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Classified Information

Classified information is material designated by government officials as sensitive and requiring protection. Access is restricted to individuals with the appropriate security clearance and “need to…

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Classified National Security Information

Information that has been determined to require protection against unauthorized disclosure and is marked to indicate its classified status when in documentary form. Related Resource: Classified…

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clinical trial

A research study that prospectively assigns one or more human subjects to one or more interventions (which may include placebo or other control) to evaluate the…

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ClinicalTrial.gov (CT.gov)

This is a web-based registry and results database for clinical studies. It is maintained by the federal government to provide patients, their family members, health care…

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closure, study

For more information about closing IRB applications See: Close your IRB Application

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CO

Close-out

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co-investigator

Researcher who works alongside the Principal Investigator or Lead Researcher. Co-Investigators can be delegated all of the duties of a Principal Investigator, but do not have…

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COB

Close of Business

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Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)

This is the name for the rules and regulations published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the federal government. The CFR…

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coded

Data set in which direct subject identifiers have been replaced with a study code. The link between the study code and direct subject identifiers are kept…

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COE

College of Engineering (UW)

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CoEnv

College of the Environment

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coercion

In human subjects research, coercion occurs when an overt or implicit threat of harm (such as loss of services or access to programs to which the…

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collaborative research

Research that engages more than one institution and for which there is a division of labor among the institutions (i.e., the institutions are not all conducting…

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Commerce Control List CCL

15 CFR 744 The Commerce Control List is maintained by the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), of the US Department of Commerce, as part of…

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Commodity Classification Automated Tracking System CCATS

15 CFR 748.3(b)(3) The classification system administered by the US Bureau of Industry and Security in which a requestor can obtain the export control classification number…

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Common Rule

A set of regulations governing research with human subjects that have been adopted by many federal agencies. Revised January 21, 2019. See: 45 CFR 46

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compassionate use

One of several “expanded access” mechanisms established by the FDA to allow access to an investigational device for patients who cannot participate in a clinical trial…

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compensation

See: payment

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competence

A legal term denoting capacity to act on one’s own behalf, including: the ability to understand information presented, to understand the consequences of acting (or not…

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