Alphabet Soup
Terms & Conditions
Who Does That?
Internal Policies & Procedures
Hodge Podge
100

F&A

What is facilities and administrative?

100

A PI can make this request if they need more time to complete the work but not more money

What is no-cost extension?

100

This office (or individual) serves as the liaison between the Principal Investigator and ORS.

What is the office of nursing research/ONR?  Who is the grants manager?

100

Final documents for a proposal must be submitted at least this number of business days before the sponsor's deadline.

What is 5?

100

This agency provides funding through the R, K, U, P, T, and F series

What is NIH?

200

NOGA

What is notice of grant award?

200

This type of request may need to be initiated when the project is continuing and the current year's funds are not expended.

What is carryforward?

200

This office holds the signature authority for the University's research agreements with non-profit funders.

What is the office of research services/ORS?

200

Purchases of this amount or more must be competitively bid.

What is $10,000?

200

This document details the active and proposed projects on which the PI has commitments

What is current and pending support?  What is other support?

300

IP

What is intellectual property?

300

Tangible nonexpendable personal property having a useful life of more than one year and an acquisition cost of $5k or more per unit.

What is equipment?

300

One of the responsibilities of this office is to educate and train the SON community with respect to financial, procurement and payroll reporting.

What is the Office of Business and Finance?

300

Request to share data (either sending or receiving) with other entities must be submitted through this system for approval.

What is the Research Inventory System (RIS)?

300

The individual(s) designated by the applicant organization to have the appropriate level of authority and responsibility to direct the project or program supported by the award?

What's the principal investigator/project director?

400

IRB

What is institutional review board?

400

The time period within which cost transfers must be made.

What is 90 days?

400

This group provides opportunities for networking, sharing knowledge, and professional development for Penn Nursing research staff.

What is the Research Administration Network?

400

Reimbursement requests for research projects must be submitted thru this system

What is Concur?

400

This date is the last day of the University's fiscal year.

What is June 30th?

500

JIT

What is just-in-time?

500

The policy that investigators on federal awards must disclose a significant financial interest for themselves or immediate family members.

What is financial conflict of interest (FCOI)?  

500

This person is the Associate Dean of Research & Innovation in the School of Nursing.

Who is Dr. Terry Richmond?

500

This tracker should be completed daily, but MUST be completed if you need to go to campus.

What is Penn OpenPass?

500

Term used for a legal agreement between Upenn & another organization that will perform a portion of the research at their institution

What is a subagreement/subcontract/subaward?

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