HANDBOOK TERMS AND ACRONYMS
For ease of reference, the following defined terms and acronyms are used in this Handbook:
| COI | Conflict of Interest |
| CTO | Clinical Trials Office |
| CTSA |
Clinical and Translational Science Award |
| CUMC |
Columbia University Medical Center |
| DA |
Departmental Administrator or any other departmental staff member who manages the administration of sponsored projects |
| DAF |
Departmental Authorization Function |
| DARTS |
Departmental Advanced Reporting and Tracking System |
| DHHS |
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| DOD |
U.S. Department of Defense |
| DOE |
U.S. Department of Energy |
| ECRT | Effort Certification and Reporting Technology |
| EH&RS/EH&S | Office of Environmental Health and Radiation Safety / Environmental Health and Safety |
| EVPR |
Executive Vice President for Research |
| F&A Rate | Facilities & Administrative Rate |
| Faculty | All Officers of Instruction and Officers of Research (exclusive of Postdoctoral Fellows) |
| FAS |
Financial Accounting System |
| FSR | Financial Status Report |
| GRA |
Graduate Research Assistant |
| hESC | Human Embryonic Stem Cells |
| HIPAA |
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
| IACUC |
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee |
| IRB |
Institutional Review Board |
| LDS |
Labor Distribution System |
| NIH |
U.S. National Institutes of Health |
| NSF |
U.S. National Science Foundation |
| NYPH |
New York-Presbyterian Hospital |
| NYSPI |
New York State Psychiatric Institute |
| OGC |
Office of the General Counsel |
| OMB |
U.S. Office of Management and Budget |
| OTPS |
Other Than Personnel Services |
| P&S |
College of Physicians and Surgeons |
| PDF |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
| PEC |
Primary Effort Coordinator |
| PI |
Principal Investigator |
| RASCAL |
Research Compliance and Administration System |
| RCT | Office of Research Compliance and Training |
| rDNA |
Recombinant DNA |
| RFMH |
Research Foundation for Mental Health |
| RFP |
Request for Proposals |
| RI |
Research Initiatives |
| SPA | Sponsored Projects Administration |
| SPBA |
Sponsored Project Budget Authorization |
| SPF | Sponsored Projects Finance of the Office of the Controller |
| SRA |
Industry Sponsored Research Agreement |
| STV |
Office of Science and Technology Ventures |
| WebSAF |
Web Salary Accounting Form |
Updated: August 4, 2009