UW Research

Glossary of Terms and Acronyms

Grant

A legal instrument (award) of financial assistance between a sponsor and a recipient. The purpose is to transfer something of value to carry out a public…

Grants.gov

Web portal to 26 federal agencies – find grant opportunities, submit grants, track status

Group B Shipment (GBS) – License Exception GBS

15 CFR 740.4 For national security reasons only, controlled commodities for export and reexport to a given destination are authorized provided they are destined for a…

GRSA

Graduate Research Student Assistant

GSA

General Services Administration

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States HTSUS

15 CFR 30.1 An organized listing of goods and their duty rates, developed by the U.S. International Trade Commission, which is used by CBP as the…

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)

Contains provisions to protect the confidentiality and security of individually identifiable health care information about patients (Protected Health Information, or PHI) that arises in the course…

HEPPS

Higher Education Payroll/ Personnel System (UW), prior to June 27, 2017. Replaced by Workday 

HESC

Human embryonic stem cells

HIPAA

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act