Glossary of Terms and Acronyms
- IDC
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Indirect Costs (now called F&A) See Facilities & Administrative (F&A) Costs
- identifiable data
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Data which are either (a) directly connected to name/other identifiers, or (b) indirectly connected via a study number or other coding scheme. Even if neither condition…
- IGERT
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Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship
- IHME
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Institute for Health Metrics
- Immigration Customs Enforcement ICE
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An agency within the Department of Homeland Security that is responsible for enforcing customs, immigration and related laws and investigating violations of laws to secure the…
- Import Certificate IC
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A document issued by the importing country’s government and may be required in order to apply for a U.S. export license.
- Imports (ITAR) ITAR
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No defense article may be imported into the United States unless it was previously exported temporarily under a license issued by the Office of Defense Trade…
- incidental prisoner subjects
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Subjects who become incarcerated (a prisoner) after they have already enrolled in a study. See also: prisoner.
- Individual Investigator Agreement
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This is a formal written agreement between an institution conducting research and an independent investigator who is collaborating on the research, by which the institution agrees…
- individually identifiable health information
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As defined by the HIPAA regulations, this is a subset of health information, including demographic information collected from an individual, and; Is created or received by…