UW Research

Glossary of Terms and Acronyms

coded

Data set in which direct subject identifiers have been replaced with a study code. The link between the study code and direct subject identifiers are kept…

COE

College of Engineering (UW)

CoEnv

College of the Environment

coercion

In human subjects research, coercion occurs when an overt or implicit threat of harm (such as loss of services or access to programs to which the…

collaborative research

Research that engages more than one institution and for which there is a division of labor among the institutions (i.e., the institutions are not all conducting…

Commerce Control List CCL

15 CFR 744 The Commerce Control List is maintained by the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), of the US Department of Commerce, as part of…

Commodity Classification Automated Tracking System CCATS

15 CFR 748.3(b)(3) The classification system administered by the US Bureau of Industry and Security in which a requestor can obtain the export control classification number…

Common Rule

A set of regulations governing research with human subjects that have been adopted by many federal agencies. Revised January 21, 2019. See: 45 CFR 46

compassionate use

One of several “expanded access” mechanisms established by the FDA to allow access to an investigational device for patients who cannot participate in a clinical trial…

compensation

See: payment