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Glossary of Terms and Acronyms

Empowered Official EO

22 CFR 120.25 A U.S. person who: Is directly employed by the applicant or a subsidiary in a position having authority for policy or management within…

End-User

15 CFR 772.1 and 15 CFR 31.1 A person or entity who receives US-origin commodities and uses them or incorporates them into other commodities. The person…

engagement

An institution becomes “engaged” in human subjects research when its employees or agents: (1) Intervene or interact with living individuals for research purposes; or (2) Obtain…

ENS

Endowed Supplement (salary) Related Resources: UW Human Resources ENS Earning Types & Description

EOD

End of Day

eRA Commons

Electronic Research Administration Commons Online system for accessing and sharing grant information between grantees, federal staff and specific agencies. NIH, AHRQ, CDC, FDA, SAMHSA and the…

eSNAP

Electronic Streamlined Noncompeting Award Process Related Resources UW: Manage Reporting Streamlined Noncompeting Award Process NIH: Streamlined Noncompeting Award Process

ESS

Earth and Space Sciences

Exclusion and Exemption

Applies only to transfer/disclosure of information, not to physical objects being transferred or the provision of defense services. An exclusion allows a Information is in the…

exempt research

Research that meets the definition of “human subjects research” but that is determined by HSD to be exempt from the federal human subjects regulations because it…