UW Research

Glossary of Terms and Acronyms

eSNAP

Electronic Streamlined Noncompeting Award Process Related Resources UW: Manage Reporting Streamlined Noncompeting Award Process NIH: Streamlined Noncompeting Award Process

ESS

Earth and Space Sciences

Exclusion and Exemption

Applies only to transfer/disclosure of information, not to physical objects being transferred or the provision of defense services. An exclusion allows a Information is in the…

exempt research

Research that meets the definition of “human subjects research” but that is determined by HSD to be exempt from the federal human subjects regulations because it…

expanded access

Expanded access is the term that refers to a group of FDA mechanisms allowing the use of an investigational drug or device outside of a clinical…

Expanded Authorities

Federal administrative requirements allow agencies to waive certain cost-related and administrative prior approvals; these are known as expanded authorities.

expedited review

Institutional Review Board (IRB) review that is conducted by the IRB chair, or a designated voting member or group of voting members, rather than by the…

Export

Shipment or transmission of items out of the US. Transfer of registration, control or ownership to a foreign person. Disclosing (oral or visual) or transferring technical…

Export Administration Regulations EAR

15 CFR parts 730 through 774. Regulations administered by the Bureau of Industry and Security, that, among other things, provide specific instructions on the use and…

Export Classification

Determination of an export control classification number, based on a review of the item or information against the the Commerce Control List.