| AAALAC | Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International |
| AFOSR | Air Force Office of Scientific Research |
| AFRI | USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) |
| AOR | Authorized Organizational Representative |
| AP | Accounts Payable |
| APHIS | Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA) |
| AREA | NIH Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) |
| ARL | Access Rights List |
| ARRA | American Recovery and Reinvestment Act |
| ASSIST | NIH Application Submission System and Interface for Submission Tracking (ASSIST) |
| ATUM | Association of University Technology Managers |
| AWA | Animal Welfare Act (1966) |
| AWARs | Animal Welfare Act Regulations |
| AY | Academic Year |
| BAA | Broad Agency Announcement |
| BCR | Budget Change Request |
| BIS | Bureau of Industry and Security (Commerce Department) |
| BOK | Body of Knowledge |
| BSL | Biosafety Level |
| BSO | Biosafety Officer |
| CAGE | Commercial And Government Entity |
| CAS | Cost Accounting Standards |
| CAS | Cost Accounting Standards |
| CCL | Commerce Control List |
| CDA | Confidential Disclosure Agreement |
| CDC | Center for Disease Control |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CDH | Colorado Department of Health |
| CDOW | Colorado Department of Wildlife |
| CFDA | Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance |
| CFR | Code of Federal Requlations |
| CITI | Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative |
| CNCS | Corporation for National and Community Service |
| COE | Cost of Education |
| COC | Conflict of Commitment |
| COGR | Council on Govermnent Relations |
| COI | Conflict of Interest |
| Co-I | Co-Investigator |
| Co-PI | Co-Principal Investigator |
| CRA | Certified Research administrators |
| CY | Calendar Year |
| DBA | Doing Business As |
| DC | Direct Cost |
| DDTC | Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (State Department) |
| DHHS | Department of Health and Human Services |
| DHS | U.S. Department of Homeland Security |
| DOC | U.S. Department of Commerce |
| DoD | Department of Defense |
| DOE | U.S. Department of Energy |
| DOI | U.S. Department of Interior |
| DOJ | U.S. Department of Justice |
| DOL | U.S. Department of Labor |
| DOS | U.S. Department of State |
| DS-2 | Cost Accounting Standards Board Disclosure Statement Form |
| DSMB | Data Safety Monitoring Board |
| DSMP | Data Safety Monitoring Plan |
| DUA | Data Use Agreement |
| EAR | Export Administration Regulations (Commerce Department) |
| EBiz POC | Electronic Business Point of Contact |
| eCFR | Electronic Code of Federal Regulations |
| ED | U.S. Department of Education |
| EHS | Environmental Health Services |
| EIN | Employer Identification Number |
| EO | Executive Order |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| EPSCoR | Established (Experimental) Program to Stimulate Competitive Research |
| eRA | Electronic Research Administration |
| ERI | Education and Research Institute |
| ESI | Early Stage Investigator |
| ET | Expense Transfer |
| F&A | Facilities & Administration |
| FAIN | Federal Award Identification Number |
| FAPIIS | Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System |
| FAR | Federal Acquisition Regulation |
| FCOI | Financial Conflict of Interest |
| FDA | Food & Drug Administration (Department of Health and Human Services) |
| FDP | Federal Demonstration Partnership |
| FFATA | Federal Financial Accountability & Transparency Act |
| FFR | Federal Financial Report |
| FOA | Funding Opportunity Notice |
| FOIA | Freedom of Information Act |
| FR | Federal Register |
| FSAP | Federal Select Agent Program |
| FSRS | (Federal Financial Accountability & Transparency Act) Subaward Reporting System |
| FTE | Full Time Equivelant |
| FWA | Federal-Wide Assurance # for Human Subjects research |
| FY | Fiscal Year |
| GAAP | Generally Accepted Accounting Principles |
| GAGAS | Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards |
| GAO | Government Accountability Office |
| GSA | General Services Administration |
| HHS | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (sometimes referred to as DHHS) |
| HIPPA | Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (1996) |
| HRS | Human Resource Services |
| HUD | U.S. Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentIACUC- Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee |
| IACUC | Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee |
| IBS | Institutional Biosafety Committee |
| IBS | Institutional Base Salary |
| ICF | Institutional Commitment Form |
| ICR | Indirect Cost Recovery |
| IDC | Indirect Cost |
| IDeA | Institution Development Award (NIH) |
| IDIQ | Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity |
| iEdison | Interagency Edison |
| IHE | Institution of Higher Education |
| IMLS | Institute of Museum and Library Services |
| IOM | Issuance of Modification |
| IPA | Intergovnermental Personnel Agreement |
| IRB | Institutional Review Board (Human subjects) |
| ITAR | International Traffic in Arms Regulations |
| JIT | Just-in-Time |
| LAR | Laboratory Animal Research |
| LOI | Letter of Intent |
| MDL | Management Decision Letter (audit) |
| MOA | Memorandum of Agreement |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| MRDA | Mentored Reserch Development Award |
| MRI | NSF Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program |
| MSA | Master Service Agreement |
| MTA | Material Transfer Agreement |
| MTDC | Modified Total Direct Cost |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NCE | No-Cost Extention |
| NCURA | National Council of University Research Administrators |
| NDA | Non-Disclosure Agreement (Confidentiality Agreement) |
| NEA | National Endowment for the Arts |
| NEH | National Endowment for the Humanities |
| NICRA | Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement |
| NIFA | National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA) |
| NIH | National Institutes of Health |
| NOA | Notice of Award |
| NRSA | Kirschstein National Research Service Awards |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| NSPIRES | NASA Submission and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System |
| OFAC | Office of Foreign Assets Control (Treasury Department) |
| OHRP | Office of Human Research Protections (HHS) |
| OIT | Office of Information Technology |
| OLAW | Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare |
| OMB | Office of Management and Budget |
| ONR | Office of Naval Research |
| ORCID | Open Research and Contributor ID (NIH) |
| ORI | Office of Research Integrity (ORI) |
| OSP | Office of Science Policy (NIH) |
| PA | Program Announcement (unsolicited) |
| PAC | Personal Access Code |
| PAPPG | Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (NSF) |
| PCS | Procurement and Contracting Services |
| PE | Partically Executed |
| PHI | Protected Health Information |
| PHS | Public Health Service |
| PI | Principal Investigator |
| PMCID | PubMed Central Index |
| PMS | Payment Management System |
| PO | Program Officer |
| PoP | Period of Perfomance |
| PPE | Pay Period Ending |
| PRIM&R | Public Responsibility in Medicine & Research |
| PSC | Proposal Subrecipient Commitment |
| PSC | Participant Support Costs |
| PTE | Pass Through Entity |
| PUI | Predominantly Undergraduate Institution |
| QA | Quality Assurance |
| R&D | Research & Development |
| RACC | Research Administrators Certification Council |
| RCR | Responsible Conduct of Research |
| rDNA | Recombinant DNA |
| REU | Research Experience for Undergraduates |
| RESADM-L | Research Administration Listserv |
| RFA | Request for Applications |
| RFB | Request for Bid (solicited) |
| RFP | Request for Proposals (solicited) |
| RFQ | Request for Quotes (solicited) |
| RI | Research Institution (university or federal lab) |
| RO | Responsible Official |
| RPG | Research Project Grant |
| RPPR | Research Performance Progress Report (NIH) |
| S&W | Salaries & Wages |
| S2S | System-to-System |
| SAM | System for Award Management |
| SAT | Simplified Acquisition Threshold |
| SBA | Small Business Administration |
| SBIR | Small Business Innovation Research program |
| SciENcv | Science Experts Network and Curriculum Vitae |
| SF | Standard Form |
| SFI | Significant Financial Interest |
| SNAP | Streamlined Non-Competing Award Process (NIH) |
| SO | Signing Official |
| SOP | Standard Operating Procedure |
| SOW | Statement of Work |
| SOW | Scope of Work |
| SPIN | Sponsored Programs Information Network |
| SPOC | Single Point of Contact |
| SRAI | Society of Research Administrators International |
| SRG | Scientific Review Group (NIH) |
| SRO | Scientific Review Officer (NIH) |
| SSA | Social Security Administration |
| STEM | Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics |
| STTR | Small Business Technology Transfer program |
| TDC | Total Direct Cost |
| TREAS | U.S. Department of the Treasury |
| UEI | Unique Entity Identifier (replaces DUNS) |
| UG | Uniform Guidance, Uniform Administrative Requirments |
| USAID | U.S. Agency for International Development |
| USC | United States Code |
| USDA | U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| USML | U.S. Munitions List (State Department) |
| VA | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs |
| VAT | Value Added Tax |