| A-21 |
OMB Circular A-21 - Cost Principles for Educational Institutions |
| A-110 |
OMB Circular A-110 - Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, or Other Nonprofit Organizations |
| A-122
| A-122 OMB Circular A-122 - Cost Principles for Nonprofit Organizations |
| A-133
| OMB Circular A-133 - Audits of States, Local Governments, & Nonprofit Organizations |
| 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 Bimolecular Resource Facilities |
| ACO
| Administrative Contracting Officer |
| ADA
| Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 |
| AFAA
| Air Force Audit Agency |
| AFARS
| Army Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement |
| AFOSR
| Air Force Office of Scientific Research |
| AFRL
| Air Force Research Laboratory |
| AHRQ
| Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
| ANPRM
| Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
| APPE
| Association of Practical & Professional Ethics |
| ARL
| Army Research Lab |
| ARO
| Army Research Office |
| ARDA
| Advanced Research & Development Activity |
| ARPA
| Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| ASAP
| Automated Standard Application for Payments |
| ATP
| Advanced Technology Program |
| B2B
| Business to Business |
| BAA
| Broad Agency Announcement |
| BPN
| Business Partner Network |
| 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 |
| 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
| Conflict Management Plan |
| CNO
| Chief of Naval Operations |
| CO
| Contracting Officer |
| COGR
| Council on Governmental Relations |
| COI
| Conflict of Interest |
| COS
| Committee on Science of the National Science and Technology Council |
| 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 |
| CTSA
| Clinical & Translational Science Award |
| 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 |
| DCASRs
| 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 |
| DSMP
| Data Safety Monitoring Plan |
| 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 |
| EEOC
| Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
| EFT
| Electronic Funds Transfer |
| EHS
| Employee Health Services |
| EH&S
| Environmental Health & Safety |
| EMTALA
| Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act |
| EO
| Executive Order |
| EPA
| Environmental Protection Agency |
| ERA
| Economic Regulatory Administration |
| ERA
| Electronic Research Administration |
| ESCRO
| Embryonic Stem Cell Research Oversight |
| ESSCB
| Empire State Stem Cell Board |
| ETA
| Employment and Training Administration |
| EVS
| Equipment Visibility System |
| 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 |
| FDP II
| Federal Demonstration Project |
| FDP III & IV
| Federal Demonstration Partnership |
| FEA
| Federal Enterprise Architectures |
| FECAI
| Federal Electronic Commerce Acquisition Instructions |
| FEDIX
| An online federal data base serving most federal agencies for online searches |
| FEMA
| Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| FFATA
| Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act |
| FFMIA
| Federal Financial Management Improvement Act |
| FHWA
| Federal Highway Administration |
| FICC
| Federal Interagency Coordinating Council |
| FIMA
| Financial Management System |
| FIPSE
| Fund for Improvement of Post Secondary Education |
| FISAP
| Fiscal Operations Report & Application to Participate |
| FMC
| Federal Management Circular |
| FN
| Foreign National |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| GUIRR
| Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable |
| HBCU
| Historically Black College and University |
| HCFA
| Health Care Financing Administration |
| HEGIS
| Higher Education General Information Survey |
| HHS
| Department of Health and Human Services |
| HIPAA
| Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act |
| HRSA
| Health Resources and Services Administration |
| HSARPA
| Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| HUD
| Department of Housing and Urban Development |
| IACUC
| Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee |
| IAEGC
| Interagency Electronic Grants Committee |
| IBC
| Institutional Biosafety Committee |
| ICC
| Interstate Commerce Commission |
| IDC
| Indirect Costs |
| IG
| Inspector General |
| IP
| Intellectual Property |
| IPA
| Intergovernmental Personnel Act |
| IPASS
| Interagency Panel on Advanced Science & Security |
| IPR
| Intellectual Property Rights |
| IR&D
| Independent Research and Development |
| IRAB
| FDP Initiative to Reduce Administrative Burden |
| IRB
| Institutional Review Board |
| IRIS
| An online search system for research opportunities developed by the University of Illinois |
| ITAR
| International Traffic in Arms Regulations |
| ITMRA
| Information Technology Management Reform Act |
| JAG
| Judge Advocate General |
| JCS
| Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| LoB
| Line of Business |
| LSA
| Labor Surplus Area |
| M&O
| Maintenance and Operations or Management and Operations Contractors |
| MBDA
| Minority Business Development Agency |
| MBE
| Minority Business Enterprise |
| MECA
| Midwest Conference on College Cost Accounting |
| MOU
| Memorandum of Understanding |
| MSKCC
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center |
| MTA
| Material Transfer Agreement |
| MTDC
| Modified Total Direct Costs |
| 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 Sciences |
| NIH
| National Institutes of Health |
| NIJ
| National Institute of Justice |
| NIST
| National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| NLRB
| National Labor Relations Board |
| 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 |
| NSABB |
National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity |
| NSB
| National Science Board |
| NSC
| National Security Council |
| NSDD
| National Security Decision Directive 189 (issued 1985) |
| NSF
| National Science Foundation |
| NSF/STIS
| An online 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 |
| NYSCF
| New York Stem Cell Foundation |
| NYSTEM
| New York State Stem Cell Science |
| OBBR |
Office of Biorepositories and Biospecimen Research (NCI) |
| OCR
| Office of Civil Rights |
| OCR
| Office of Clinical Research (at MSKCC) |
| 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 |
| OHRP
| Office of Human Research Protection |
| OIA
| Office of Industrial Affairs |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| ORI
| Office of Research Integrity |
| OSEP
| Office of Special Education Programs |
| OSHA
| Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| OSP
| Office of Sponsored Projects |
| OSTP
| Office of Science and Technology Policy |
| OT
| Office of Transportation |
| OTT
| Office of Technology Transfer (NIH) |
| PCAST
| President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology |
| PCC
| Policy Coordination Council |
| PCO
| Procuring Contracting Officer |
| 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 FDP) |
| PKI
| Public Key Infrastructure |
| PMS
| Payment Management System |
| POA |
Physician Office Assistant |
| PRD
| Presidential Review Directive |
| PRIM&R
| Public Responsibility in Medicine & Research |
| PROG
| Peer Review Oversight Group |
| PTO
| Patent and Trademark Office |
| QA |
Quality Assurance |
| RA |
Research Administration |
| R&R |
Research and Related |
| RAC |
Recombinant DNA Committee |
| RARC |
Research Animal Resource Center |
| RBM |
Research Business Models |
| RCR |
Responsible Conduct of Research |
| RCREC |
Responsible Conduct of Research Education Committee |
| RDC |
Research Data Assistant |
| RDMS |
Relational Database Management System |
| RDNA |
Recombinant DNA Research |
| RFA |
Request for Applications |
| RFP |
Request for Proposal |
| RFQ |
Request for Quotation |
| RIO |
Research Integrity Officer |
| RISQ |
Reporting to Improve Safety & Quality |
| ROI |
Return on Investment |
| RPC |
Research Project Coordinator |
| RSA |
Research Study Assistant |
| RTM |
Research and Technology Management |
| RU |
Rockefeller University |
| SA |
Session Assistant |
| 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 |
| SCC |
Starr Cancer Consortium |
| 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 |
| SKI |
Sloan-Kettering Institute |
| SNAP |
Streamline Non-Competing Application Process |
| SOW |
Statement of Work |
| SPA |
Sponsored Project Administration |
| SPAS |
Sponsored Project Administration System |
| SPIN |
An online search system for research opportunities developed by the University of New York (SUNY) System |
| SRA |
Society of Research Administrators |
| SRO |
Sponsored Research Office |
| STEP |
Science, Technology, and Economic Policy Board |
| STP |
Science and Technology Policy |
| STTR |
Small Business Technology Transfer Program |
| T&A |
Time and Attendance |
| TBSR |
Total Business Systems Review |
| TCN |
Tri-Institutional Collaboration Network |
| TDC |
Total Direct Costs |
| Tri RCR |
Tri-Institutional Responsible Conduct of Research Program: MSKCC, RU, WCMC |
| Tri-SCI |
Tri-Institutional Stem Cell Initiative: SKI, RU, WCMC |
| U.S.C. |
United States Code |
| UBIT |
Unrelated Business Income Tax |
| UCA |
Utility Cost Adjustment |
| USA |
United States Army |
| USAF |
United States Air Force |
| USAID |
United States Agency for International Development |
| 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 |
| VA |
Department of Veterans Affairs |
| WAWF |
DoD Wide Area Workflow |
| WCMC |
Weill Cornell Medical College |
| WCGSMS
| Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences |
| WECA |
Western Conference on College Cost Accounting |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
| XML |
Extensible Markup Language |
| YCC |
Youth Conservation Corp |
