These
acronyms and definitions are offered as an
aid to understanding the research enterprise
at the UWGB. It is a work in progress. Send
us your corrections, comments, and
additions. Email: nonnl@uwgb.edu
General Terms
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501.c.3
Internal Revenue Service tax exempt
status for non-profit organizations
OMB Circular A-21 - Cost principles
for educational institutions
A-110
OMB Circular A-110 - Uniform
administrative requirements for grants
and agreements with institutions of
higher education, hospitals or other
non-profit organizations
A-133 OMB Circular A-133 - Audits of
states, local governments & non-Profit
organizations
Administrative Supplement for
Education and Research Training (DOD)
ATP
Advance Technology Program
AUTM
Association of University Technology
Managers
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Broad Agency Announcement
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Career Award/Career Development
Award (NIH/NSF)
Award, which allows significant
programmatic flexibility, to a senior
investigator with a successful history
with the agency, or a junior
investigator with high research
potential.
CAS
Cost Accounting Standards. Specific
rules promulgated by the federal
government to achieve consistent
accounting practices for sponsored
projects.
Committee on Science, Engineering
and Public Policy
CPSR
Contractor Procurement/Property
System Review
CRADA
Cooperative Research and Development
Agreement
CRIA
Confidential Research Information
Act; complement to FOIA which exempts
proprietary information held by
university personnel if certain
conditions are met.
Defense/University Research
Instrumentation Program
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EARS
Electronic Approval and Routing
Systems
EC
Electronic Commerce (or e commerce)
ECR
Export Control Regulations.
Legislation and policies controlling
dissemination of "technical data" to
foreign nationals, governed by the Dept
of Commerce and Depts. of Defense and
State.
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F&A
Facilities and Administrative
(called Indirect costs at the UM)
FAA
Federal Aviation Administration
FAR
Federal Acquisition Regulation
FARS
Financial Accounting and Reporting
System
FASA
Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act
FASAB
Federal Accounting Standards
Advisory Board
FASEB
Federation of American Societies for
Experimental Biology
FastLane
NSF's program for ERA; electronic
proposal submission is now functional
through this system. (See
http://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/)
FC-SearchFoundation Center CD- Rom
Database of funding opportunities of
US foundations; at DRDA and Grad Library
Reference Room
FCC
Federal Communications Commission
FCST
Federal Council for Science and
Technology
FDA
Food and Drug Administration
FDP I
Federal Demonstration Project
FDP II
Federal Demonstration Partnership --
A cooperative effort among federal
research agencies, universities and the
National Academy of Science's
Government-University-Industry Research
Roundtable aimed at streamlining and
improving the federal/university
research support relationship and
reducing administrative burden on
Principal Investigators.
FECAI
Federal Electronic Commerce
Acquisition Instructions
FEDIX
An on-line federal data base serving
most federal agencies for on-line
searches