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commonly used acronyms in grant seeking


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AAAH American Association for the Advancement of Humanities
AAALAC American Association of Animal Laboratory Accreditation Council
AAAS American Association for the Advancement of Science
AAC Association for American Colleges
AACD American Association of Counseling and Development
AACUO Association for Affiliated College and University Offices
ACE American Council on Education
ACLS American Council for Learned Societies
ACF Administration for Children and Families
ACO Administrative Contracting Officer
ACS American Cancer Society
ACYF Administration for Children, Youth and Families
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
ADAMHA Administration on Drug Abuse, Mental Health and Alcoholism
AFDC Aid to Families with Dependent Children
AFOSR Air Force Office of Scientific Research
AFRI Agriculture and Food Research Initiative
AHA American Heart Association
AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
AID Agency for International Development
AOA Administration on Aging
AOR Authorized Organizational Representative
ARI Army Research Institute
ARO Army Research Office
ASAP As soon as possible
AUTM Association of University Technology Managers
AVA American Vocational Association
AY Academic Year
BAA Broad Agency Announcement
BIA Bureau of Indian Affairs
BLS Bureau of Labor Statistics
CAS Cost Accounting Standards
CASB Cost Accounting Standards Board
CASE Council for the Advancement and Support of Education
CBD Commerce Business Daily
CDA Confidential Disclosure Agreement
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CFDA Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CIES Council for the International Exchange of Scholars
CPB Corporation for Public Broadcasting
CO Contracting Officer
COB Close of business
COI Conflict of Interest (financial)
COP Certificate of Proposal
COGR Council on Governmental Relations
CRADA Cooperative Research and Development Agreement
CSR Center for Scientific Review (NIH)
CSREES Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
CURI College and University Resource Institute
CWS College Work Study
DA Departmental Administration
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DC Direct Costs
DCA Division of Cost Allocation (DHHS)
DCAA Defense Contract Audit Agency
DCE Direct Cost Equivalent
DEA Drug Enforcement Administration
DEAR Department of Energy Acquisition Regulations
DEPSCoR Defense Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research
DFAR Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations
DHHS Department of Health and Human Services
DOC Department of Commerce
DOD Department of Defense
DOE Department of Energy
DOEd Department of Education (US ED)
DHS Department of Homeland Security
DOJ Department of Justice
DOL Department of Labor
DOT Department of Transportation
DRC Departmental Review Committee of the IRB
DRC Disclosure Review Committee (financial conflict of interest)
EDA Economic Development Administration
EDGAR Educational Department General Administration Regulations
EDI Electronic Data Interchange
EEO Equal Employment Opportunity
EFT Electronic Funds Transfer
EO Executive Order
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
EPSCoR Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research
ERIC Education Resources Information Clearinghouse
eRA Electronic Research Administration
ERS Economic Research Service
ESEA Elementary and Secondary Education Act
ETA Employment and Training Administration
F&A Facilities and Administrative Costs (formerly 'Indirect Costs')
Fed Biz Opps Federal Business Opportunities
FAR Federal Acquisition Regulations
FDA Food and Drug Administration
FDP Federal Demonstration Partnership
FIE Federal Information Exchange
FIPSE Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education
FMC Federal Management Circular
FOIA Freedom of Information Act
FR Federal Register
FSR Financial Status Report
FTE Full-time Equivalent
FY Fiscal Year
FYI For your information
GA General Administration
GAAP Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
GAO Government Accounting Office
GCA Grant/Contractor Administrator
GEPA General Education Provisions Act
GPRA Government Performance and Results Act
GPO Government Printing Office
GSA General Services Administration
HBCU Historically-Black Colleges and Universities
HEA Higher Education Amendment
HEARS Higher Education Administrative Resource Service
HENA Higher Education and National Affairs
HHS Department of Health and Human Services
HRSA Health Resources and Services Administration
HSARPA Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency
HSI Hispanic-Serving Institution
HUD Department of Housing and Urban Development
IACUC Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
IBP Institutional Biosafety Committee
I/C Indirect Cost Rate (now 'Facilities and Administrative Cost Rate')
IC Institutes and Centers (NIH)
IDC Indirect Costs (now 'Facilities and Administrative Costs')
IG Inspector General
IHE Institution of Higher Education
IP Intellectual Property
IPR Intellectual Property Rights
IPRC Intellectual Property Review Committee
IRB Institutional Review Board
IR&D Independent Research and Development
IREX International Research and Exchanges Board
LAR Laboratory Animal Resources
LEA Local Education Agency
LOI Letter of Intent
MTA Material Transfer Agreement
MTDC Modified Total Direct Costs
MOA Memorandum of Agreement
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
NA Not applicable
NAS National Academy of Sciences
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASULGC National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NCCAM National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NIH)
NCE No-cost extension
NCES National Center for Educational Statistics
NCHRP National Cooperative Highway Research Program
NCI National Cancer Institute (NIH)
NCMHD National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIH)
NCRR National Center for Research Resources (NIH)
NCURA National Council of University Research Administrators
NEA National Education Association
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)
NHLBI National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH)
NIA National Institute on Aging (NIH)
NIAAA National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIH)
NIAID National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH)
NIAMS 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)
NIDCR National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIH)
NIDDK National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disorders (NIH)
NIDDR National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (US ED)
NIEHS National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIH)
NIGMS National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH)
NIH National Institutes of Health
NIJ National Institute of Justice
NIMH National Institute of Mental Health (NIH)
NINDS National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NIH)
NINR National Institute of Nursing Research (NIH)
NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
NLM National Library of Medicine (NIH)
NOA Notice of Award
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NPRM Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
NRA National Rehabilitation Association
NRC National Research Council
NRSA National Research Service Award
NSA National Security Administration
NSB National Science Board
NSF National Science Foundation
OER Office of Extramural Research (NIH)
OERI Office of Educational Research and Improvement
OFCC Office of Federal Contract Compliance
OMB Office of Management and Budget
ONR Office of Naval Research
OPRR Office of Protection from Research Risks
OR Office of Research
ORM Office of Regional Management
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSI Office of Science Integrity
OSR Office of Sponsored Research
OSTP Office of Science and Technology Policy
OTA Office of Technology Assessment
PA Program Announcement
PD Project Director
PDF Portable Document Format
PHS Public Health Service
PI Principal Investigator
R&D Research and Development
R&R Research and Related
RCR Responsible Conduct in Research
RFA Request for Applications
RFP Request for Proposals
RFQ Request for Quotations
S&E Science and Engineering
S2S System-to-System
SAMHSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
SBA Small Business Administration
SBIR Small Business Innovative Research
SEA State Education Agency
SOW Statement of Work
SRA Society of Research Administrators International
SSA Social Security Administration
STATE United States Department of State
STEM Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
STTR Small Business Technology Transfer
TCRP Transit Cooperative Research Program
TDC Total Direct Costs
UBIT Unrelated Business Income Tax
USAID United States Agency for International Development
USC United States Code
USDA United States Department of Agriculture
US ED United States Department of Education (DoED)
USFS United States Forestry Service
USGS United States Geological Survey
USIA United States Information Service
USIP United States Institute of Peace
VA Veterans Administration
WHO World Health Organization

 

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