Extramural Glossary

Gender

Human subjects term indicating a classification of research subjects into women and men. In some cases, gender cannot be accurately determined, e.g., for pooled blood samples.

The classification of research subjects into women and men. In some cases, gender cannot be accurately determined (e.g., pooled blood samples).

Gender, Minority and Children Inclusion

General Accounting Office GAO  

An oversight organization reporting to Congress. Go to GAO reports. Web address: http://www.gao.gov/

General Administrative Supplements

General Clinical Research Centers GCRCs  

GCRC are approximately 75 centers nationwide that embody the GCRC Program which was established in 1960 and is funded by the National Institutes of Health through The National Center for Research Resources. The objective of the GCRC Program is to provide scientists the infrastructure necessary for the efficient and productive conduct of high quality clinical research. GCRCs strive to provide a conducive environment for studies of normal and abnormal body function and for investigations of the cause, progression, prevention, control, and cure of human disease. Use of the Centers for interdisciplinary, collaborative research and training in medical research is encouraged. GCRCs are available to investigators from all medical specialties and from the basic sciences.

General Services Administration GSA  

A central management agency that sets Federal policy in such areas as Federal procurement, real property management, and information resources management

Genes and Environment Initiative GEI  

Genome Wide Association Studies GWAS  

A genome-wide association study (GWAS) is defined as a genetic association study in which the density of genetic markers and the extent of linkage disequilibrium is sufficient to capture a large proportion of the common variation in the human genome in the population under study, and the number of specimens genotyped provides sufficient power to detect variants of modest effect.

Geographic Information System GIS  

Good Laboratory Practice GLP  

Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) is a set of principles that provides a framework within which laboratory studies are planned, performed, monitored, recorded, reported, and archived to ensure the reliability of data generated within a compliant laboratory. A key feature of this is the generation of quality-control methods and data management within the cell culture laboratory.

Good Manufacturing Practice GMP  

Government Charge Card Coordinator

Person designated to administer the contractor-issued government charge card program, including the processing of applications for the card and answering employee questions.

Government Performance Review Act GPRA  

Government Printing Office GPO  

Produces and distributes Federal Government information products. Web address: http://www.access.gpo.gov/index.html

Government Rate

The maximum permitted daily cost for hotel accommodations for travelers on official government business and government-sponsored travel.

Government Transportation Account GTA  

Government-Furnished Property

Items the government possesses or acquires and makes available to a contractor; see FAR 45.101.

Government-Owned Contractor-Operated Facilities GOCO  

Grant (award)

A financial assistance mechanism between the Government (e.g., an NIH institute like the NCI) and a recipient (i.e., an approved outside institution) for approved activities. Performance responsibility rests primarily with the recipient and there is little or no Government involvement or participation in the performance of activities.

Grant Administration, Post Award

Grant Appeal

A DHHS policy that provides for an appeal by the grantee institution of post award administrative decisions made by awarding offices. There are two levels of appeal available: an informal NIH procedure and a formal DHHS procedure. The grantee must first exhaust the informal procedures before appealing to the DHHS Appeals Board.

grant application

Application for financial assistance from a Public Health Service (PHS) agency (e.g., the NIH) to fund biomedical or behavioral research, using PHS 398 application forms and instructions.

Grant Application Form and Instructions, PHS PHS 398  

Public Health Service Form #398 that is used for most NIH grant applications.

Grant Application Guide

Instructions for completing an electronic Grant Application Package. Each Funding Opportunity Announcement has its own package and guide. Go to NIH Application Guides: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/forms.htm.

Grant Budget Period

The interval (usually 12-months) into which the grant project period is divided for funding and reporting purposes.

Grant Closeout

A procedure to officially conclude a grant (within 90 days after the end of the award, if possible). NIH/NCI grants management and program staff must determine that all applicable administrative actions and all required work of the grantee have been completed. A grantee sends the grants management specialist in the Grants Administration Branch a final financial status report, status of federal cash (PSC 272), final progress report, and final invention statement (HHS 568), including any inventions reported previously for that award (see iEdison for invention reporting).

Grant Compliance Review

An evaluation by grants management staff (usually a specialist) to assess an institution's business and financial management systems to ensure that regulations and policies are being followed for an NIH grant.

Grant Control Form

Grant Documentation Control Firm

The Green Sheet.

Grant File

The official file of a particular grant that contains all significant documents and correspondence related to the award.

Grant Guidelines and Descriptions

Grant Out Years

Years following the first year of funding of a competitive segment, during which the PI applies for a noncompeting continuation award.

Grant Project Period

Total period a project has been recommended for support, which may include more than one competitive segment. For example, a project period for a grant begun in 1990 can be divided into competitive segments 1990-1994, 1994-1998, 1999-2003, etc.

Grant Rebudgeting

Also just called "Rebudgeting." With the advent of modular grants, grantees no longer have to request permission from NIH for rebudgeting (formerly moving money from one budget category to another). For nonmodular grants, permission is still needed for some items.

Grant Review Cycle

Refers to the Center for Scientific Review's thrice yearly initial peer review cycle, from the receipt of applications to the date of the review. See Standard Receipt Dates.

Grant Start Date

Official date a grant award begins.

See Also Anniversary date

Grant Supplements

Grant Type

See also Activity code

Grant Update Module GUM  

Grant-Supported Project/Activity

Those programmatic activities specified or described in a grant application or in a subsequent submission(s) approved by an NIH Institute or Center for funding, regardless of whether Federal funding constitutes all or only a portion of the financial support necessary to carry them out.

Grantee

The institution (public or private, nonprofit or for-profit, educational institution, hospital, cooperation, organization, domestic or foreign agency, or other legally accountable entity) that receives a grant or cooperative agreement and assumes legal, financial, and scientific responsibility and accountability both for the awarded funds and for the performance of the grant-supported activity. In certain cases, a grantee may be an individual in the United States.

Grants Administration Branch GAB  

The Grants Administration Branch is the focal point for all business-related activities associated with the negotiation, award, and administration of grants and cooperative agreements within the National Cancer Institute (NCI).

Grants Management Advisory Committee GMAC  

Grants Management Officer GMO  

The NIH official who is responsible for the business management of grants and cooperative agreements, including ensuring that both the granting agency and grantees meet all requirements of laws, regulations, and policies.

Grants Management Specialist GMS  

An NIH staff member who is the focal point for all business activities associated with the negotiation, award, and administration of a grant or cooperative agreement. He or she also interprets grant administration policy and provisions.

Grants Policy Statement, NIH GPS or NIH GPS  

An NIH document that outlines policy requirements for all NIH grants. The National Institutes of Health Grants Policy Statement (NIH GPS) is intended to make available to NIH grantees, in a single document, up-to-date policy guidance that will serve as the terms and conditions of NIH awards. This document is also designed to be useful to those interested in NIH grants by providing information about NIH-its organization, its staff, and its grants process. The NIH GPS is available on-line from the NIH Home Page at http://www.nih.gov

Grants Reporting and Information Tracking System GRITS  

Designed to track decisions I the IMPACII database

Grants Review Branch GRB  

In 2002, this branch of the NCI Division of Extramural Activities was divided into two new branches, the Research Programs Review Branch (RPRB) and the Resources and Training Review Branch (RTRB). RPRB staff handle the review of program project (P01), Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (P50 or SPORE), and conference grant (R13) grant applications. RTRB staff handle the review of cancer center (P30), planning (P20), clinical cooperative group (U series), training and education (K and T series) grant applications. GRB staff previously handled all of these review functions for the NCI.

Grants Technical Assistant GTA  

Grants with Foreign Components

Grants to domestic institutions that contain substantial funds going via subcontract to a foreign institution.

Grants.gov

An access point through which any person, business, or State, local, or Tribal government may electronically find and apply for more than 1,000 competitive grant opportunities from the 26 Federal grant-making Agencies. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the managing partner for the Federal Grants.gov initiative, one of 24 initiatives of the overall E-Government program for improving access to Government services via the Internet. Registration is required to apply.

Green Sheet

Grant Documentation Control Form for Competing Applications Form. A Green Sheet must be completed for every grant.

Guide for Grants and Contracts

See NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts