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| Code of Federal Domestic Assistance |
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| Council of Governmental Relations – a professional organization supporting university business officers |
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| Cost of Living Adjustment |
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| Facilities and Administrative costs - also referred to as indirect cost and overhead – the cost of doing business |
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| Federal Acquisition Regulations – Contract Terms |
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| Federal Bureau of Investigation |
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| Financial Conflict of Interest |
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| Fully executed agreement – both signatures are now on the agreement and it is fully approved |
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| An agreement issued to the University unsigned. The University must sign first, return to the sponsor, a fully executed agreement will be issued at which time an account can be set up |
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| Gams Award ID – The number in SmartGrant (previously GAMS) for identifying your award - usually ends in 'a#' |
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| Grant Application Management System – the old name for SmartGrant – an electronic proposal development software system |
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| Government Accountability Office |
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| GAMS Proposal ID – The number in SmartGrant (previously GAMS) associated with a proposal |
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| Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee – Committee responsible for oversight of protocols for research that involved animals |
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| Indirect cost – also referred to as F&A |
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| Inter Personnel Assignment – an agreement that is issued when an individual is appointed on an assignment at another agency for a period of time |
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| Internal Processing Form – proposal routing form that contains key information of a project proposal and the document that captures required University approvals. |
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| Institutional Review Board – Committee responsible for oversight of protocols for research that involves human subjects |
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| Interdepartmental Service Agreement – An award from a Commonwealth institution to the University |
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| Just In Time – materials some sponsors request just before making an award rather than requiring at proposal stage |
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| Jordan on line – OGCA’s data warehouse of sponsored activities |
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| Memorandum of understanding. Normally associated with an award action for projects that have Co-PI’s |
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| Modified Total Direct Cost - the basis for calculating F&A where some costs are exempted from the base |
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| National Aero and Space Administration |
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| National Council of University Research Administrators – a professional organization for Research Administrators |
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| National Endowment for the Arts |
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| National Endowment for the Humanities |
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| National Institutes of Health |
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| National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
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| National Science Foundation |
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| Office of Grant & Contract Administration |
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| Office of Inspector General – Federal government offices who are charged with deterring, detecting waste, fraud and abuse |
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| Office of Management and Budget – agency that provides directives regarding management of federal funding |
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| Pre-establishment account – an account that may be requested prior to an award arriving to allow projects to start if purchases or appointments need to be made |
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| Principal Investigator – the lead person carrying out and overseeing a sponsored project |
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| Principal Investigator Award Agreement – a form OGCA sends to the faculty with a copy of their award informing them of the terms and making sure that the PI agrees to the terms and the requirements of accepting the award |
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| Research Business Manager Liaison |
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| Small Business Administration |
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| Society of Research Administrators – a professional organization for research administrators |
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| Sponsored Research Office – OGCA |
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| Speed Type – A Controller’s Office Peoplesoft number associated with your award |
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| Technology control plan – related to export controls |
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| Total Direct Cost - used by some sponsors or programs as the basis for calculating F&A where only Tuition Charge is exempt |
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| Uniform Guidance – Federal regulations for management of grants and cooperative agreements. Formerly OMB A-21, A-110 and A-133 |
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| University of Massachusetts Amherst |
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| University of Massachusetts Innovation Institute |
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| U. S. Department of Agriculture |
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| Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care |
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| American Association for the Advancement of Science |
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| Agricultural Animal Care and Use Program |
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| Associaton for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs |
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| Association of American Universities |
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| American Chemical Society |
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| Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 |
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| Air Force Office of Scientific Research |
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| Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (USDA) |
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| Air Force Research Laboratory |
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| Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array |
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| American Mathematical Society |
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| Argonne National Laboratory (DOE) |
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| Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities |
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| American Physical Society |
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| American Phytopathological Society |
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| Advanced Research Projects–Energy Agency |
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| Broad Agency Announcement |
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| Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee |
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| Background Intellectual Property |
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| Brookhaven National Laboratory |
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| Campus Administrative Manual |
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| Campus Communications Council |
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| Chief Communication Officers |
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| Chancellor’s Capital Review Committee |
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| Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards |
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| Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance |
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| Chart Fund Organization Program (Banner financial account) |
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| Code of Federal Regulations |
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| Now called Technology Services |
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| Council on Governmental Relations |
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| Cooperative Research and Development |
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| Campus Research Administrators Working Group |
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| Division of Animal Resources |
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| Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
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| Deans, Directors, and Department Heads |
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| Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations |
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| U.S. Department of Homeland Security |
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| Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute |
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| U.S. Department of Commerce |
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| U.S. Department of Defense |
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| U.S. Department of Education |
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| U.S. Department of Energy |
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| U.S. Department of Interior |
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| U.S. Department of Justice |
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| U.S. Department of Transportation |
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| Division of Research Safety |
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| Dun and Bradstreet Number |
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| Export Administration Regulations |
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| Electronic Code of Federal Regulations |
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| Energy Frontier Research Center |
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| Employer Identification Number |
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| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
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| Engineering Research Center |
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| Facilities and Administrative |
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| Federal Acquisition Regulation |
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| Food and Drug Administration |
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| Federal Demonstration Partnership |
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| Federal Emergency Managment Agency |
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| Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act |
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| Federal Funding Accountability & Transparency Act |
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| Federal Information Security Managment Act |
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| Funding Opportunity Announcement |
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| Freedom of Information Act |
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| Federal Wide Assurance for the Protection of Human Subjects |
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| Grand Proposal Guide (NSF) |
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| Graduate Research Assistant |
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| U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
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| Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act |
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| Insititutional Animal Care and Use Committee |
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| Institutional Bio-Safety Committee |
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| Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers |
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| Institute of Education Science |
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| Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology |
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| Interdisciplinary Health and Science Institute |
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| Institute of Museum and Library Services |
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| Investigational New Animal Drug |
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| Investigational New Drug/Application |
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| Institutional Review Board |
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| Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment |
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| Illinois State Geological Survey |
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| International Traffic in Arms Regulations |
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| Just-In-Time (Information) |
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| Los Alamos National Laboratory (DOE) |
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| Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (DOE) |
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| Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (DOE) |
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| Large Synoptic Survey Telescope |
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| Memorandum of Understanding |
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| Materials Transfer Agreement |
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| Modified Total Direct Costs |
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| National Academy of Sciences |
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| National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
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| National Center for Atmospheric Research |
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| National Cancer Institute |
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| National Center for Supercomputing Applications |
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| National Council of University Research Administrators |
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| National Endowment for the Arts |
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| National Endowment for the Humanities |
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| National Human Genome Research Institute |
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| National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute |
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| National Institute on Aging |
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| National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism |
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| National Institue of Allergy and Infectious Diseases |
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| National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases |
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| National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering |
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| Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development |
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| National Institute on Drug Abuse |
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| National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders |
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| National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research |
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| National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases |
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| National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences |
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| National Institute of Food and Agriculture |
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| National Institute of General Medical Sciences |
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| National Institutes of Health |
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| National Institute of Mental Health |
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| National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities |
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| National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke |
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| National Institute of Nursing Research |
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| Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program |
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| National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |
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| National Library of Medicine |
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| National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
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| National Radio Astronomy Observatory |
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| Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
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| National Research Service Award (NIH) |
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| National Science Foundation |
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| Office of Business and Financial Services (UI) |
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| Office of Corporate Relations |
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| Office of Human Research Protection |
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| Occupational Health and Safety Programs |
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| Office of Inspector General |
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| Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare |
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| Office of Management and Budget |
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| Office of Proposal Development |
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| Office for the Protection of Research Subjects |
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| Office of Research Advising and Project Development |
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| Office of Research Integrity |
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| Oak Ridge National Laboratory (DOE) |
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| Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
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| Office of Sponsored Programs |
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| Office of Technology Managment |
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| Parent Announcement (NIH) |
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| Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures |
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| Protected Health Information |
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| U.S. Public Health Service |
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| Partnerships for International Research and Education |
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| Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
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| Prairie Research Institute |
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| Proposal Transmittal Form |
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| Responsible Conduct of Research |
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| Research Performance Progress Report |
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| Small Business Innovation Research |
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| Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Initiative |
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| State Emergency Operations Center |
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| Significant Financial Interest |
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| Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics |
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| Sandia National Laboratory (DOE) |
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| Standard Operating Procedure |
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| Sponsored Programs Administration |
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| Sponsored Projects and Research Compliance |
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| Sponsored Research Agreement |
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| Science and Technology Center |
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| Small Business Technology Transfer |
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| Technical Testing Agreement |
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| University Corporation for Atmospheric Research |
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| Universities Research Association, Inc. |
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| United States Department of Agriculture |
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| United States Geological Survey |
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| Code of Federal Domestic Assistance |
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| Council of Governmental Relations – a professional organization supporting university business officers |
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