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Automated Export System AES

15 CFR 30.1 AES is a nationwide system operational at all ports and for all methods of transportation through which export shipment data required by multiple…

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autonomy

An individual’s right to consider alternatives, make choices, and act without undue influence or interference of others. See: Belmont Report

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Award

An agreement that memorializes the terms and conditions between the University and the sponsor, in which the sponsor supports a specific scope of work carried out…

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Award Document

This formal documentation from the sponsor outlines the financial contribution to support a special project. It includes terms and conditions. The award document must be followed…

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Award End Date

The project period end date as specified in the terms and conditions of the award. Related Terms & Resources: Award

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Award File

Files maintained at the unit level for award content. Related Terms & Resources: Award

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AWF

Animal Welfare Assurance

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BAA

Broad Agency Announcement

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Background Intellectual Property (BIP)

Any protectable Intellectual Property, including patents, patent applications, software, and proprietary biological materials, that are owned or controlled by UW and created or invented separately from…

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BAR

Budget Activity Report (UW) discontinued See: What took the place of the BAR and BSR?

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Belmont Report

A report that sets out the basic ethical principles governing research involving human subjects, which are the ethical basis of the federal human subjects regulations. Issued…

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beneficence

An ethical principle discussed in the Belmont Report that entails an obligation to promote good (or benefits). It refers to the balance between the risks and…

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benefit

In the research context, something of positive value derived from research procedures. Per federal regulatory guidance, payments, gifts, course credit, etc. for research participation are not…

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BGT

Legacy Online Budget System (UW)

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BLM

Bureau of Land Management (Sponsor)

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BN

Budget Number (OSP and GCA)

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Bona fide full-time employee

22 CFR 125.4(b)(10) Full-time regular employee, whose permanent abode is in the U.S., the employee is not a national of an embargoed country.

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BPO

Blanket Purchase Order

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Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)

An announcement of a federal agency’s general research interests that invites proposals and specifies the general terms and conditions under which an award may be made….

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BRSG

Biomedical Research Support Grant

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