Glossary of Terms and Acronyms
- Federal Award
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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)
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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
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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…
- Federal Contract Information (FCI)
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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…
- Federalwide Assurance (FWA)
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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
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Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act
- FICE
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Federal Interagency Committee on Education
- FIN
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Financial Accounting System (UW) the university’s online accounting system
- Financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI)
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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
- FO
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Funding Opportunity