UW Research

Glossary of Terms and Acronyms

BPO

Blanket Purchase Order

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….

BRSG

Biomedical Research Support Grant

BSR

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

Budget

There are three primary definitions of a budget at the University: The schedule of anticipated expenditures required to perform a specified activity or project, as outlined…

Budget Period

The intervals of time into which a period of assistance (project period) is divided for budgetary and funding purposes. Budget periods are usually 12 months long…

Bureau of Industry and Security BIS

15 CFR 30.1 This bureau within the U.S. Department of Commerce is concerned with the advancement of U.S. national security, foreign policy, and economic interests. The…

Business Data – proposals

Data specific to the University of Washington at an institutional level, such as information from the Institutional Facts & Rates page. All components of a proposal…

C4C

Center for Commercialization (now called CoMotion)

CAGE

Commercial and Government Entity