UW Research

Glossary of Terms and Acronyms

SIBCR

Seattle Institute for Biomedical and Clinical Research

significant financial interest

Refers to financial interests related to the institutional responsibilities of an investigator that meet certain criteria, as defined in GIM 10. Financial interest means anything of…

Significant Military Equipment SME

22 CFR 120.7; 22 USC 2794(9) Articles for which special export controls are warranted because of their capacity for substantial military utility or capability.

significant risk device

An  investigational device that presents a potential for serious risk to the health, safety, or welfare of a subject and is: intended as an implant; purported…

Signing Officials

Different roles and officers at the UW have the authority to sign different types of agreements on behalf of the UW. These roles are dictated by…

SIMS

Space Inventory Management System (UW)

Single IRB

This refers to a situation in which a single Institutional Review Board (IRB) is providing the review and oversight (i.e., is the IRB of record) for…

SO

Signing Official (eRA Commons)

Software

15 CFR 772 A collection of computer programs fixed in any tangible medium of expression. This includes system functional design, logic flow, algorithms, application programs, operating…

SOM

School of Medicine