UW Research

Glossary of Terms and Acronyms

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

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)

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

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

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

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…

Privacy Certificate

This is the equivalent of a federal Certificate of Confidentiality, but it is provided (and required by) the federal Department of Justice (DOJ) for any research…

Project IP

Intellectual Property developed by or on behalf of UW and its subrecipients/subcontractors in the course of and as a direct result of the Project. Project IP…

Proposal

A formal request from the University of Washington for external support to carry out institutional activities, including Organized Research, Instruction or Other Sponsored Activity. These requests…

Proprietary Information

Information protected by a sponsor or third party that is not generally known outside the sponsor or third party’s organization and has access restrictions for commercial…