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A-Z Index and Glossary

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  • DBA

    Doing Business As 

  • DBE

    Department Budget Earnings

  • DEA

    Drug Enforcement Administration

  • DFARS (Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement)

     Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement

    https://www.acquisition.gov/dfars

  • DHHS

    Department of Health and Human Services

  • Direct Costs

    Direct Costs are costs that can be specifically contributed to a particular research project, departmental research, or institutional activity (including instructional activity),  e.g., salaries, lab animals, GSRA tuition.

  • Direct vs. Prime Sponsor

    • A Direct sponsor is the entity from which U-M directly receives project funding.  All sponsored projects have at least one direct sponsor.
    • A Prime sponsor is the entity with the original source of the project funds, if it's not the Direct sponsor. Often the Prime sponsor is indicated as the "Subcontract" or "SubK" as shown in the example below.
      • Ex: Health and Human Services, Department of-National Institutes of Health-Subcontracts  895800

    Tip: In the eResearch Proposal Management (eRPM) system, there are assigned sponsor codes for U.S. Federal Entities, which differ if Direct or Prime.

    A rule of thumb is to follow the direct sponsor unless there's a prime. With a University, though, follow the Prime.

  • DOD

    Department of Defense

  • DOE

    Department of Energy

  • DOJ

    Department of Justice

    Also see Just Grants and our Sponsor Specific Resources page. 

  • DRDA (Division of Research Development & Administration)

    Division of Research Development & Administration. Prior to January 1, 2012, the name of the Office of Research and Sponsored Projects, ORSP. 

  • DS-2

    Federal guidelines require the university maintain an approved disclosure statement (DS-2) on file with the Department of Health and Human Services. The DS-2 is a description of the university's accounting and management practices. Universities submit it along with  F&A cost proposals.

    • DHHS DS-2 Approval Letter for F&A Cost Approvals Federal guidelines require the university to maintain an approved disclosure statement (DS-2) on file with the Department of Health and Human Services. The DS-2 is a description of the university's accounting and management practices. Universities submit it along with F&A cost proposals.

  • DUA

    Data Use Agreement