| A-21 |
OMB Circular
A-21 - Cost Principles for Educational Institutions |
| A-87 |
OMB Circular
A-87 - Cost Principles for State, Local and Indian Tribal Governments |
| 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 |
OMB Circular
A-122 - Cost Principles for Non-profit Organizations |
| A-133 |
OMB Circular
A-133 - Audits of States, Local Governments & Non-Profit 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 |
| ACM |
Association
of American Medical Colleges |
| 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 |
| AIRI |
Association
of Independent Research Institutes |
| ANPRM |
Advance
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
| ARO |
Army Research
Office |
| ARPA |
Advanced
Research Projects Agency |
| ASAP |
Automated
Standard Application for Payments |
| ATP |
Advance
Technology Program |
| AUTM |
Association
of University Technology Managers |
| BAA |
Broad
Agency Announcement |
| 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 |
| CEO |
Chief
Executive Officer |
| 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 |
| CNO |
Chief
of Naval Operations |
| CO |
Contracting
Officer |
| COO |
Chief
Operating Officer |
| COGR |
Council
On Governmental Relations |
| COS |
Committee
on Science of the National Science and Technology Council |
| COSEPUP |
Committee
on Science, Engineering and Public Policy |
| CPSR |
Contractor
Procurement/Property System Review |
| CRADA |
Cooperative
Research and Development Agreement |
| DA
|
Department
Administration Costs |
| DA
|
Department
of the Army |
| DC |
Direct
Costs |
| DCA |
Division
of Cost Allocation |
| 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 |
| DS-2 |
Disclosure
Statement |
| EARS |
Electronic
Approval and Routing Systems |
| 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 |
| 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&A |
Facilities
and Administrative |
| 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 |
| FCC |
Federal
Communications Commission |
| FCST |
Federal
Council for Science and Technology |
| FCTR |
Federal
Cash Transaction Report (SF-272) |
| FDA |
Food and
Drug Administration |
| FDP
I |
Florida
Demonstration Project |
| FDP
II |
Federal
Demonstration Project |
| FDP
III |
Federal
Demonstration Partnership |
| 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 |
| FICE |
Federal
Interagency Committee on Education (Code) |
| FIMA |
Financial
Management System |
| FIPSE |
Fund for
Improvement of Postsecondary Education |
| FISAP |
Fiscal
Operations Report & Application to Participate |
| FMC |
Federal
Management Circular |
| FOB |
Free-on-board |
| FOIA |
Freedom
of Information Act |
| FR |
Federal
Register |
| FSR |
Financial
Status Report (SF-269 or 269A) |
| FS&T |
Federal
Science and Technology Budget |
| FTC |
Federal
Trade Commission |
| FTS |
Federal
Telecommunications System |
| 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 Officer |
| 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 |
| HHS |
Department
of Health and Human Services |
| HRSA |
Health
Resources and Services Administration |
| HUD |
Department
of Housing and Urban Development |
| IACUC |
Institutional
Animal Care and Use Committee |
| IBC |
Institutional
Biosafety Committee |
| ICC |
Interstate
Commerce Commission |
| IDC |
Indirect
Costs |
| IG |
Inspector
General |
| IPA |
Intergovernmental
Personnel Act |
| IPR |
Intellectual
Property Rights |
| IR&D |
Independent
Research and Development |
| IRB |
Institutional
Review Board |
| IRIS |
An on-line
search system for research opportunities developed |
|
by the
University of Illinois |
| ITMRA |
Information
Technology Management Reform Act |
| JAG |
Judge
Advocate General |
| JCS |
Joint
Chiefs of Staff |
| LSA |
Labor
Surplus Area |
| MBDA |
Minority
Business Development Agency |
| MBE |
Minority
Business Enterprise |
| MOU |
Memorandum
of Understanding |
| MTDC |
Modified
Total Direct Costs |
| NACUBO |
National
Association of College and University Business Officers |
| 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 |
| NEH |
National
Endowment for the Humanities |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| OCR |
Office
of Civil Rights |
| OES |
Office
of Employment Security |
| OET |
Office
of Employment Training |
| OFCC |
Office
of Federal Contract Compliance |
| OFM |
Office
of Financial Management |
| OFR |
Office
of the Federal Register |
| OIG |
Office
of Inspector General |
| 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 |
| OPRR |
Office
for Protection from Research Risks |
| ORA |
Office
of Research Administration |
| ORDA |
Office
of Recombinant DNA Activities |
| 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 |
| PA |
Program
Announcement |
| 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 Ethnical Treatment of Animals |
| PHS |
Public
Health Service |
| PI |
Principal
Investigator |
| PMS |
Payment
Management System |
| PO |
Program
Officer |
| PRD |
Presidential
Review Directive |
| PROG |
Peer Review
Oversight Group |
| PTO |
Patent
and Trademark Office |
| RDNA |
Recombinant
DNA Research |
| RFA |
Request
for Applications |
| RFP |
Request
for Proposal |
| RFQ |
Request
for Quotation |
| RO1 |
NIH Award
Type |
| S&W |
Salaries
and Wages |
| S&W
+ B |
Salaries
and Wages plus Benefits |
| SAMHSA |
Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Administration |
| SBA |
Small
Business Administration |
| SBIR |
Small
Business Innovation Research Program |
| SEOG |
Supplemental
Education Opportunity Grants |
| SF |
Standard
Form |
| SNAP |
Streamlined
Noncompeting Award 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 (SUNY) System |
| SRA |
Society
of Research Administrators |
| 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 |
| TDC |
Total
Direct Costs |
| 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 |
| USIA |
United
States Information Agency |
| USN |
United
States Navy |
| VA |
Department
of Veterans Affairs |
| WHO |
World
Health Organization |
| YCC |
Youth
Conservation Corps |