’s free, quick and painless, and you’ll only have to do this once. Please use your institutional e-mail address (i.e., your “work email”) to sign up: if you were registered with the previous DMCC at USF under that work e-mail address, then you’ll be able to get into the members’ site without any problems through login.gov once the integration is finished.