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Research Administration Index of Commonly Used Acronyms
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OMB Circular A-21 - Cost Principles for Educational institutions (A-21)
OMB Circular A-110 - Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals or Other Nonprofit Organizations (A-110)
OMB Circular A-133 - Audits of States, Local Governments & Non-Profit Organizations (A-133)
A
A&M System - The Texas A&M University System
AAALAC - American Association of Animal Laboratory Accreditation Council
AAAS - American Association for the Advancement of Science
AAMC - Association of American Medical Colleges
AAU - Association of American Universities
ABRF - Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities
ACM - Association of American Medical Colleges
ACO - Administrative Contracting Officer
ADA - Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
AFAR - Air Force Audit Agency
AFARS - Army Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement
AFOSR - Air Force Office of Scientific Research
AFRL - Air Force Research Laboratory
ANPRM - Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
ARDA - Advanced Research & Development Activity
ARL - Army Research Lab
ARO - Army Research Office
ARP - Advanced Research Program
ARPA - Advanced Research Projects Agency
ASAP - Automated Standard Application for Payments
ATP - Advance Technology Program
B
B2B - Business to Business
BAA - Broad Agency Announcement
BMBL - Biosafety in Biomedical and Microbiological Laboratories
BPN - Business Partner Network
C
CAPSO - Continuing and Professional Studies Office
CAS - Cost Accounting Standards
CASB - Cost Accounting Standards Board
CBD - Commerce Business Daily
CBO - Congressional Budget Office
CCH - Commerce Clearing House
CCR - Central Contractor Registration
CDC - Centers for Disease Control
CFDA - Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
CFO - Chief Financial Officer
CFR - Code of Federal Regulations
CFS - Committee on Fundamental Science
CICA - Competition in Contracting Act
CLIN - Contract Line Item Number
CMIA - Cash Management Improvement Act
CMP - Comparative Medicine Program
CNO - Chief of Naval Operations
CO - Contracting Officer
COGR - Council on Governmental Relations
CONACyT - Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia
CoS - Committee on Science, a primary committee of the National Science and Technology Council
COS - Community of Science
COSEPUP - Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy
COTR - Contract Officer Technical Representative
CPSR - Contractor Procurement/Property System Review
CRADA - Cooperative Research and Development Agreement
CRS - Congressional Research Service
CSR - Center for Scientific Review
D
DA - Department Administration Costs
DA - Department of the Army
DARPA - Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DC - Direct Costs
DCE - Direct Cost Equivalent
DCAA - Defense Contract Audit Agency
DCASR’s - Defense Contract Administration Services Regions
DEAR - Department of Energy Acquisition Regulations
DEC - Determination of Exceptional Circumstances
DED - Department of Education
DFAR - Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation
DFARS - Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement
DHEW - Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
DHHS - Department of Health and Human Services
DIA - Defense Intelligence Agency
DIALOG - A computer based search system using key words
DIPEC - Defense industrial Plant Equipment Council
DIS - Defense Investigative Service
DNA - Defense Nuclear Agency
DOC - Department of Commerce
DOD - Department of Defense
DODGARS - DOD Grant and Agreement Regulations
DOE - Department of Energy
DOL - Department of Labor
DOT - Department of Transportation
DSMB - Data Safety Monitoring Board
E
EAR - Export Administration Regulations
EARS - Electronic Approval and Routing Systems
ebXML - Electronic Business Extensible Markup Language
EC - Electronic Commerce
EDA - Economic Development Administration
EDGAR - Education Department General Administration Regulations
EDI - Electronic Data Interchange
EDXRF - Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer
EEOC - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
EFT - Electronic Funds Transfer
EHSD - Environmental Health and Safety Department
EO - Executive Order
EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
ERA - Economic Regulatory Administration
ERA - Electronic Research Administration
ETA - Employment and Training Administration
EVS - Equipment Visibility System
F
F&A - Facilities and Administrative (Rate or Cost)
FAA - Federal Aviation Administration
FAR - Federal Acquisition Regulation
FARS - Financial Accounting and Reporting System
FASA - Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act
FASAB - Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board
FASEB - Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
FBO - Federal Business Opportunities
FCC - Federal Communications Commission
FCST - Federal Council for Science and Technology
FDA - Food and Drug Administration
FDP I - Florida Demonstration Project
FDPI I - Federal Demonstration Project
FDP III & IV - Federal Demonstration Partnership
FEA - Federal Enterprise Architectures
FECAI - Federal Electronic Commerce Acquisition Instructions
FEDIX - An on-line federal data base serving most federal agencies for on-line searches
FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency
FFMIA - Federal Financial Management Improvement Act
FHWA - Federal Highway Administration
FICC - Federal Interagency Coordinating Council
FIMA - Financial Management System
FIPSE - Fund for Improvement of Postsecondary Education
FISAP - Fiscal Operations Report & Application to Participate
FMC - Federal Management Circular
FN - Foreign National
FNAA - Fast Neutron Activation Analysis
FOB - Free-on-board
FOIA - Freedom of Information Act
FR - Federal Register
FS&T - Federal Science and Technology Budget
FTC - Federal Trade Commission
FTS - Federal Telecommunications System
FWA - Federal Wide Assurance
FY - Fiscal Year
G
GA - General Administration (Costs)
GAAP - Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
GAO - General Accounting Office
GASB - Governmental Accounting Standards Board
GATT - General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GMO - Grants Management Office
GMRA - Government Management Reform Act
GPG - Grant Proposal Guide (NSF)
GPO - Government Printing Office
GPRA - Government Performance and Results Act
GSA - General Services Administration
GTL - Gene Technologies Laboratory
GUIRR - Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable
H
HBCU - Historically Black College and University
HCFA - Health Care Financing Administration
HEGIS - Higher Education General Information Survey
HHS - Health and Human Services, Department of
HIPAA- Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act
HRSA - Health Resources and Services Administration
HSARPA - Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency
HSPS - Human Subjects’ Protection Program
HUD - Department of Housing and Urban Development
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IACUC - Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
IAEGC - Inter-Agency Electronic Grants Committee
IBC - Institutional Biosafety Committee
IBSP - Institutional Biosafety Program
ICC - Interstate Commerce Commission
ICP-MS - Inductively-Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometer
IG - Inspector General
INAA - Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis
IPA - Intergovernmental Personnel Act
IPR - Intellectual Property Rights
IR&D - Independent Research and Development
IRAB - Initiative to Reduce Administrative Burden, FDP
IRB - Institutional Review Board
IRIS - An on-line search system for research opportunities developed by the University of Illinois
ITAR - International Traffic in Arms Regulations
ITMRA - Information Technology Management Reform Act
J
JAG - Judge Advocate General
JCS - Joint Chiefs of Staff
L
LA-ICP-MS - Laser Ablation System
LBMS - Laboratory for Biological Mass Spectrometry
LMS - Laboratory for Molecular Simulation
LOB - Line of Business
LSA - Labor Surplus Area
M
M&O - Maintenance and Operations or Management and Operations Contractors
MBDA - Minority Business Development Agency
MBE - Minority Business Enterprise
MCF - Materials Characterization Facility
MECA - Midwest Conference on College Cost Accounting
MIC - Microscopy and Imaging Center
MOU - Memorandum of Understanding
MTA - Material Transfer Agreement
MTDC - Modified Total Direct Costs
N
NACCA - National Conference on College Cost Accounting
NAS - National Academy of Sciences
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASULGC - National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges
NCC - National Coordinating Committee
NCI - National Cancer Institute
NCRR - National Center for Research Resources
NCST - National Council of Science and Technology
NCURA - National Council of University Research Administrators
NECA - Northeast Conference on College Cost Accounting
NEH - National Endowment for the Humanities
NGA - Notice of Grant Award
NIAID - National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
NIE - National Institute of Education
NIEHS - National Institute of Environmental Health Services
NIH - National Institutes of Health
NIJ - National Institute of Justice
NIST - National Institute of Standards and Technology
NLRB - National Labor Relations Board
NOGA - Notice of Grant/Contract Award
NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NPR - National Performance Review
NPRM - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
NPS - National Park Service
NRC - National Research Council
NRC - Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRL - Naval Research Laboratory
NSA - National Security Agency
NSB - National Science Board
NSC - National Security Council
NSDD - National Security Decision Directive 189 (issued 1985)
NSF - National Science Foundation
NSF/STIS - An on-line search system of the National Science Foundation
NSP - Not Separately Priced
NSTC - National Science Technology Council
NTIS - National Technical Information Service
NTSB - National Transportation Safety Board
O
OCR - Office of Civil Rights
OES - Office of Employment Security
OET - Office of Employment Training
OFAC - Office of Foreign Assets Control
OFCC - Office of Federal Contract Compliance
OFFM - Office of Federal Financial Management
OFM - Office of Financial Management
OFR - Office of the Federal Register
OGS - Office of Graduate Studies
OHRP - Office of Human Research Protection
OIG - Office of Inspector General
OIRA - Office of information & Regulatory Affairs (OMB)
OLAW - Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare
O&M - Operations and Maintenance Costs
OMB - Office of Management and Budget
ONR - Office of Naval Research
OPD - Office of Proposal Development
OPM - Office of Personnel Management
OPERA - Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration
OPRR - Office for Protection from Research Risks
ORA - Office of Research Administration
ORC - Office of Research Compliance
ORI - Office of Research Integrity
OSEP - Office of Special Education Programs
OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSTP - Office of Science and Technology Policy
OT - Office of Transportation
OTC - Office of Technology Commercialization
OTT - Office of Technology Transfer (NIH)
P
PASS - Interagency Panel on Advanced Science & Security
PCAST - President’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology
PCC - Policy Coordination Council
PCO - Procuring Contracting Officer
PCL - Protein Chemistry Laboratory
PDF - Portable Document Format
PETA - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
PHI - Protected Health Information
PHS - Public Health Service
PIGABS - Principal Investigator Grant Administration Burden Survey (done by FOP)
PKI - Public Key Infrastructure
PMS - Payment Management System
PRD - Presidential Review Directive
PROG - Peer Review Oversight Group
PTO - Patent and Trademark Office
R
R&R - Research and Related
RAC - Recombinant DNA Committee
RBM - Research Business Models
RCR - Responsible Conduct in Research
RDMS - Relational Database Management System
rDNA - Recombinant DNA Research
RFA - Request for Applications
RFP - Request for Proposal
RFQ - Request for Quotation
RGS - Division of Research and Graduate Studies
ROI - Return on Investment
S
S&W - Salaries and Wages
S&W + B - Salaries and Wages plus Benefits
S2S - System to System
SAMHSA - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration
SBA - Small Business Administration
SBU - Sensitive but Unclassified
SBIR - Small Business Innovation Research
SECA - Southeast Conference on College Cost Accounting
SEOG - Supplemental Education Opportunity Grants
SEVIS - Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (INS for tracking foreign students)
SF - Standard Form
SNAP - Streamline Non-competing Application Process
SOW - Statement of Work
SPA - Sponsored Project Administration
SPAS - Sponsored Project Administration System
SPIN - An on-line search system for research opportunities developed by the University of New York System
SRA - Society of Research Administrators
SRO - Sponsored Research Office
SRW - Student Research Week
STEP - Science, Technology and Economic Policy Board
STP - Science and Technology Policy
T
T&A - Time and Attendance
TAMU-RS - Texas A&M University Research Services
TBSR - Total Business Systems Review
TDC - Total Direct Costs
TEA - Texas Education Agency
TEES - Texas Engineering Experiment Station
TIGM - Texas A&M Institute for Genomic Medicine
TIPS - Texas A&M Institute for Preclinical Studies
TTI - Texas Transportation Institute
TXDOT - Texas Department of Transportation
U
UBIT - Unrelated Business Income Tax
UBMTA - Uniform Biological Material Transfer Agreement
UCA - Utility Cost Adjustment
USA - United States Army
USAF - United States Air Force
USAID - United States Agency for International Development
U.S.C. - United States Code
USCG - United States Coast Guard
USDA - United States Department of Agriculture
USDE - United States Department of Energy
USIA - United States Information Agency
USN - United States Navy
V
VA - Veterans Affairs, Department of
W
WAWF - Wide Area Workflow, DoD
WECA - Western Conference on College Cost Accounting
WHO - World Health Organization
X
XML - xtensible Markup language
Y
YCC - Youth Conservation Corps
