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Travel Status
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An employee is in travel status when they are on business travel that requires an overnight stay. Travel begins when the employee leaves their home or office for their trip destination.
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Traveler
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An individual (employee or non-employee) who has been authorized to travel on behalf of the University, on official University business. Required to comply with policies and procedures. Travel expenses are paid from University funds.
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Treatment
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Provision, coordination, or management of health care and related services by one or more providers, including coordination and management of care by provider with third party, consultation between providers about a patient, or referrals.
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Tuition
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The amount of money assessed to students (net of refunds, but prior to application of waivers and scholarships) for instructional services: Tuition includes charges for all credit-bearing University courses and less formal credit-bearing services such as thesis advising. Tuition does not include student services fees or administrative and special course fees which are subject to specific approval by Board of Regents Policy: Tuition and Fees.
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U Card
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Comprised of the physical card, the data, and the photograph printed on and/or encoded in the card. Serves as a multi-authentication of identity, and verifies eligibility for discretionary campus services (such as calling card and ATM card services) and building access, as may be required by a University department.
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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
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Federal agency that promulgates and enforces regulations (Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations) for licensure and safe use of radioactive materials at locations where NRC maintains jurisdiction.
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Unallocable Costs
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Costs that are allowable but are not assignable to a sponsored project because they do not provide relative benefit to the project, or were otherwise not allocable under sponsor guidelines or the specific sponsor agreement. Example - late charges (charges for goods or services that are allowable but incurred after the project end date).
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Unallowable Costs
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Costs that cannot be charged to a project per sponsor guidelines or any other costs incurred by the University that Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-21 specifies cannot be included in the development of the indirect cost rate charged, nor as a direct cost to a Federally sponsored project, nor included in ISO/department recharge rates.
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Unapproved Human Embryonic Stem Cell Line
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Stem cell lines other than those approved by the federal government.
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Unauthorized Disclosure
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The act of providing information to any source not specifically authorized to receive such information, whether inside or outside of the University community.
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Uncollectible Accounts Receivable
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Any costs charged to a sponsored project that have been billed to the sponsor, but subsequent to the billing are determined to be uncollectible from the sponsor.
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Uncollectible Amount
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An amount for which payment from a customer is not expected, for reasons such as disputes over pricing; contractual terms; performance or receipt of product; bankruptcy or other legal proceeding.
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Uncollectible Costs
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Any costs charged to a sponsored project that will not be reimbursed by the sponsor. They include:
- Budget overruns;
- Unallowable costs;
- Unallocable costs; and
- Other uncollectible costs that do not meet any of the above criteria, but that the sponsor is otherwise unwilling or unable to pay, (e.g., amounts that are disputed by the sponsor, or amounts deemed uncollectible due to sponsor bankruptcy).
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Uncommitted
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Voluntary cost sharing or matching/in-kind funds not pledged in the proposal and subsequently not stated on award documents. This type of cost sharing is more than what is agreed to as part of the award.
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Uncommitted Cost Sharing
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Voluntary cost sharing funds not pledged in the proposal and subsequently not stated on award documents. This type of cost sharing is above that agreed to as part of the award. This is commonly referred to as voluntary uncommitted cost sharing and for faculty and senior researchers, does not have to be documented or reported.
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Underutilization
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Proven disparity in the awarding of procurement contracts to certain businesses or class of businesses.
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Undue Burden
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Significant difficulty or expense. In determining whether an action would result in an undue burden, an agency will consider all agency resources available to the agency or components for which the product is being developed, procured, maintained, or used.
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Uninterrupted Energy
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A highly reliable energy source with a highly reliable distribution system with a goal of zero percent downtime in any given year.
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Unique, Unusual, or Atypical Expenses
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Expenses that cannot be paid using the normal university purchasing options such as a purchasing card or the centralized AP system. Using the normal purchasing options would significantly diminish the University department from meeting its objectives or University mission or significantly increase risks or costs to the University. Examples include payments for research subjects and some international projects. Payments of a reoccurring nature such as utility, telephone or internet charges do NOT constitute unique.
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Unisex Supplement
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The benefit calculated in Section E under BENEFITS.
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Unit
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Any organizational entity within the University that has budgetary authority. Includes, but is not limited to colleges, departments, centers, institutes, offices and programs.
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Unit Administrator
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The administrator who is charged with leadership and oversight of the campus, college, or administrative unit.
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Unit Head
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The department, unit or division head, as appropriate.
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Unitized Pool
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A fund structure that allows for assets to be aggregated for investment purposes, while retaining individual ownership rights. Each participant is accounted for separately via unit/shares in the fund and a NAV (Net Asset Value) is assigned based on the total market value of the pooled assets.
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University Authorized General Receipts Account
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A depository bank account set up by the University Treasurer to receive deposits on behalf of the University.