Glossary of Terms and Acronyms
- PO
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Purchase Order
- POC
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Point of Contact
- primary completion date
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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
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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
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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
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The entity that provides the originating source of funding or other consideration that ultimately may be awarded, in part, to a subrecipient. Related Resources Subrecipient Prime…
- Principal Investigator (PI)
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Individual with the ultimate authority and responsibility for leading, directing, and reporting on an award, intellectually and logistically, on behalf of the UW. This includes design,…
- prisoner
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An individual involuntarily confined in a penal institution, including persons: (1) sentenced under a criminal or civil statue; (2) detained pending arraignment, trial, or sentencing; and…
- prisoner advocate
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An IRB member who has a close working knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of conditions from the perspective of prisoners. The prisoner advocate may be a former…
- privacy
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Privacy is about having control over the extent, timing, and circumstances of sharing oneself (physically, behaviorally, or intellectually) with others. It includes: a sense of being…