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: Login.gov
We now offer our users the option of signing into the RDCRN Members' Landing Page using login.gov. 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. Please read our documentation on how to create an account and authenticate.
NOTE: 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: Do NOT bookmark the login page (URL starts with shib.rarediseasesnetwork…) - a bookmark on this page will not work. If you would like to save a bookmark then please do so with the Members' Landing Page https://members.rarediseasesnetwork.org. From there you will always be able to access all RDCRN resources provided by the DMCC.