GLOSSARY and GUIDE TO ACRONYMS
N.C. A&T Division of Research and Economic Development
Revised 8/1/11
Office of Sponsored Programs .......................................................................................... 1
Office of Research Compliance & Ethics ........................................................................... 4
Office of Outreach, Technology Transfer and Economic Development ............................. 7
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OFFICE OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS
Advisor
A faculty member, often assigned by the graduate program, to help students
select courses and to direct their theses or dissertations.
AO
Authorized Official
AOR
Authorized Organization Representative
BAA
Broad Agency Announcement
BCF
Budget Create Form
BRF
Budget Revision Form
C&G
Contracts & Grants
Co-PI
Co-Principal Investigators
This designation refers to individuals who share the responsibility for the conduct
of the study with the Principal Investigator and therefore require the same
qualifications as the Lead PI.
CHESS Codes Consortium for Higher Education Software Services
CIP Codes
Classification of Instructional Programs
DORED
Division of Research and Economic Development, http://research.ncat.edu/
DUNS No.
Data Universal Number System (N.C. A&T’s is 07-157-6482)
EIN / FEIN
Employer Identification Number / Federal Employer Identification Number
F&A Costs
Facilities & Administrative Costs
FB
Fringe Benefits
FDA
Food and Drug Administration, http://www.fda.gov/
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Federal Agencies
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DOC
DOT
DoD
DOE
DHHS
DHS
DTRA
EPA
GSA
HHS
HUD
NASA
NEH
NIH
NSF
NOAA
ONR
SBA
USAID
USDA
USDE
There are 29 Federal government agencies that sponsor scholarly,
professional, and creative activities. Major sponsors of research at N.C.
A&T are:
Department of Commerce, http://www.commerce.gov/
Department of Transportation, http://www.dot.gov/
Department of Defense, http://www.dod.gov
Department of Energy, http://www.energy.gov
Department of Health and Human Services, http://www.hhs.gov
Department of Homeland Security, http://www.dhs.gov
Defense Threat Reduction Agency, http://www.dtra.mil/
Environmental Protection Agency, http://www.epa.gov
General Services Administration, http://www.gsa.gov
US Department of Health and Human Services, http://www.hhs.gov
Department of Housing and Urban Development, http://www.hud.gov
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, http://www.nasa.gov
National Endowment for the Humanities, http://www.neh.gov
National Institutes of Health, http://www.nih.gov
National Science Foundation, http://www.nsf.gov
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, http://www.noaa.gov
Office of Naval Research, http://www.onr.navy.mil/
Small Business Administration, http://www.sba.gov
U.S. Agency for International Development, http://www.usaid.gov
U.S. Department of Agriculture, http://www.usda.gov
U.S. Department of Education, http://www.ed.gov/
FEDX
Federal Express
FY
Fiscal Year
GA
Grants Administrator
GAN
Grant Award Notification
HBCU
Historically Black Colleges and Universities
IQID
Indefinite Quantity Indefinite Delivery
Investigator/Project Coordinator/Research Staff
This title designates key personnel for a project, but without the oversight
responsibility of a Lead Principal Investigator or co-principal investigator. Faculty
members may be listed as Investigators if their role on the study is not that of PI
or Co-PI.
Lead PI: Lead Principal Investigator
The individual primarily responsible for the conduct of a research study. This
responsibility includes the direction of research activity, management of
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personnel and administrative requirements, and adherence to relevant policies
and regulations (institutional, state and federal).
If you are a Master's or PhD student submitting your thesis or dissertation
for IRB approval, you may be listed as the Lead Principal Investigator.
Your thesis or dissertation chair/advisor should be listed as the advisor on
your IRB application. Undergraduate students working on a senior thesis
or other class research project, may list themselves as the Principal
Investigator. The faculty member who is advising on the research should
be listed as faculty advisor.
LOI
Letter of Intent
Mentor
A counselor and guide that influences students’ behavior, habits and
performance and shares academic and professional protocol, knowledge and
skills.
MTDC
Modified Total Direct Cost
NCE
No Cost Extension
NOI
Notice of Intent
OSP
Office of Sponsored Programs
http://research.ncat.edu/~divofres/programs/index.php
PD
Project Director
PI
Principal Investigator
R&D
Research & Development
RAMSES
Research Administration Management System & Electronic Submission
Electronic system used by most UNC institutions for administration of sponsored
programs including proposal submission, authorization and award.
https://ncat.myresearchonline.org/ramses/index.cfm?event=general.login
RFAs / RFPs / RFQs
Requests for Applications / Requests for Proposals / Requests for
Quotations
Solicitations for applications, proposals or price quotations by sponsor
organizations.
SF
Standard Form
SO
Signing Official
SPO
Sponsored Program Office
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Sponsor
An organization that provides external funding to finance scholarly, professional,
and creative activities through such funding instruments as grants, contracts,
cooperative agreements or other agreements deemed appropriate by the UNC
Board of Governors.
Sponsored Programs
Scholarly, professional, and creative activities that are funded by external
organizations.
STEM
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
TDC
Total Direct Costs
VC
Vice Chancellor
OFFICE OF RESEARCH COMPLIANCE & ETHICS
AAALAC
Association for Assessment and Accreditation for Laboratory Animal Care, Intl
http://www.aaalac.org/
ABSL
Animal Biosafety Level
ACAP
Animal Care Application
System for online submission and tracking of animal research protocols, notifying
investigators of committee findings after review.
ACUP
Animal Care and Use Program
APHIS
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA, http://www.aphis.usda.gov/
AV
Attending Veterinarian
AWA
Animal Welfare Act
http://awic.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.php?info_center=3&tax_level=3&tax_s
ubject=182&topic_id=1118&level3_id=6735&level4_id=0&level5_id=0&placemen
t_default=0
AWRs
Animal Welfare Regulations
BMBL
Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (publication)
http://www.cdc.gov/biosafety/publications/bmbl5/
BSC
Biosafety Cabinet
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BSL
Biosafety Level
BSO
Biosafety Officer
CITI
Collaborative IRB Training Initiative:
Training modules offered through the University of Miami
COI
Conflict of Interest
Compliance Officer
The administrator responsible for overseeing the research compliance
committees.
EAR
Export Administration Regulations for export control
ECCN
Export Control Classification Number or product number
Export Control
U.S. federal laws and regulations that regulate the export of strategically
important products, services and technologies to foreign persons.
FOIA
Freedom of Information Act
FWA
Federal Wide Assurance
The Institutional Review Board certification filed with DHHS/ Office of Human
Research Protections
GLP
Good Laboratory Practices
HEPA
High Efficiency Particulate Air filter
Human Subjects
A living individual about whom an investigator (whether professional or student)
conducting research obtains: 1) data through intervention or interaction with the
individual using surveys, interviews, focus groups or other techniques or 2)
identifiable private information such as student performance measures, body
measurements, health care information, specimens.
IACUC
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
Approves research involving the use of animals in research.
http://www.ncat.edu/~divofres/compliance/IACUC/index.php
IBC
Institutional Biosafety Committee
Approves research involving the use of rDNA, biohazards, and select agents.
http://www.ncat.edu/~divofres/compliance/IBC/index.php
ICEEB
Interdisciplinary Center for Entrepreneurship and E-Business
http://www.ncat.edu/~divofres/centers/iceeb.php
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IO
Institutional Official
IRB
Institutional Review Board:
Approves research involving human subjects.
http://www.ncat.edu/~divofres/compliance/irb/index.php
IRB Uploads: Online
System for on-line submission of human subjects protocol applications.
IRBIS
IRB Information System:
Electronic system for tracking human subjects protocol applications and to notify
investigators of committee findings after review.
ITAR
International Traffic in Arms Regulations for export control
http://www.pmddtc.state.gov/regulations_laws/itar.html
NCABR
North Carolina Association for Biomedical Research, http://www.ncabr.org/
NIH
National Institutes of Health, http://www.nih.gov/
OBA
Office of Biotechnology Activities (NIH), http://oba.od.nih.gov/
OH&SP
Occupational Health & Safety Program
OLAW
Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (NIH)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/olaw.htm
PETA
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, http://www.peta.org/
PHS
US Public Health Service, http://www.usphs.gov/
RCR
Responsible Conduct in Research
Responsible Conduct in Research (RCR)
Involves training on how to avoid actions that constitute research misconduct.
Research
A systematic investigation, including research development, testing, and
evaluation, designed to contribute to generalizable knowledge.
RG
Risk Group
RSC
Radiation Safety Committee:
Approves research involving the use of radioisotopes and laser equipment.
http://www.ncat.edu/~divofres/compliance/RSC/index.php
RSO
Radiation Safety Officer
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OFFICE OF OUTREACH, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AUTM
Association of University Technology Managers, http://www.autm.net/Home.htm
Bayh-Dole Act
Adopted in 1980, the legislation gave universities, small businesses, and nonprofits intellectual property control of their inventions and other intellectual
property that results from federal funding. http://www.b-d30.org/
CAGE Code Commercial and Government Entity Code (N.C. A&T’s is 7N746)
CED
Center for Entrepreneurial Development (NC), http://www.cednc.org/
CEO
Chief Executive Officer
CFO
Chief Financial Officer
C of C
Chamber of Commerce, http://www.greensboro.org/, http://www.ncchamber.net
COIN
Center of Innovation in Nanobiotechnology, http://www.nanobiotech.org/
COO
Chief Operating Officer
Copyright
©
Protection given to original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of
expression, giving the holder of the copyright the exclusive right to reproduce,
adapt, distribute, perform, make derivate works, and display the work. Software
is a common copyrighted work in an academic setting.
CSO
Chief Scientific Officer
DUNS
Data Universal Number System (071576482)
FEC
Fully Executed Copy
G&A
General & Administration Fee (Same as F&A, Facilities & Administrative)
GEDA
Greensboro Economic Development Alliance
http://greensboropartnership.org/about/geda/
GMA
Guilford Merchants Association, http://www.ggma.com/
ID/IQ
Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity
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Inter-Institutional Agreement (IIA)
Must be used when University materials are co-owned or licensed with another
university.
IP
Intellectual Property
LES
Licensing Executives Society, http://www.lesi.org/Article/Home.html
License
Legal permission granted by the owner to allow another party to use the
intellectual property.
License Agreement
Provides the company certain rights to University Intellectual Property, in return
for commercialization efforts and payments to the University.
Licensee
An organization to which the University licenses or assigns intellectual property
rights in University-owned technology.
Material Transfer Agreements (MTA)
Are used when University materials are transferred to a company or another
university for further evaluation or development.
MOU
Memorandum of Understanding
NAICS
North American Industry Classification System (Higher education is 611310)
NCBC
North Carolina Biotechnology Center, http://www.ncbiotech.org/
NCE
Nussbaum Center for Entrepreneurship, http://www.nussbaumcfe.com/
NCMBC
North Carolina Military Business Center, http://www.ncmbc.us/
NCMF
North Carolina Military Foundation, http://www.ncmilitary.org/
Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) or Confidential Disclosure Agreement (CDA):
A legal contract to protect information considered to be proprietary or
confidential. The parties agree not to disclose information covered by the
agreement.
OA
Office Action (by USPTO examiner)
OED
Office of Economic Development
OCI
Organizational Conflict of Interest
OTT
Office of Technology Transfer, http://www.ncat.edu/~divofres/ott/index.php
Patent
Grant of property rights on new, useful, and non-obvious inventions by the U.S.
Government through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The grant
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of a patent excludes others from making, using, selling, offering to sell, or
importing the invention in the United States. Additional information on patents
and trademarks can be found at www.uspto.gov.
PEC
Partially Executed Copy
Prior Art
The total body of knowledge including publications and patents, which teaches or
otherwise relates directly to an invention. This is the primary criterion in
determining the patentability of a new invention.
Provisional Patent Application
A strategy to preserve your rights for one-year during which a decision must be
made whether to file a regular patent application. A Provisional Patent
Application is not examined but must serve as the priority date for later-filed
applications.
PTP
Piedmont Triad Partnership, http://www.piedmonttriadnc.com/
Public Disclosure
Any communication to a person not obligated to keep the information confidential
which provides the details that enable them to recreate your discovery. Public
disclosures include: oral presentations, abstracts, posters, papers, theses,
awarded grant applications, Web sites, emails, blogs, and even a confidential
conversation that occurs in public.
Reps & Certs Representations & Certifications
SBIR
Small Business Innovation Research, http://www.sbir.gov/
SBTDC
Small Business Technology Development Center, http://www.sbtdc.org/
SIC
Standard Industrial Classification (8221)
SM
Service Mark
SOW
Statement of Work
SSTI
State Science & Technology Institute, http://www.ssti.org/
STO
Science & Technical Officer
STTR
Small Business Technology Transfer Research
http://www.sbir.gov/about/about-sttr
T2S
Technology Transfer Society, http://www.t2society.org/
TA
Teaming Agreement
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TM
Trademark, Registered Trademark: ®
Protection given to any distinctive word, name, symbol, or device, or any
combination used, in commerce to identify and distinguish the goods of one
manufacturer or seller from goods manufactured or sold by others.
Trade Secret Protection given to a formula, process, device, or other business information that
is kept confidential to maintain an advantage over competitors.
UEDA
University Economic Development Association, http://www.universityeda.org/
USPTO
United States Patent & Trademark Office, http://www.uspto.gov/
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