UW Research

Glossary of Terms and Acronyms

A&S

College of Arts & Sciences (UW)

AA

Administrative Action Review more information from the UW’s  SAGE suite.

Abstract

The abstract also known as the project summary should be a clear, concise outline of problem & objectives with expected outcome of the proposed project. Abstracts…

Access to Systems, Tools, Resources, and Applications (ASTRA)

Access to Systems, Tools, Resources, and Applications (ASTRA) An access management service that stores authorization information about who can use a variety of UW administrative applications…

Activity Director

Primary individual that has oversight and is accountable for the activity being carried out according to customer or sponsor requirements, the specific outcomes, and assumes a…

administrative closure

Closure of an IRB-approved study or of an application for any type of HSD determination or UW IRB approval that is initiated by HSD (not the…

Administrative Elements

Administrative elements of a proposal will need to satisfy technical requirements set by the sponsor, as well as compliance requirements based on regulations or University policy….

Administrative PI

A named Administrative PI is responsible on behalf of UW for Principal Investigator final review and submission of the proposal and progress reports as well as…

ADS

Administrative Support (salary)

ADV

see Advance Budget (UW) Related Resources: GIM 9: Advance Budget Numbers SAGE: Advance Budget Overview Grant and Contract Accounting guidance on Advance Budget Set Up &…