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Glossary of Terms and Acronyms

PMC

PubMed Central

PMCID

PubMed Central reference number (PMCID) unique identifier for articles archived in PubMed Central in compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy (mandatory compliance effective April 7)

PMID

PubMed unique identifier (PMID) assigned to each article as it is added to PubMed (will not meet the NIH guidelines)

PMS

Payment Management System (Federal draw down system)

PO

Purchase Order

POC

Point of Contact

primary completion date

The date when the final subject was examined or received an intervention for the purposes of final collection of data for the primary outcome, whether the…

Prime Award

Award that is the originating source of funding or other consideration from the prime sponsor, a part of which may be awarded to a subrecipient via…

prime recipient

This refers to an institution that is directly receiving funding for a study from a federal research sponsor, whether or not the institution is conducting any…

Prime Sponsor

An entity providing the originating source of funding or other consideration that may ultimately be awarded, in part, to a subrecipient. Related Resources Subrecipient Prime Award…