Acronyms - Research Administration
- A-21 OMB Circular A-21
- A-110 OMB Circular A- 1 10
- A-133 OMB Circular A-1 33
- AAAS American Association for the Advancement of Science
- AAMC Association of American Medical Colleges
- AALAC Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care
- ACO Administrative Contracting Officer
- ACS American Cancer Society
- ACUO Association of College & University Offices
- ADA Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
- ADAMHA Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration Re-Organization Act
- AFOSR Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- AHA American Heart Association
- AID Agency for International Development
- AMA American Medical Association
- ANCRP Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (PHS)
- APWA American Public Works Association
- AREA Academic Research Enhancement Award (NIH)
- ARI Army Research Institute
- ARO Army Research Office
- ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency (DOD)
- ASPR Armed Services Procurement Regulations
- ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry (PHS)
- AUTM Association of University Technology Managers
- AY Academic Year
- BA Basic Agreement
- BAA Broad Agency Announcement
- BAFO Best and Final Offer
- B(E)OG Basic (Educational) Opportunity Grant
- BES Division of Bioengineering & Environmental Systems
- BHP Bureau of Health Professions (HRSA)
- BLS Bureau of Labor Statistics (DOL)
- BML Biological Material License
- BOA Basic Ordering Agreement
- BRDPI Biomedical Research and Development Price Index
- BRSG Biomedical Research Support Grant (NIH)
- BTS Border and Transportation Security (DHS) (formerly INS)
- CAAA Clean Air Act Amendment
- CAS Cost Accounting Standards
- CASB Cost Accounting Standards Board
- CBO Congressional Budget Office
- CC Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center (NIH)
- CCR Central Contractor Registration
- CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- CEL Commercial Evaluation License
- CFDA Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
- CFO Chief Financial Officer
- CFR Code of Federal Regulations
- CIA Clinical Investigator Award
- CICA Competition in Contracting Act
- CIE Center for International Education (ED)
- CIT Center for Information Technology (NIH) (formerly DCRT, OIRM, TCB)
- CLlN Contract Line Item Number
- CMlA Cash Management Improvement Act
- CO Contacting Officer
- CO-PI Co-Principal Investigator
- COGR Council on Governmental Relations
- COIConflict of Interest
- COLACost of Living Allowance
- COS Committee on Science of the National Science & Technology Council
- COSEPUPCommittee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy
- CPFF Cost Plus Fixed Fee Contract
- CPI Consumer Price Index
- CPSR Contractor Procurement/Property System Review
- CRA Certified Research Administrator
- CRADA Cooperative Research and Development Agreement
- CRC Cooperative Research Center
- CRISP Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Programs
- CRS Congressional Research Service
- CSR Center for Scientific Review (NIH)
- CURI College-University Resource Institute
- DA Department of the Army (also Departmental Administration)
- DAC Defense Acquisition Circular
- DAR Defense Acquisition Regulations
- DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- DBE Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
- DC Direct Costs
- DCA Division of Cost Allocation (HHS)
- DCAA Defense Contract Audit Agency
- DCE Direct Cost Equivalent
- DD Department of Defense (also DOD)
- DEAR Department of Energy Acquisition Regulations
- DED Deportment of Education (also DOEd)
- DFAR Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations
- DHEW Department of Health, Education and Welfare (replaced by DHHS)
- DHHS Department of Health and Human Services
- DHS Department of Homeland Security
- DNA Defense Nuclear Agency
- DOC Department of Commerce
- DOD Department of Defense (also DD)
- DODGARs DOD Grant and Agreement Regulations
- DOE Department of Energy
- DOEd Department of Education (also ED)
- DOI Department of Interior
- DOJ Department of Justice
- DOL Department of Labor
- DOS Department of State
- DOT Department of Transportation
- DRG Division of Research Grants (NIH)
- DRR Division of Research Resources (NIH)
- DRS Division of Research Services (NIH)
- DS-2 Disclosure Statement (under Cost Accounting Standards)
- DSMB Data Safety Monitoring Board
- E A Expanded Authorities
- EARS Electronic Approval and Routing Systems
- EBB Electronic Bulletin Board
- ED Department of Education (also DoEd)
- EDA Economic Development Administration (DOC)
- EDGAR Education Department General Administration Regulations
- EDI Electronic Data Interchange
- EDISON Interagency Extramural Invention Information Management System
- EFT Electronic Funds Transfer
- EO Executive Order
- EPA Environmental Protection Agency
- ERA Electronic Research Administration
- ETA Employment and Training Administration (DOL)
- EU Emory University
- EVS Ethics and Values Studies (NSF)
- F&A Facilities and Administrative Costs (formerly Indirect Costs)
- FAA Federal Aviation Administration (DOT)
- FAADS Federal Assistance Awards Data System
- FAR Federal Acquisition Regulations
- FASEB Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
- FB Fringe Benefits
- FBO Federal Business Opportunities
- FCC Federal Communications Commission
- FDA Food and Drug Administration (PHS)
- FDP Federal Demonstration Partnership (previously Florida Demonstration Project)
- FEDIX Federal Information Exchange (Multi-agency)
- FFMIA Federal Financial Management Improvement Act
- FFP Firm Fixed Price Contract
- FIC Federal Highway Administration
- FIC John E. Fogarty International Center (NIH)
- FlCC Federal Interagency Coordinating Council
- FIBSE Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education
- FIRST First Independent Research Support and Transition Award (NIH R-29)
- FOIA Freedom of Information Act
- FOS Funding Opportunities Search
- FP Fixed Price
- FPR Federal Procurement Regulations
- FPR Final Proposal Revision
- FSR Financial Status Report
- FTA Federal Transit Administration
- FTE Full Time Equivalent
- FTP File Transfer Protocol
- FTTA Federal Technology Transfer Act
- FWA Federal-wide Assurance
- FY Fiscal Year
- GA General Administration
- GAAP General Accepted Accounting Principles
- GAO General Accounting Office
- GASB Governmental Accounting Standards Board
- GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
- GM0 Grants Management Officer
- GMRA Government Management Reform Act
- GPG Grant Proposal Guide (NSF)
- GPO Government Printing Office
- GPRA Government Performance and Results Act
- GPS Global Positioning System
- GPS Grants Policy Statement
- GSA General Services Administration
- GUIRR Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable
- HBCU Historically Black College and University
- HCFA Health Care Financing Administration
- HEA Higher Education Amendment
- HHS Department of Health and Human Services
- HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- HIC Human Investigation Committee (now IRB)
- HR/HI High Risk/High Impact
- HRS A Health Resources and Services Administration (PHS)
- HSC Health Sciences Center
- HUD Housing and Urban Development
- IACUC Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
- IAEGC Inter-Agency Electronic Grants Committee
- IBC Institutional Biosafety Committee
- IC NIH Institute or Center
- IDC Indirect Costs (now called Facilities and Administration Costs or F&A)
- IFB Invitation for Bids
- IFP Invitation for Proposal
- IG Inspector General
- ILA Improvement of Laboratory Instrumentation (NSF)
- ILAR Institute for Laboratory Animal Research
- IND Investigational New Drug Application
- INS Immigration and Naturalization Service (now part of DHS most prior functions under BTS)
- IPA Intergovernmental Personnel Act Mobility Program
- IPO Intellectual Property Office
- IRB Institutional Review Board (Human Subjects)
- IREX International Research and Exchanges Board
- IRG Initial Review Group (now SRG)
- IRIS Online funding source system from University of Illinois
- IRS Internal Revenue Service
- IR&D Independent Research and Development
- ITAR International Traffic In Arms Regulations
- ITB Invitation to Bid
- LAR Laboratory Animal Resources
- LOC Limitation of Cost
- LSAS Labor Surplus Area
- MARC Minority Access to Research Careers Program (NIH)
- MBE Minority Business Enterprise
- MBRS Minority Biomedical Research Support Program (NIH)
- MERIT Method to Extend Research in Time Award (NIH R-37)
- MOU Memorandum of Understanding
- MTA Material Transfer Agreement
- MTDC Modified Total Direct Costs
- MYE Man Year Equivalent
- NACUBO National Association of College and University Business Officers
- NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement
- NAS National Academy of Sciences
- NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- NASULGC National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges
- NBS National Bureau of Standards (now National Institute of Standards & Technology)
- NCCAM National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NIH)
- NCE No Cost Extension
- NCHSR National Center for Health Services Research
- NCI National Cancer Institute (NIH)
- NCMHD National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIH)
- NCRR National Center for Research Resources (NIH)
- NCST National Council of Science and Technology
- NCURA National Council of University Research Administrators
- NEA National Endowment for the Arts
- NEH National Endowment for the Humanities
- NEI National Eye Institute (NIH)
- NFAH National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities
- NGA Notice of Grant Award
- NHGRI National Human Genome Research Institute (NIH)
- NHLBl National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NIH)
- NHTSA National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (DOT)
- NIA National Institute on Aging (NIH)
- NIAAA National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIH)
- NIAID National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH)
- NIAlMS National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIH)
- NIBIB National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIH)
- NICHD National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NIH)
- NIDA National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIH)
- NIDCD National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders (NIH)
- NlDCR National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIH)
- NIDDK National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIH)
- NIDDR National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (ED)
- NIDR National Institute of Dental Research (now NIDCR)
- NIEHS National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIH)
- NIGMS National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH)
- NIH National Institutes of Health (PHS)
- NIHR National Institute of Handicapped Research (ED)
- NIMH National Institute of Mental Health (NIH)
- NINDS National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NIH)
- NINR National Institute of Nursing Research (NIH)
- NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
- NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology (DOC) (formerly National Bureau of Standards)
- NLM National Library of Medicine (NIH)
- NLRB National Labor Relations Board
- NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (DOC)
- NPR National Partnership for Reinventing Government (formerly National Performance Review)
- NPRM Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
- NPS National Park Service
- NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- NRL Naval Research Laboratory
- NRSA National Research Service Award (NIH/ADAMHA)
- NSF/STIS On-time starching system of the National Science Foundation
- NSF National Science Foundation
- NSTC National Science Technology Council
- NTSB National Transportation Safety Board
- OASH Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (directs PHS)
- OCR Office of Civil Rights
- OECD Office for Economic Cooperation and Development
- OER Office of Extramural Research (NIH)
- OFCC Office of Federal Contract Compliance
- OFP Office of Federal Programs
- OFPP Office of Federal Procurement Policy
- OH Overhead (Indirect Costs)
- OHRP Office for Human Research Protections (DHHS) (formerly OPRR)
- OIG Office of the Inspector General
- OIRA Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OMB)
- OLAW Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (NIH)
- OMB Office of Management and Budget
- ONR Office of Naval Research
- OPAS Organizational Prior Approval System
- OPERA Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration (NIH)
- OPRR Office for Protection from Research Risks (now OHRP)
- ORI Office of Research Integrity (HHS)
- OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- OSA Other Sponsored Activities
- OSTP Office of Science and Technology Policy
- OTA Office of Technology Assessment
- PA Program Announcement
- PCAST President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology
- PDF Portable Document Format
- PETA People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Public Health Service
- PHI Protected Health Information
- PHS Public Health Service
- PI Principal Investigator
- PL Public Law (e.g. P.L 92-255)
- PLA Patent License Agreement
- PMS Payment Management System
- PO Program Official
- PP Project Period
- PPO Preliminary Proposal Opportunity
- PRD Presidential Review Directive
- PRDA Program Research and Development Announcement (contracts)
- PSA Physician Scientist Award (NIH)
- PTO Patent and Trademark Office
- PYE Person Year Equivalent
- PYI Presidential Young Investigator (NSF)
- R01 Activity code designation for a traditional NIH research grant
- RA Research Administrator
- RAR Research Animal Resources
- RCDA Research Career Development Award (NIH)
- RCMS Research Careers for Minority Scholars (NSF)
- RDNA Recombinant DNA
- RFA Request for Applications
- RFP Request for Proposal
- RFQ Request for Qualifications or Request for Quotations
- ROA Research Opportunity Award (NSF)
- RPG Research Project Grant
- S&W Salaries and Wages
- S&W+B Salaries and Wages plus Benefits
- SBA Small Business Administration
- SBIR Small Business Innovation Research
- SBU Sensitive But Unclassified
- SCOR Specialized Centers of Research (NlH)
- SEP Special Emphasis Panel
- SERCA Special Emphasis Research Center Awards (NIH)
- SEVIS Student & Exchange Visitor Information System (INS tracking system for foreign students)
- SF Standard Form
- SFI Significant Financial Interest
- SIG Shared Instrumentation Grant (NIH)
- SNAP Streamlined Noncompeting Award Process
- SOW Statement of Work
- SPA Sponsored Program Administration
- SPIN Sponsored Programs Information Network (funding information system from InfoEd)
- SRA Society of Research Administrators
- SRA Scientific Review Administrator
- SRG Scientific Review Group (formerly IRG)
- SSA Social Security Administration
- SSA Division of Science Resources Studies
- SSRC Social Science Research Council
- STI Office of Science and Technology Infrastructure
- STIS Science and Technology Information SYSTEM (NSF)
- STTR Small Business Technology Transfer
- TDC Total Direct Costs
- TOA Task Order Agreement
- TVA Tennessee Valley Authority
- UBIT Unrelated Business Income Tax
- UCA Utility Cost Adjustment
- USACOE United States Army Corps of Engineers
- USAF United States Air Force
- USC United States Code
- USDA United States Department of Agriculture
- USGS United States Geological Survey
- USIA United States Information Agency
- USN United States Navy
- VA Veterans Administration
- VAN Veterans Administration Hospital
- WHO World Health Organization
