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Schedule B

15 CFR 30.1 The Statistical Classification of Domestic and Foreign Commodities Exported from the United States. These 10-digit commodity classification numbers are administered by the Census…

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SEC

Securities and Exchange Commission

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senior/key personnel (per NIH)

The Principal Investigator (PI) and other individuals so designated on an NIH funding proposal. They contribute to the scientific development or execution of a project in…

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Sensitive Unclassified Information SUI

Unclassified information that does not meet the standards for national security classification, but is pertinent to the national interests of the United States, and requires, under…

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SERA

System for Electronic Research Administration (UW system in the SAGE Suite used by GCA)

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serious adverse event

See: adverse event

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serious noncompliance

Noncompliance which meets any of the following criteria: Significant increase of the risks to, or jeopardize the safety, welfare, and/or rights of, one or more subjects…

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Services

Unique, specific and limited function performed at the procurement of another and for the benefit of or on behalf of a specific party, usually the other…

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SF

Standard Form

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SF424

Standard Form 424 (used with Federal applications)

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SFI

Significant Financial Interest

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SFR

School of Forest Resources

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SHMC

Swedish Hospital and Medical Center

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short form consent process

This is an alternative method of obtaining and documenting consent, when a researcher occasionally and unexpectedly encounters a non-English-speaking subject in a study for which no…

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SIBCR

Seattle Institute for Biomedical and Clinical Research

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significant financial interest

Refers to financial interests related to the institutional responsibilities of an investigator that meet certain criteria, as defined in GIM 10. Financial interest means anything of…

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Significant Military Equipment SME

22 CFR 120.7; 22 USC 2794(9) Articles for which special export controls are warranted because of their capacity for substantial military utility or capability.

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significant risk device

An  investigational device that presents a potential for serious risk to the health, safety, or welfare of a subject and is: intended as an implant; purported…

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Signing Officials

Different roles and officers at the UW have the authority to sign different types of agreements on behalf of the UW. These roles are dictated by…

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SIMS

Space Inventory Management System (UW)

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