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1. Activity Code 3-Character Code used to identify a specific category of extramural
research
activity, applied to various funding mechanisms ie R01, t32
2. Allocable Costs Allowable Costs that benefit the grant or contract to which they are being
charged
3. Application Types Type 1 - New 2-Competing Continuation 3 - supplement 4-competing
extension for R37 5- non-competing continuation 7-change of grantee
institution 9-change of NIH awarding institute
4. A B C Activity Based Casting - works by dividing large heterogenous cost
pools into some smaller, homogeneous cost pools, then selects as the cost
allocation base for each overhead cost pool a cost driver capable of
best capturing the cause & ettect relationship between the cost object
~ the occurance of overhead costs.
5. Application
Iden- tification The application number identifies: (1)Type of Application (R01) Activity code
Num- bers (NS) org to which it is assigned (123456) serial number assigned by
CSR (-01) suflx showing support year of grant, other information:
6. Animal supplement (S1) Amendment (A1)
Welfare
Assurance Document an institution and all performance sites involving animals in
research must have on file with the oflce of laboratory Animal Welfare
7. Amendmen before a PHS agency may award a grant or contract.
t (amended
or revised resubmission of an unfunded application revised in response to a prior
application review.
8. Bayh-Dole Act A law encouraging universities and researchers to develop their
inventions into marketable products
9. Bilateral
Modifi- cation Contract modifcation that requires signatrues of both the contractor and the
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answers Already passed
1. Activity Code 3-Character Code used to identify a specific category of extramural
research
activity, applied to various funding mechanisms ie R01, t32
2. Allocable Costs Allowable Costs that benefit the grant or contract to which they are being
charged
3. Application Types Type 1 - New 2-Competing Continuation 3 - supplement 4-competing
extension for R37 5- non-competing continuation 7-change of grantee
institution 9-change of NIH awarding institute
4. A B C Activity Based Casting - works by dividing large heterogenous cost
pools into some smaller, homogeneous cost pools, then selects as the cost
allocation base for each overhead cost pool a cost driver capable of
best capturing the cause & ettect relationship between the cost object
~ the occurance of overhead costs.
5. Application
Iden- tification The application number identifies: (1)Type of Application (R01) Activity code
Num- bers (NS) org to which it is assigned (123456) serial number assigned by
CSR (-01) suflx showing support year of grant, other information:
6. Animal supplement (S1) Amendment (A1)
Welfare
Assurance Document an institution and all performance sites involving animals in
research must have on file with the oflce of laboratory Animal Welfare
7. Amendmen before a PHS agency may award a grant or contract.
t (amended
or revised resubmission of an unfunded application revised in response to a prior
application review.
8. Bayh-Dole Act A law encouraging universities and researchers to develop their
inventions into marketable products
9. Bilateral
Modifi- cation Contract modifcation that requires signatrues of both the contractor and the
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