UW Research

Glossary of Terms and Acronyms

PE

Partially Executed

Period of Performance

Time during which the awardee is expected to complete award activities and to incur and expend approved funds, typically indicated by the start & end date…

permission (parental)

The agreement of parent(s) or guardian to the participation of their child or ward in research.

PHS

Public Health Service

PI

Principal Investigator See Principal Investigator (PI) Personnel

PIT

Process Improvement Team (UW)

PMC

PubMed Central

PMCID

PubMed Central reference number (PMCID) unique identifier for articles archived in PubMed Central in compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy (mandatory compliance effective April 7)

PMID

PubMed unique identifier (PMID) assigned to each article as it is added to PubMed (will not meet the NIH guidelines)

PMS

Payment Management System (Federal draw down system)