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Glossary of Terms and Acronyms

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 Clearinghouse…

FDP V

Federal Demonstration Partnership V – Regards Government University Research Partnership

FE

Fully Executed

FEC

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

FFATA

Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act