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 |