Glossary of Terms and Acronyms
- EHS
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Environmental Health and Safety (also EH&S)
- EIN
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Employer Identification Number (the IRS tax ID number for UW)
- EIO
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Equipment Inventory Office Related Resource: UW Equipment Inventory Office
- Electronic Export Information EEI
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15 CFR 30.1 The electronic export data as filed in the AES. This is the electronic equivalent of the export data formerly collected as Shipper’s Export…
- Electronic Grant Application eGC1
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Electronic internal compliance form that is routed with all grants and contracts for approval on campus before arriving at the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP). Related…
- emancipated minor
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An emancipated minor is a child who is legally considered an adult. In Washington State, emancipated minor status is not automatic for those who have simply…
- Embargo
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An embargo is a restriction on exports or imports with respect to the specific goods or ultimate destination of the shipment.
- emergency medicine consent waivers
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Refers to a waiver of consent for emergency medicine research that involves more than minimal risk to subjects and for which it is not possible to…
- emergency use
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The one-time clinical use of an investigational drug or device with a patient in a life-threatening or seriously disabling situation in which no standard acceptable treatment…
- employee or agent
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Refers to someone who: acts on behalf of an organization; exercises institutional authority or responsibility; or performs institutionally-designated activities.