Glossary
Glossary of Terms
Abstract
建议书的部分,提供建议项目的简要摘要, emphasizing its major objectives and procedures.
Appropriation
国会决定在某一财政年度内用于某一特定目的的资金总额(通常比授权金额少得多)。.
Authorization
可用于已立法的项目的金额.
Authorized Organization Representative (AOR)
A member of the organization authorized to submit applications in Grants.gov or other federal agency submission portals on behalf of the organization.
Award
资助:为实现公共目的而提供支持或激励的财政援助. 奖励包括以金钱或财产代替金钱形式的赠款和其他协议, by the federal government to an eligible recipient.
Bidders/Offerors Conference
有意回应征求建议书(RFP)的机构代表与机构代表之间的会议, who provide background information about the RFP, and answer questions.
Budget
A management plan for a project, expressed in financial terms.
Categorical Grants
Funds restricted to a certain category of interests, such as child-care, or services for the handicapped.
Continuation Funding
A non-competing request for additional funding.
Contract
支持由资助者(如政府机构或基金会)发起的活动的工具. 该活动执行指定的服务或将为发起者产生特定的终端或产品. 资助机构对工作的表现和时间安排行使相当大的指导和控制.
Cooperative Agreements
由资助机构共同管理研究和培训项目的事业, and the recipient institution. 与拨款相比,机构在工作范围和方向上的自由裁量权较小, and more than in a contract.
Cost-Sharing
完成赞助项目所需资金的差额, and what the sponsor is willing to provide. Cost-sharing can be either in direct costs, or indirect costs.
Deadline
提议机构必须在此之前发送或接收提案的固定日期. Instructions regarding deadlines should be read carefully. 一些机构要求提案在特定的日期和时间内提交和接收.
Direct Costs
Costs that are easily identified and charged to a specific project. 这可能包括工资、差旅费、设备和用品等项目.
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)
管理联邦合同(非赠款)条款和条件的采购条例. 由于合同中的某些条款可能与大学的惯例不一致,因此这些规定需要协商.
Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA)
一份可公开获得的文件,联邦机构通过该文件了解其授予酌情拨款或合作协议的意图. FOAs may be known as program announcements, notices of funding availability, solicitations, and other names depending on the agency or program type.
Grant
为申请人发起的活动提供财政援助支持的文书, that falls within the guidelines and priorities of the funding agencies.
Indirect Costs
Costs incurred for common or joint objectives which cannot, therefore, be readily identified with a specific project. Typical indirect costs include library expenses, depreciation, plant operation and maintenance, and administration.
Learn MoreMatching Funds
由资助机构提供的资金,由资助机构授权,以配合其对项目的支持. Matching fund requirements can often involve multiples of the amount provided, 也就是说,获奖者必须提供两到三倍,甚至更多的奖金.
Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
资助机会通知是机构用来宣布资助机会的任何纸张或电子发行, whether it is called a “program announcement,” “notice of funding availability,” “broad agency announcement,” “research announcement,” “solicitation,” or some other term.
Planning Grant
为支持规划和发展执行项目的手段而拨出的资金. 通常,规划补助金将包括为项目本身撰写资助提案所需的资源.
Principal Investigator
The person who has overall responsibility for carrying out the project. 只能有一个首席研究员,但可以有几个联合首席研究员.
Program Income
项目收入是指非联邦实体在执行期间通过支持活动直接产生的总收入或作为联邦奖励的结果而获得的总收入.
Project Period
奖励文件中规定的奖励机构赞助开始和结束的期间.
Renewal
A competing continuation request for funding. 续期通常包括基于现有拨款结果的新工作,并须接受同行评审.
Resubmission
根据审稿人的批评意见对提案进行了修改,为提案争取资金的努力.
Solicited Proposal
应赞助者的要求,为某一特定的研究或教育项目而提交. Often solicited proposals are found in Requests for Proposals (RFP). 申请请求是对有兴趣与资助机构合作设计和实施特定项目的研究人员的邀请.
Subaward
由传递实体提供给分接受者的奖励,由分接受者执行由传递实体收到的部分联邦奖励. 它不包括支付给承包商或支付给联邦计划受益人的个人的款项. A subaward may be provided through any form of legal agreement, including an agreement that the pass-through entity considers a contract.
Subrecipient
A non-Federal entity that receives a subaward from a pass-through entity to carry out part of a Federal program; but does not include an individual that is a beneficiary of such program. 次级受奖人也可以是直接从联邦授予机构获得的其他联邦奖励的受奖人.
Supplement
向赞助者请求为现有项目提供额外资金以支付未预料到的费用.
Target Date
一个机构必须收到提案的日期,以便在给定的资金周期内对提案进行审查. If the proposal fails to arrive at the agency by the target date, it is moved for consideration to the next funding cycle. 相反,未能在机构规定的截止日期前提出的建议则不会得到进一步审议.
Under-Recovery
如果适用适当的税率,大学应获得的间接收益之间的差额, and what it actually will receive from the sponsoring agency.
Unsolicited Proposal
基于调查人员在现场而不是机构感兴趣的主题的提交.
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