Glossary of Terms and Acronyms
- FAS
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Legacy: Financial Accounting System (UW)
- FDA
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Food and Drug Administration (federal)
- FDP
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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
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Federal Demonstration Partnership V – Regards Government University Research Partnership
- FE
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Fully Executed
- FEC
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Faculty Effort Certification Related Resources: UW Management Accounting and Analysis: Faculty Effort Certification
- Federal Award
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Award received directly from a federal agency or indirectly from a pass-through entity where the originating sponsor is a federal agency. Federal Awards include federal contracts for…
- federal certificate of confidentiality (CoC)
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A federal certificate of confidentiality helps researchers protect the privacy of human research participants enrolled in biomedical, behavioral, clinical and other forms of sensitive research. Certificates…
- Federal Contract
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A contract issued by a federal agency to purchase or acquire supplies, materials, and services for federal government use. In sponsored programs these contracts are most often…
- Federalwide Assurance (FWA)
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A written agreement with the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by which an institution commits to complying with the requirements in the HHS…