Glossary of Terms

Relationship Violence
Causing physical harm or abuse, and threats of physical harm or abuse, arising out of a personal, intimate relationship. Relationship violence often is a criminal act that can be prosecuted under Minnesota state law, as well as under the Student Conduct Code and employee discipline procedures.
Relocation expenses
Expenses for transporting personal, household or business belongings, negotiated as part of recruiting an employee for the University of Minnesota. Includes such services as packing, loading, hauling, insuring, temporary storage, etc. Relocation expenses may also include transportation, lodging, and meals for the employee and family en route to the University. Transportation may not exceed coach class air fare by the most direct or least expensive route for the employee, spouse, and dependent children, or the current mileage rate. Expenses may also include travel and expenses for trips necessary to secure living quarters and/or temporary living expenses at the employment location. Reimbursement may not exceed University travel guidelines.
Remedial
Remedial courses are intended to correct or improve deficient skills and knowledge in a specific subject. 0xxx courses are remedial courses that do not carry credit.
Remuneration
Includes salary and any payment of services not otherwise identified as salary (e.g., consulting fees, honoraria, and paid authorship).
Report for Work
Refers to time spent engaging in approved University work activities from any approved location.
Report in Good Faith
An individual who reasonably believes that a violation has occurred and reports the incident.
Report of External Professional Activities (REPA)
The form in the Electronic Grants Management System (EGMS) used by covered individuals to report external professional activities at least annually.
Reportable
Committed cost sharing or matching/in-kind that must be documented by the department and must be reported to the sponsor by Sponsored Financial Reporting.
Reporting Obligations
A requirement to report means that, at least annually, covered individuals must provide information regarding external financial and business relationships that relate to their University responsibilities using an established reporting process internal to the University.
Reports
Pre-made templates that contain data. "Reports" may refer to structured information and/or query capabilities.
Request for Bid (RFB)
A competitive process initiated through Purchasing Services. An RFB requests bids for specific goods or standard services from vendors. The purchase order or contract is awarded based on the lowest price meeting the stated specifications.
Request for Consultant or Outside Service Agreement (ROC)
The form in the Electronic Grants Management System (EGMS) used by covered individuals to request approval for consulting and other outside commitments.
Requirements for the major and minor
The set of courses that constitute the program of study in a focused area for a particular degree program. These courses make up a portion of the University of Minnesota degree.
Research
Systematic investigation, including development, testing and evaluation designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge.
Research Animal Resources (RAR)
The program established by the president or delegate to provide veterinary services and support for activities covered under Board of Regents Policy: Animal Care and Use.
Research Integrity and Oversight Programs (RIOP)
RIOP provides independent oversight and monitoring of research activities both internally and across the University system.
Research Integrity Officer (RIO)
The institutional official, usually the Associate Vice President for Research, with primary responsibility for directing the case from allegation review through disposition of the case.
Research Involving No More than Minimal Risk to Embryos
Research where:
  • the risk to the embryo is no more than minimal, as determined by the IRB, and the purpose of the research is the development of important biomedical knowledge which cannot be obtained by other means; or
  • the purpose of the research is to meet the health needs of a particular embryo(s) and the embryo(s) will be placed at risk only to the minimum extent necessary to meet such needs.
Research Misconduct
The fabrication or falsification of data, research procedures, or data analysis; destruction of data for fraudulent purposes; plagiarism; abuse of confidentiality; or other fraudulent actions in proposing, performing, reviewing, or reporting the results of research or other scholarly activity. It is particularly important to distinguish research misconduct from honest error and the ambiguities of interpretation that are inherent in the scientific and scholarly process, but are normally corrected by further research.
Research Openness Subcommittee

A subcommittee of the Senate Research Committee that considers requests for exemptions to the Openness in Research policy. The Subcommittee consists of five faculty members, one professional and administrative staff member involved in research, and one student. The members of the subcommittee will be appointed by the chair of the Senate Research Committee in consultation with the members of the Senate Research Committee.  The chair is a faculty member, designated by the chair of the Senate Research Committee. Ex officio members include representatives from the Office of the General Counsel and from the Office of the Vice President for Research.

Residence Hall
Any structure designated by the University as a residence hall.
Residual Balance
Funds that remain in the account after deliverables have been completed and accepted by the sponsor, after all costs needed to fulfill the requirements of the award have been charged to the account, after any final adjustments to recoup underrecovered indirect costs have been made, and after all payments from the sponsor have been received.
Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)
Term used in many contexts; in general, the rules, regulations and best practices used to guide research and scholarly activities to produce results that are honest, accurate, efficient and objective. The University also uses this term to define the expectations included in Subd7, Board of Regents Policy: Code of Conduct, and to describe its education program.
Responsible Official (RO)
The University of Minnesota official designated to act on behalf of the University regarding the possession, receipt or transfer of Select Agents.
Responsible University Administrator
The person (Provost, Chancellor, Dean, Department Head, etc.) who has been designated to develop a plan for filling endowed chairs, professorships and faculty fellows