Two factor authentication. What to do if you already 
have a login.gov account. 
In this video tutorial, we will demonstrate what 
to do if you already have a login.gov account, 
and you want to use it to authenticate to an eRA module.  
We will use eRA Commons as an example.
If you already have a login.gov Account, you will go to 
the eRA Commons login page; select the login.gov option. 
You will be presented with a confirmation and instructional 
dialog box. 
Read the information and click Continue to proceed. 
This will redirect you to the login.gov Sign In page. 
Authenticate with your login.gov credentials 
(email and password) 
and the additional authentication method you setup with 
your login.gov account.  
If you do not want to enter a code every time, click 
the box that states, ‘Remember this browser.’ 
If you use the same browser and computer to log into 
eRA Commons, login.gov will remember these settings 
and not require you to enter the two-factor authentication 
source each time you log in, and you will directly access 
the eRA Commons.
Since this is your first time coming to the eRA system 
with this login.gov account, 
your login.gov account will not be associated with your 
existing eRA Commons user account.  
In order to create that association, you will need to 
enter your eRA Commons credentials, your user ID and 
password.  
After entering your credentials, click Continue. 
This will create an association between your login.gov 
account and your eRA Commons account.  
This is a one-time setup process, and will not need 
to be done again unless you decide to use a different 
login.gov account.
From this point forward, you can use the login.gov option 
on the eRA Commons home page to access eRA Commons.
Resources: There are a variety of resources available 
to you should you need help with creating your 
login.gov account 
and associating it with your eRA Commons account:
eRA Commons Online Help
Two Factor Authentication: Accessing eRA Modules via 
login.gov webpage
FAQs on Two Factor Authentication: Accessing eRA Modules 
Using Login.gov
login.gov Help Page:
If you are still having issues with login.gov to 
authenticate to eRA Commons, contact the login.gov 
contact page:
For issues related to your eRA account or to associating 
your login.gov account with your eRA account, 
contact eRA Service Desk: 
You may also wish to review our two additional tutorials.  
Two Factor Authentication: Accessing eRA Modules via 
login.gov, 
and What to Do If You Want to Switch to a Different 
login.gov Account. 
This concludes this tutorial on what to do if you 
already have a login.gov account, 
and you want to use it to authenticate to an eRA module. 
Thank you for watching. 
