Logging into the Portals

The portals can be accessed by the following types of accounts:

• IMS Login Service – An account provided by IMS for users who are not employees of IMS or the NIH (will be retired in May 2025).
• Login.gov – An account provided by Login.gov for users who are not employees of IMS or the NIH.
• NIH Login – An account provided by the NIH for NIH employees.
• IMS Employees – An IMS Network account provided by IMS for IMS employees.

Note:  A few portals use other types of login account, but they work the same way as described on this page. 

Portal users do not have portal-specific usernames and passwords; a single account with one username and password managed in the respective login service can be used to access multiple portals.

When users are registered to a portal, they receive instructions to create and/or link their login account to the portal (see User Registration FAQs for more information).

To log in to a portal, users must first select the service provider associated with their accounts.

After selecting the appropriate login account, users are directed to the login screen where the username and password are entered.

Users' permissions are determined by the groups to which they are assigned within a portal.