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FEC

Faculty Effort Certification Related Resources: UW Management Accounting and Analysis: Faculty Effort Certification

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Federal Award

Award received directly from a federal agency or indirectly from a pass-through entity where the originating sponsor is a federal agency. Federal Awards include federal contracts for…

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federal certificate of confidentiality (CoC)

A federal certificate of confidentiality helps researchers protect the privacy of human research participants enrolled in biomedical, behavioral, clinical and other forms of sensitive research. Certificates…

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Federal Contract

A contract issued by a federal agency to purchase or acquire supplies, materials, and services for federal government use. In sponsored programs these contracts are most often…

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Federal Contract Information (FCI)

Non-public information generated for the government under a contract for product/service delivery. Examples: contract performance details, internal reports, subcontractor info, cost/pricing. Officially, FCI is defined as…

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Federalwide Assurance (FWA)

A written agreement with the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by which an institution commits to complying with the requirements in the HHS…

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FFATA

Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act

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FICE

Federal Interagency Committee on Education

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FIN

Financial Accounting System (UW) the university’s online accounting system

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Financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI)

Significant Financial Interest of an investigator that could directly and significantly affect the design, conduct, or reporting of research. See: GIM 10, Significant Financial Interest

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FO

Funding Opportunity

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FOA

Funding Opportunity Announcement also known as Notice of Funding Opportunity or NOFO See: Reading the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA)

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FOIA

Freedom of Information Act

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible for protecting the public health by assuring the safety, efficacy and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological…

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FOP

Form of Payment

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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act FCPA

22 CFR Part 709 The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act prohibits corrupt payments to foreign officials for the purpose of obtaining or keeping business.

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Foreign Person

Persons who are not U.S. citizens, are not lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States, or are not persons who are protected individuals under…

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FPR

Final Progress Report Related Resource: Closeout Reporting

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Freight Forwarder

A business that arranges, handles and consolidates customers’ exports for compensation.

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FSR

Financial Status Reports

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