Office of Communications & Public Liaison

Obtaining A Username And Password

• HHS-615 (Word Document) (DOC - 63KB)
• HHS-615 (Adobe Acrobat) (PDF - 14KB)

Process for Publications (new or revised)

Logging in to EurekAlert!

• My Settings (http://www.eurekalert.org/myeurekalert.php): This section allows you to change your password, update your account information, and sign up for an e-mail alert service.
• NIH page (http://www.eurekalert.org/nih.php): This section features press releases from NIH.
• Help (http://www.eurekalert.org/pio/help.php): This section provides detailed instructions for using EurekAlert!.
• Journal Contributors (http://www.eurekalert.org/jrnlcontrib.php): This feature provides information about NIH researchers who will be publishing in upcoming issues of Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Submitting a Press Release

• Go to http://www.eurekalert.org
• Enter your username and password into the log-in fields in the upper left-hand corner of the page.
• At the following page, click on "Submit Release."
• Choose the type of press release you would like to submit.
• Complete the first page of the form by cutting and pasting text from your document. You will be asked to provide a title, contact information, summary, and other basic information.
• Continue to the next page and choose up to ten keywords that best describe your press release.
• Continue to the next page and indicate whether the research described in your press release is being published in a journal or presented at a scientific meeting.
• Continue to the next page to review your release. If you are satisfied, click "submit."
• You will receive a confirmation via e-mail when your release has been posted. Press releases are posted during business hours, 8:30am-6pm ET, Monday-Friday.
• To make changes to your press release once it has been posted, send an email to webmaster@eurekalert.org or call 202-326-6716.

Submitting an Expert

• Go to http://www.eurekalert.org
• Enter your username and password into the log-in fields in the upper left-hand corner of the page.
• At the following page, click on "Manage Experts," then select the "Add Expert" link.
• Complete the form that follows, taking care to complete all fields marked in red.
• You will receive a confirmation via e-mail when your expert has been posted. Experts are posted during business hours, 8:30am-6pm ET, Monday-Friday.

Questions?