A-Z Index and Glossary

Funding Opportunity Announcement. This is typically for federal funding opportunities, that can often be selected in eRPM as a way to retrieve needed information for submissions.

Freedom of Information Act. As a public institution in the state of Michigan, the University of Michigan is subject to provisions of the state's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). See http://vpcomm.umich.edu/foia.html

The performance of any significant scientific element or segment of a project outside of the United States, either by the grantee or by a researcher employed by a foreign organization, whether or not grant funds are expended. Also see International Engagement.

See Staff Fringe Benefits.

Full-Time Effort/Full Time Employee

It is the goal of the University of Michigan to recover the full costs of each individual sponsored project where permitted by the established policies of the funding agency. Full costs are defined as those costs that reasonably can be associated with and allocated to a particular project. They include costs that are generally treated as direct (costs that can be readily and specifically identified with a particular sponsored project relatively easily with a high degree of accuracy) and indirect (costs that are incurred for common or joint objectives and, therefore, cannot be identified readily and specifically with a particular sponsored project).

Federal Wide Assurance

Fiscal Year (ex. FY2015 or FY15)

Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need. A funding program in the U.S. Department of Education (http://www2.ed.gov/programs/gaann/index.html).

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

Governmental Accounting Standards Board (http://www.gasb.org/)

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

A voluntary transfer of money or material goods from an individual or entity to the University without a return of commensurate value. It may or may not be given for any specific purpose. Gift funds from a private source do not provide a benefit to the donor, including results from a defined project. See ORSP's standard operating procedure (SOP) on Gift vs. Grant: SOP-400.03-gift-versus-grant

Grant Proposal Guide (NSF)

A grant is a funding mechanism a sponsor awards to achieve a specific goal. A grant entails obligations to a sponsor, although the obligations may be less stringent than those in a contract or agreement. In a grant, the sponsor (possibly the federal government) provides oversight and monitoring but is not directly involved in the project.  Even if the grant is not as exacting in its provisions, it should be treated with the same respect. At U-M, grants are managed through the eResearch Proposal Management (eRPM) system, first as a proposal with a proposal approval form (PAF) and then, if awarded, as an AWD record. 

Also, see cooperative agreement.

Grants.gov is the federal web portal for finding grant opportunities from any federal agency and locating application packages, as well as where ORSP submits electronic applications.

General Services Administration

Graduate Student Research Assistant

Honest Broker Office