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Acronyms

Acronym Term
AVT Accrued Vacation Transfer
BU Bargaining Unit
CAR Card Activity Report
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
COA Chart of Accounts
CR Cash Receipt
CS Civil Service
CUFS College and University Financial System
DA Division Administrator
DC Direct Costs
DEBCP Department Employee Benefit Contact Person
DEHS Department of Environmental Health Safety
DTEX Document Text Form
DWFS Data Warehouse Financial System
EB Employee Benefits
ECAR Electronic Card Activity Report
EE Employee Paid Contribution
EGMS Electronic Grants Management System
ER Employer Paid Contribution
ET Expense Budget Transfer
F&A Facilities and Administration
FFN Financial FormsNirvana
FICA Federal Income Compensation Act
FIN Federal Identification Number
FMLA Family Medical Leave Act
FOB Freight on Board or Free on Board
FRW Financial Reports on the Web
FSS Financial Systems Support
FTP File Transfer Protocol
FY Fiscal Year
GDES Grant Description table
GSUM Grant Summary table
HR Human Resources
HRMS Human Resources Management System
HTML Hypertext Markup Language
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HSA Historical Salary Adjustment
I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification
IAFHE Institute of Agriculture, Forestry, and Human Ecology (no longer exists)
IBC Institutional Biosafety Committee
IDC Indirect Costs
ILOC Institutional Location Code
INVENRDB Inventory Reporting Database
IPAS Institutional Prior Approval System
IRB Institutional Review Board (for human subjects research)
IRR Institutional Research and Reporting
IRS Internal Revenue Service
ISO Internal Service Organization
ITIN Individual Tax Identification Number
IV Intra-Institutional Voucher
IX Expense Transfer
JV Journal Voucher
MSRS Minnesota State Retirement System
MTA Material Transfer Agreement
MTDC Modified Total Direct Costs
MY Multi-Year
NACUBO National Association of Colleges and Universities Business Officers
NASTE Non-Academic Short Term Employment
NMT Non-Mandatory Transfer
NOGA Notice of Grant/Contract Award
OBF Office of Budget and Finance
OIT Office of Information Technology
OMB Office of Management and Budget
OPAS Organizational Prior Approval System
OVPR Office of the Vice President for Research
P&A Academic Professional and Administrative
PI Principal Investigator
POT Purchase Order with Text
PR Payroll
PS PeopleSoft
PTM Patents Technology Marketing
PV Payment Voucher
PVA Payment Voucher Authorization
PVC Payment Authorization for Service
REB Revenue Budget/Expense Budget (Combined) Document
RFA Request for Application
RFP Request for Proposal
RRC Resource Responsibility Center
RSPP Research Subjects' Protection Programs
RX Central Requisition
SEOG Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant
SFR Office of Sponsored Financial Reporting
SPA Sponsored Projects Administration
SPIN Sponsored Projects Information Network
SQL Structured Query Language
SRENCA Statement of Revenues, Expenses, and Changes in Net Assets
SSN Social Security Number
TA Travel Authorization
TCIP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TDC Total Direct Cost
TIN Taxpayer Identification Number
TIP Temporary Investment Pool
TP Travel Voucher (Employee Travel Reimbursement)
UMC University of Minnesota – Crookston
UMD University of Minnesota – Duluth
UMM University of Minnesota – Morris
UMT University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
UPAC University Personal Authorization Code
URL Uniform Resource Locator
W4 Employee Withholding Allowance Certificate
WBOB West Bank Office Building
WWW World Wide Web

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