Acronyms and Abbreviations
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A
| A&S | College of Arts & Sciences (UW) |
| A-110 | OMB Circular A-110 addresses the Federal Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements With Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Non-Profit Organizations |
| A-133 | OMB Circular A-133 addresses Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations |
| A-21 | OMB A-21 addresses Federal Cost Principles for Educational Institutions |
| AA | Administrative Action (OSP) |
| ADS | Administrative Support (salary) |
| ADV | Advance Budget (UW) |
| AG | Attorney General |
| AHA | American Heart Association (Sponsor) |
| AO | Administrative Official (eRA Commons) |
| AOR | Authorized Organizational Representative |
| APL | Applied Physics Laboratory (UW) |
| ARO | Army Research Office (Sponsor) |
| ARRA | American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 |
| ASAP | As Soon As Possible |
| ASST | Assistant (eRA Commons) |
| ATF | After-the-fact (OSP) |
| AWF | Animal Welfare Assurance |
B
| BAA | Broad Agency Announcement |
| BAR | Budget Activity Report (UW) |
| BGT | Online Budget System (UW) |
| BLM | Bureau of Land Management (Sponsor) |
| BN | Budget Number (OSP and GCA) |
| BRSG | Biomedical Research Support Grant |
| BSR | Budget Status Report (UW) |
C
| C4C | Center for Commercialization (UW formerly Office of Technology Transfer) |
| CAGE | Commercial and Government Entity |
| CCR | Central Contractor Registration |
| CD | Congressional District |
| CDA | Confidentiality Agreement |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control |
| CFDA | Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance |
| CFR | Code of Federal Regulations |
| CHRMC | Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center (also called CHMC) |
| CO | Close-out |
| COE | College of Engineering (UW) |
| COI | Conflict of Interest |
| CRBB | Clinical Research Budget & Billing; the central office which provides budget preparation and review in support of clinical research |
| CS | Cost Share or Cost Sharing |
| CSR | Center for Scientific Review (NIH) |
| CTSA | Clinical and Translational Science Award) - UW's CTSA is called ITHS |
| CUMG | Children's University Medical Group |
D
| DAR | Defense Acquisition Regulation |
| DARPA | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| DC | Direct Costs |
| DCAA | Defense Contract Audit Agency |
| DHHS | Department of Health and Human Services (Sponsor) |
| DHS | Department of Homeland Security (Sponsor) |
| DOC | Department of Commerce (Sponsor) |
| DOD | Department of Defense (Sponsor) |
| DOE | Department of Energy (Sponsor) |
| DOED | Department of Education (Sponsor) |
| DOF | Designated Operating Fund (WA State) |
| DOH | Department of Health |
| DOI | Department of Interior |
| DOJ | Department of Justice |
| DOM | Department of Medicine (UW) |
| DORA | Database of Research Activities (UW Human Subjects IRB database) |
| DOS | Department of State |
| DOT | Department of Transportation |
| DSHS | Department of Social and Health Services (WA State) |
| DUA | Data Use Agreement |
| DUNS | Data Universal Numbering System (federal) |
E
| EAR | Export Administration Regulations |
| EFT | Electronic Funds Transfer |
| EHS | Environmental Health and Safety (also EH&S) |
| EIN | Employee Identification Number (the IRS tax ID number for UW) |
| ENS | Endowed Supplement (salary) |
| ESS | Earth and Space Sciences |
| e-GC1 | Electronic Grants and Contracts form 1 (UW) |
| e-GC1 number | a number pre-assigned in SAGE which is used to track a proposal (UW) |
| e-Grants | U.S. Department of Education's online system |
| e-SHELF | A category in the SPAERC system for electronic applications which are approved and submitted but awaiting further disposition. |
| e-SNAP | Electronic Streamlined Noncompeting Award Process |
| eFA | Electronic Funding Action; an action type in the SPAERC system generated to process an award given to the university |
| eFECS | electronic Faculty Effort and Cost Sharing (UW) |
| eRA Commons | Electronic Research Administration (NIH) |
F
| F&A | Facilities & Administration (formally called IDC) |
| FA | Funding Action (UW) |
| FAQ | Frequently Asked Question(s) |
| FAR | Federal Acquisition Regulation |
| FAS | Financial Accounting System (UW) |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration (federal) |
| FDP | A cooperative initiative among federal agencies and 98 institutional recipients of federal funds which reduces the administrative burdens associated with research grants and contracts. |
| FDP V | Federal Demonstration Partnership V - Regards Government University Research Partnership |
| FE | Fully Executed |
| FEC | Faculty Effort Certification |
| FFATA | Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act |
| FICE | Federal Interagency Committee on Education |
| FIN | Financial Accounting System (UW) the university's online accounting system |
| FO | Funding Opportunity |
| FOA | Funding Opportunity Announcement |
| FOIA | Freedom of Information Act |
| FOP | Form of Payment |
| FPR | Final Progress Report |
| FSR | Financial Status Reports |
| FTE | Full Time Equivalent |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol |
| FTR | Final Technical Report |
| FWA | Federal Wide Assurance |
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| GAO | Government of Accountability Office |
| GC | Grant Coordinator (UW Payroll) |
| GC-1 | NSF's Grant General conditions eff. 10/01/10 |
| GCA | Grant and Contract Accounting (UW) |
| GCC | Grant and Contract Coordinator (OSP) |
| GCO | Government Contract Code (ARRA) |
| GCRC | General Clinical Research Center (NIH) - no longer exists and is now referred to as a Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA; called ITHS at UW) |
| GCS | Grant & Contract Services (OSP's old name) |
| GHC | Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound (Sponsor and collaborating Seattle institution) |
| GIM | Grants Information Memorandum |
| GOF | General Operating Fund (WA State) |
| GRSA | Graduate Research Student Assistant |
| GSA | General Services Administration |
| Grants.gov | Web portal to 26 federal agencies - find grant opportunities, submit grants, track status |
H
| HEPPS | Higher Education Payroll/ Personnel System (UW) |
| HESC | Human embryonic stem cells |
| HIPAA | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
| HMC | Harborview Medical Center |
| HRSA | Health Resources and Services Administration |
| HRSC | Human Resource Service Center |
| HS | Human Subjects |
| HSD | Human Subjects Division (UW Office of Research) |
| HSRC | Human Subjects Review Committee (UW) |
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| I-STAR | Improving Service to Advance Research Initiative which was initiated by the Office of Research |
| IACUC | Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee |
| IBAN | International Bank Account Number |
| IBS | Institutional Base Salary |
| IDC | Indirect Costs (now called F&A) |
| IND | Investigational New Drug |
| IP | Intellectual Property |
| IRB | Institutional Review Board |
| IRS | Internal Revenue Service |
| ISB | Institute for Systems Biology |
| ISCRM | Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine (UW Institute) |
| ITAR | International Traffic in Arms Regulations |
| ITHS | Institute for Translational Health Sciences |
J
| JV | Journal Voucher |
L
| L&I | Department of Labor and Industries (WA State) |
| LAR | Legally authorized representative |
| LOA | Letter of Agreement |
| LOI | Letter of Intent |
| LRP | Loan Repayment Program (NIH) |
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| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| MRAM | Monthly Research Adminstrators Meeting (formally called QRAM when the meetings were quarterly) |
| MTA | Materials Transfer Agreement |
| MTDC | Modified Total Direct Cost |
| MYF | NIH Multi-Year Funded Progress Reports |
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| NAA | Non-Award Action (OSP/SPAERC) |
| NAICS | North American Industry Classification System |
| NCE | No-Cost Extension (OSP/SPAERC) |
| NDA | Non-Disclosure Agreement |
| NEA | National Endowment for the Arts (Sponsor) |
| NED | NIH Enterprise Directory |
| NEH | National Endowment to the Humanities (Sponsor) |
| NIDCR | National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIH) |
| NIFA | National Institute of Food And Agriculture (USDA) |
| NIH | National Institutes of Health (Sponsor) |
| NIHGPS | NIH Grants Policy Statement |
| NIOSH | National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |
| NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| NOA | Notice of Award |
| NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Sponsor) |
| NOFA | Notice of Funding Availability |
| NOGA | Notice of Grant Award |
| NOT | NIH's Funding Notices, e.g. NOT-OD-11-004 |
| NRC | Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
| NRSA | National Research Service Award |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| NSPIRES | NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System |
| NTTEE-NPC | National Center for Charitable Statistics Codes (ARRA) |
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| OAW | Office of Animal Welfare (UW) |
| OCR | DHHS Office for Civil Rights |
| OER | Office of Extramural Research (NIH) |
| OFDI | Originating Depository Financial Institution (refers to ACH) |
| OHRP | Offices of Human Research Protections |
| OIG | Office of the Inspector General |
| OLAW | Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare |
| OPUS | Online Payroll Update System (UW) |
| OR | Office of Research (UW) |
| ORCA | Online Representations and Certifications Application (this is a federal site where UW is registered to make it reps and certs for federal award/applications |
| ORIS | Office of Research Information Services (UW Office of Research unit) |
| ORPA | Office of Research and Project Administration |
| OS | Outgoing Subcontract |
| OSHA | Occupational Safety & Health Administration |
| OSP | Office of Sponsored Programs (UW Office of Research unit) |
P
| PA | Program Announcement |
| PAC | Post-Award Change (SAGE, SPAERC, SERA) |
| PAN | Pre-Award Notification |
| PAPPG | NSF's Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide |
| Portable Document Format | |
| PE | Partially Executed |
| PHS | Public Health Service |
| PI | Principal Investigator |
| PIT | Process Improvement Team (UW) |
| PMC | PubMed Central |
| PMCID | PubMed Central reference number (PMCID) unique identifier for articles archived in PubMed Central in compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy (mandatory compliance effective April 7) |
| PMID | PubMed unique identifier (PMID) assigned to each article as it is added to PubMed (will not meet the NIH guidelines) |
| PMS | Payment Management System (Federal draw down system) |
| PO | Purchase Order |
| POC | Point of Contact |
| PSA | Personal Services Agreement |
Q
| QRAM | Quarterly Research Administrators Meeting. (Now called MRAM because the meetings are monthly) A quarterly meeting for department-level research administrators to disseminate information. |
R
| R01 | A specific funding mechanism utilized by NIH. There are several major R01 grant deadlines throughout the year |
| RA | Research Agreement |
| RCR | Responsible Conduct of Research (national term) |
| RCW | Revised Code of Washington |
| RFA | Request for Application |
| RFP | Request for Proposals |
| RST | Retroactive Salary Transfer (UW Payroll) |
S
| S&W | Salaries and Wages |
| SA | Staff Assistant |
| SAGE | System to Administer Grants Electronically (UW System in the SAGE Suite used by campus) |
| SAMHSA | Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration |
| SBIR | Small Business Innovation Research |
| SBRI | Seattle Biomedical Research Institute (Seattle BioMed) |
| SC | Subcontract |
| SCCA | Seattle Cancer Care Alliance |
| SEC | Securities and Exchange Commission |
| SERA | System for Electronic Research Administration (UW system in the SAGE Suite used by GCA) |
| SF | Standard Form |
| SF424 | Standard Form 424 (used with Federal applications) |
| SFI | Significant Financial Interest |
| SFR | School of Forest Resources |
| SHMC | Swedish Hospital and Medical Center |
| SIBCR | Seattle Institute for Biomedical and Clinical Research |
| SIMS | Space Inventory Management System (UW) |
| SO | Signing Official (eRA Commons) |
| SOM | School of Medicine |
| SON | School of Nursing (UW) |
| SOW | Scope of Work |
| SPAERC | Sponsored Projects Administration & Electronic Research Compliance (UW system in the SAGE Suite used by OSP) |
| SPHCM | School of Public Health & Community Medicine (UW) |
| SR | Significant Risk |
| SRA | Sponsored Research Agreement |
| SRO | Sponsored Research Office (i.e., OSP) |
| SSW | School of Social Work (UW) |
| STSI | Space Telescope Science Institute |
| STTR | Small Business Technology Transfer |
T
| T&C | Terms and Conditions (of an award or contract) |
| TA | Teaching Assistant |
| TCP | Transmission Control Protocol |
| TDC | Total Direct Cost |
| TLA | Three Letter Acronym |
| TOC | NIH Guide Table of Contents |
U
| URL | Uniform Resource Locator (i.e., website address) |
| USACE | United States Army Corps of Engineers (sponsor) |
| USDA | United States Department of Agriculture (sponsor) |
| USGS | United States Geological Survey |
| UW | University of Washington, with Seattle, Bothell, and Tacoma campuses |
| UWMC | University of Washington Medical Center |
| UWP | University of Washington Physicians |
V
| VA | Veterans Administration |
| VAPSHCS | Veterans Administration Puget Sound Health Care System |
W
| WAC | Washington Administrative Code |
| WIRB | Western Institutional Review Board (e.g. FHCRC uses this IRB sometimes) |
| WSIRB | Washington State Institutional Review Board (located in Olympia and used for research with state agencies such as DSHS, DoH and L&I) |
| WTC | Washington Technology Center (UW) |
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