UW Research

Glossary of Terms and Acronyms

Facility & Administrative (F&A) Costs

Costs that are incurred for common or joint objectives and, therefore, cannot be identified readily and specifically with a particular sponsored project, an instructional activity, or…

Faculty Council on Research FCR

The Faculty Council on Research is an advisory body to the Faculty Senate on all matters of University policy relating to research and the primary forum…

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) [20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99] is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student…

FAQ

Frequently Asked Question(s)

FAR

Federal Acquisition Regulation

FAS

Legacy: Financial Accounting System (UW)

FDA

Food and Drug Administration (federal)

FDP

A cooperative initiative among federal agencies and 98 institutional recipients of federal funds which reduces the administrative burdens associated with research grants and contracts FDP Clearinghouse…

FDP V

Federal Demonstration Partnership V – Regards Government University Research Partnership

FE

Fully Executed