Glossary

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EU	US
Legal Entity Appointed Representative (LEAR)	Authorized Organizational Representative (AOR)
Financial Report	Financial Status Report
Eligible costs	Allowable costs
Equipment	Equipment
Financial Signatory	Financial Status Report Role
Applicant	Pass-Through Entity
Conflict of interest	Conflict of interest
Annex	Appendix
Accession forms	Subaward
no corresponding term	Federal Award Identification Number (FAIN)
Call Identifier	Opportunity Number
Coordinator	Lead Institution
Grant Agreement	Notice of Award
Legal Signatory	Signing Official
Participant Identification Code (PIC)	Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS)
no corresponding term	Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
no corresponding term	Representations and Certifications
Overheads	Facilities and Administrative Costs
Participant Portal	Grants.gov
Participant Portal	ERA Commons
Member State	State
Partner	Collaborator
Partner	Subrecipient
Coordinator	Pass-through Entity
Eligibility criteria	Eligibility criteria
Two-stage call	Pre-Proposal
Work Package	Subproject
no corresponding term	Specific Aims
no corresponding term	CAGE Code
no corresponding term	Federal Audit Clearinghouse (FAC)
Specific Programme	no corresponding term
Type of Action	no corresponding term
Work Programme	no corresponding term
Third party	Corresponding term unknown
Corresponding term unknown	Other Significant Contributor
Third Country	no corresponding term
Team Member	no corresponding term
Topic	Corresponding term unknown
Corresponding term unknown	Broad Agency Announcement
Grant	Grant
Submission	Submission
Account Administrator	Account Administrator
Funding Body	Federal Awarding Agency
Call for Proposals	Funding Opportunity Announcement
Deadline	Deadline Date
Background	Background
no corresponding term	Background Inventions
Foreground	Subject Invention
Receipts	Program income
Final reporting	Closeout
Prize	no corresponding term
National Contact Points	no corresponding term
Mobility allowance	Relocation Expenses
European Research Council	no corresponding term
Marie Sklodowska-Curie actions	no corresponding term
Innovation Actions	no corresponding term
Innovation Union	no corresponding term
Evaluation Threshold	NIH Proposal Rating
Horizon 2020	no corresponding term
Global Fellowships	no corresponding term
Contractor	Contractor
no corresponding term	Congressional District
no corresponding term	Continuation
Contribution in kind	Cost Sharing
Award	Award
Tender	Request for Tender
Contract	Contract
no corresponding term	Cooperative Agreement
Description of the action	Statement of Work
Beneficiary Register	System for Award Management
Annotated Model Grant Agreement	Research Terms and Conditions
Proposal	Proposal
Budget	Budget
Amendment	Modification
no corresponding term	Pre-Award Costs
no corresponding term	Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
no corresponding term	Employer Identification Number
no corresponding term	Pass-through funding
no corresponding term	Debarment and Suspension
Access rights	no corresponding term known
Innovation and Networks Executive Agency	no corresponding term known
Innovation indicators	no corresponding term known
Academic Freedom Act	Corresponding term unknown
Academic and creative arts staff	Corresponding term unknown
Academic degree	Corresponding term unknown
Academic sector	Corresponding term unknown
Access	Corresponding term unknown
Access to risk finance	Corresponding term unknown
Accompanying Measure	Corresponding term unknown
Action Line	Corresponding term unknown
Actual costs	Corresponding term unknown
Ad-hoc communication systems	Corresponding term unknown
Additional Cost	Corresponding term unknown
Administrative forms	Corresponding term unknown
Advanced Communications Technologies and Services	Corresponding term unknown
Adventure projects	Corresponding term unknown
Adveres Event	Corresponding term unknown
Affiliated entity	Corresponding term unknown
Alternative Dispute Resolution	Corresponding term unknown
Ambient Intelligence	Corresponding term unknown
Application package	Corresponding term unknown
Apprentice	Corresponding term unknown
Arbitration	Corresponding term unknown
Article 169	Corresponding term unknown
Article 171	Corresponding term unknown
Artistic works	Corresponding term unknown
Assessment Action	Corresponding term unknown
Assessments	Corresponding term unknown
Assignment of IPR	Corresponding term unknown
Associated State	Corresponding term unknown
Associated partner	Corresponding term unknown
Audit certificates	Corresponding term unknown
Authorities and organisations with responsibility for security	Corresponding term unknown
Authorship	Corresponding term unknown
Award Criteria	Corresponding term unknown
BAföG rate of students in central higher education semesters	Corresponding term unknown
Bachelor	Corresponding term unknown
Basic IT protection	Corresponding term unknown
Basic act	Corresponding term unknown
Best Practice actions	Corresponding term unknown
Blocking patents	Corresponding term unknown
Bologna Process	Corresponding term unknown
Brain circulation	Corresponding term unknown
Brain drain	Corresponding term unknown
Brand	Corresponding term unknown
Bulletin Board Service	Corresponding term unknown
Bursary	Corresponding term unknown
Business Cooperation Database	Corresponding term unknown
COFUND	Corresponding term unknown
CORDIS	Corresponding term unknown
COST	Corresponding term unknown
CREST	Corresponding term unknown
Call Coordinator	Corresponding term unknown
Call Number	Funding Opportunity Number
Call page	Corresponding term unknown
Call publication	Corresponding term unknown
Candidate Countries	Corresponding term unknown
Carnegie	Corresponding term unknown
Certificate on the Financial Statement	A-133 Report
Certification of a proposal	Corresponding term unknown
Change of control	Corresponding term unknown
Circumvention devices	Corresponding term unknown
Civil Society Organisation	Corresponding term unknown
Civil society	Corresponding term unknown
Close-to-market action	Corresponding term unknown
Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers	Corresponding term unknown
Cofunding of regional, national & int'l programmes	Corresponding term unknown
Collaborative Projects	Corresponding term unknown
Collective Responsibility	Corresponding term unknown
Comitology	Corresponding term unknown
Commissioner	Corresponding term unknown
Common Agriculture Policy	Corresponding term unknown
Common Fisheries Policy	Corresponding term unknown
Communication	Corresponding term unknown
Communication Network Development	Corresponding term unknown
Community Registered Design	Corresponding term unknown
Community Research and Development Information System	Corresponding term unknown
Community financial contribution	Corresponding term unknown
Competitive call	Corresponding term unknown
Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme	Corresponding term unknown
Competitiveness of Enterprises and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises	Corresponding term unknown
Computer-implemented invention	Corresponding term unknown
Concertation	Corresponding term unknown
Consensus Discussion	Corresponding term unknown
Consensus meeting	Corresponding term unknown
Consortium Agreement	Corresponding term unknown
Continuous Submission Scheme	Corresponding term unknown
Continuously Open Call	Corresponding term unknown
Contract Preparation Forms	Corresponding term unknown
Coordination and Support Action	Corresponding term unknown
Collaboration Agreement	Corresponding term unknown
Research Collaboration Agreement	Research Collaboration Agreement
Confidential information	Confidential Information
Confidentiality agreement	Confidentiality Agreement
Non disclosure agreement	Non-disclosure Agreement
Associated countries	no corresponding term
Consortium	Consortium
Action	Corresponding term unknown
Arbiration	Corresponding term unknown
Arts and Humanities Research Council	Corresponding term unknown
Association of Research Managers and Administrators	Corresponding term unknown
Background Intellectual Property Rights	Corresponding term unknown
Boilerplate clauses	Corresponding term unknown
Chancellor	Corresponding term unknown
Consideration	Corresponding term unknown
Contract Research Agreement	Corresponding term unknown
Country correction coefficient	Corresponding term unknown
Cut-off date	Corresponding term unknown
Cutting-edge technology	Corresponding term unknown
Cyber security	Corresponding term unknown
Data Management Plan	Corresponding term unknown
Database	Corresponding term unknown
Declaration of honour	Corresponding term unknown
Delegation of authorities	Corresponding term unknown
Demonstration Project	Corresponding term unknown
Demonstration activities	Demonstration activities
Description of Work	Corresponding term unknown
Direct Costs to project	Corresponding term unknown
Direct Resarch Costs	Corresponding term unknown
Disallowed Costs	Disallowed Costs
Disclosure	Disclosure
Dissemination	Corresponding term unknown
ERC Executive Agency	Corresponding term unknown
ERC Scientific Council	Corresponding term unknown
ERC Scientific Council Member	Corresponding term unknown
EUIPO	Corresponding term unknown
EURATOM	Corresponding term unknown
EURAXESS	Corresponding term unknown
EURAXESS Links	Corresponding term unknown
EUREKA	Corresponding term unknown
Economic Rights	Corresponding term unknown
Effective Data	Corresponding term unknown
Electronic Submission	Corresponding term unknown
Embargo period	Corresponding term unknown
Enterprise Europe Network	Corresponding term unknown
Entrepreneurship	Corresponding term unknown
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme	Corresponding term unknown
Entry into force	Corresponding term unknown
Equity investment	Corresponding term unknown
Erasmus+	Corresponding term unknown
Escrow agreement	Corresponding term unknown
Ethical issues table	Corresponding term unknown
Ethics Appraisal	Corresponding term unknown
Ethics Review	Corresponding term unknown
Europe 2020	Corresponding term unknown
European Commission Authentication Service	Corresponding term unknown
European Economic Area	Corresponding term unknown
European Fellowships	Corresponding term unknown
European Framework Programme for Research	Corresponding term unknown
European Industrial Doctorates	Corresponding term unknown
European Innovation Partnerships	Corresponding term unknown
European Institute of Innovation and Technology	Corresponding term unknown
European Investment Bank	Corresponding term unknown
European Joint Doctorates	Corresponding term unknown
European Patent	Corresponding term unknown
European Research Advisory Board	Corresponding term unknown
European Research Area and Innovation Comittee	Corresponding term unknown
European Researcher's Night	Corresponding term unknown
European Training Networks	Corresponding term unknown
European Union	Corresponding term unknown
European Union trade mark	Corresponding term unknown
European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership	Corresponding term unknown
Eurostars	Corresponding term unknown
Evaluation	Corresponding term unknown
Evaluation Procedure	Corresponding term unknown
Evaluation Review Procedure	Corresponding term unknown
Evaluation Summary Report	Corresponding term unknown
Evaluation score	Corresponding term unknown
Excellence Initiative	Corresponding term unknown
Excellent Science	Corresponding term unknown
Exclusion Criteria	Corresponding term unknown
Exclusive License Agreement	Corresponding term unknown
Executive Agency	Corresponding term unknown
Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises	Corresponding term unknown
Expert Commission on Research and Innovation	Corresponding term unknown
FP7	Corresponding term unknown
Fair and Reasonable Conditions	Corresponding term unknown
Fair reasonable and non-discriminatory	Corresponding term unknown
Family allowance	Corresponding term unknown
Fellowship	Fellowship
Fellowship programmes	Corresponding term unknown
First-year students	Corresponding term unknown
Foreground Intellectual Property Rights	Corresponding term unknown
Form C	Corresponding term unknown
Free software	Corresponding term unknown
Fundable Itmes	Corresponding term unknown
Fundamental research	Fundamental Research
Future and Emerging Technologies Open	Corresponding term unknown
Future and Emerging Technologies Proactive	Corresponding term unknown
Gender Action Plan	Corresponding term unknown
Global Science Forum	Corresponding term unknown
Gold open access / open access publishing	Corresponding term unknown
Goods and Services Tax	Corresponding term unknown
Government expenditure on R&D	Corresponding term unknown
Grace Period	Grace period
Green open access / self-archiving	Corresponding term unknown
Guarantee	Corresponding term unknown
Habilitation	Corresponding term unknown
Harmonised Database	Corresponding term unknown
Horizon 2020 Helpdesk	Corresponding term unknown
Host institution	Corresponding term unknown
IP Valuation	Corresponding term unknown
IT Helpdesk	Corresponding term unknown
Implementation Plan	Corresponding term unknown
Independence	Corresponding term unknown
Independent Observers	Corresponding term unknown
Indirect Costs	Corresponding term unknown
Individual Evaluation Report	Corresponding term unknown
Individual Fellowships	NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Industrial research	Corresponding term unknown
Information Society Technologies	Corresponding term unknown
Information and Communications Technology	Corresponding term unknown
Infringement	Corresponding term unknown
Initial Public Offering	Corresponding term unknown
Injunctive relief	Corresponding term unknown
Innovation	Innovation
Innovation Alliances	Corresponding term unknown
Innovation Relay Centres	Corresponding term unknown
Innovation management	Corresponding term unknown
Innovation system	Corresponding term unknown
Innovative Training Networks	no corresponding US term
Insight projects	Corresponding term unknown
Installation	Corresponding term unknown
Institution of higher education	Corresponding term unknown
Instrument	Corresponding term unknown
Integrated Project	Corresponding term unknown
Integrated reporting on vocational training	Corresponding term unknown
Integration	Corresponding term unknown
Intelligent Energy Europe Programme	Corresponding term unknown
Interdependencies	Corresponding term unknown
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change	Corresponding term unknown
International Council for Science	Corresponding term unknown
International Patent Classification	Corresponding term unknown
International organisation	International Organization
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers	Corresponding term unknown
Internet of Things	Corresponding term unknown
Inventive step	Corresponding term unknown
Inventorship	Corresponding term unknown
Investment	Corresponding term unknown
Irregularity	Corresponding term unknown
Joint Programming Initiatives	Corresponding term unknown
Joint Research Centre	Corresponding term unknown
Joint authorship	Corresponding term unknown
Joint ownership	Corresponding term unknown
Joint technology initiatives	Corresponding term unknown
Joint undertaking	Corresponding term unknown
Joint venture	Corresponding term unknown
Key Enabling Technologies	Corresponding term unknown
Key technologies	Corresponding term unknown
Know how	Corresponding term unknown
Knowledge and Innovation Communities	Corresponding term unknown
Beneficiaries	Key Personnel
Coordinator Contacts	Corresponding term unknown
Deliverable	Deliverable
ERA-NETs	Corresponding term unknown
European Commission	no corresponding US term
European Research Area	Corresponding term unknown
Exploitation	Corresponding term unknown
Force Majeure	Corresponding term unknown
Framework Programme	Corresponding term unknown
Intellectual property	Intellectual Property
International European Interest Organisation	Corresponding term unknown
Knowledge society	Corresponding term unknown
Legal Entity	Corresponding term unknown
Legal Entity Authorised Representative	Corresponding term unknown
Legal representative	Corresponding term unknown
Letter of Intent	Letter of Intent
License Agreement	Corresponding term unknown
Linked third parties	Corresponding term unknown
Living allowance	Corresponding term unknown
Material Transfer Agreement	Material Transfer Agreement
Member	Corresponding term unknown
Memorandum of Understanding	Memorandum of Understanding
Milestones	Milestones
Multi-Institutional Agreement	Corresponding term unknown
NACE code	Corresponding term unknown
Network of Excellence	Corresponding term unknown
Nice Classification	Corresponding term unknown
Non-Exclusive License	Corresponding term unknown
Non-profit legal entity	Corresponding term unknown
Non-profit organisation	Non-Profit Organization
Normal Accounting Practise	Validation of Research Expenses
One-stage procedure	Corresponding term unknown
Open Access	Corresponding term unknown
Open Access to research data	Corresponding term unknown
Open Source Software	Corresponding term unknown
Panel Report	Corresponding term unknown
Panel review	Corresponding term unknown
Participant	Corresponding term unknown
Participant Contacts	Corresponding term unknown
Participant Portal Grant Management Services	Corresponding term unknown
Participants Guarantee Fund	Corresponding term unknown
Partnership agreement	Corresponding term unknown
Patent Rights	Corresponding term unknown
Peer review	Peer Review
Plan for Use and Dissemination of Foreground	Corresponding term unknown
Plan for the Exploitation and Dissemination of Results	Corresponding term unknown
Pre-existing know-how	Corresponding term unknown
Pre-proposal check	Corresponding term unknown
Primary Coordinator Contact	Corresponding term unknown
Prime Investigator	Prime Investigator
Principal Investigator	Principal Investigator
Priority Country	Corresponding term unknown
Product Development Partnerships	Corresponding term unknown
Project	Project
Project Commencement	Corresponding term unknown
Project Financial Signatories	Corresponding term unknown
Project Legal Signatories	Corresponding term unknown
Project Period/Duration	Project Period
Property	Property
Protection of knowledge	Corresponding term unknown
Public-Private Partnership	Corresponding term unknown
Public Procurement of Innovative Solutions cofund	Corresponding term unknown
Public Research Organisations	Corresponding term unknown
Public body	Corresponding term unknown
Public procurement of innovative solutions	Corresponding term unknown
Public procurer	Corresponding term unknown
R&D funding	Corresponding term unknown
R&D personnel	Corresponding term unknown
Regulation	Regulations
Reimbursement rate	Corresponding term unknown
Research Executive Agency	Corresponding term unknown
Research Integrity	Research Integrity
Research Technology and Development Performers	Corresponding term unknown
Research infrastructures	Corresponding term unknown
Research organisation	Corresponding term unknown
Researchers	Corresponding term unknown
Reserve list	Corresponding term unknown
Resilience	Corresponding term unknown
Results	Corresponding term unknown
Roadmap	Corresponding term unknown
Royalty	Corresponding term unknown
Rules for Participation	Corresponding term unknown
Small or Medium-Sized Enterprises (SME)	Corresponding term unknown
Secondment period	Corresponding term unknown
Sideground Intellectual Property	Corresponding term unknown
Smart Grid	Corresponding term unknown
Societal Challenges	Corresponding term unknown
Specific Support Action	Corresponding term unknown
Statutory and social security costs	Fringe benefits
Submission Date	Corresponding term unknown
Suspension	Suspension
Tangible Research Property	Corresponding term unknown
Task Manager	Corresponding term unknown
Termination	Termination
Thematic Network	Corresponding term unknown
Third Party In-Kind Contributions	Third Party In-Kind Contributions
Thresholds	Corresponding term unknown
Topic page	Corresponding term unknown
Treaty of Lisbon	Corresponding term unknown
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union	Corresponding term unknown
Two-stage submission	Corresponding term unknown
Two-step evaluation	Corresponding term unknown
Two stage procedure	Corresponding term unknown
Unit costs	Corresponding term unknown
University of applied sciences	Corresponding term unknown
Value added	Corresponding term unknown
Vice-Chancellor	Corresponding term unknown
Guide for Applications	Grant Proposals Guide
Periodic Report	Corresponding term unknown
Reporting Period	Corresponding term unknown
Subcontract	Subcontract
Subcontractor	Subrecipient
Real Property	Real Property
Internal audit	Internal controls