Federal Agency Abbreviations and Acronyms

Federal agencies are indicated in the Grants and Awards listing by their official abbreviations. For your reference, the full names of the agencies are noted here.

DHHS	Department of Health and Human Services
	ACF	Administration for Children and Families
	CDC	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
	HRSA	Health Resources and Services Administration
	NCCIH	National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
	NCATS	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
	SAMHSA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
DOC	Department of Commerce
	EDA	Economic Development Administration
	NIST	National Institute of Standards and Technology
	NOAA	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
DOD	Department of Defense
	AFOSR	Air Force Office of Scientific Research
	ARO	Army Research Office
	DURIP	Defense University Research Instrumentation Program
	ERDC	Engineer Research and Development Center
	MURI	Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative
	ONR	Office of Naval Research
DOE	Department of Energy
	ARPA-E	Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy
	EERE	Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
	NEUP	Nuclear Energy University Programs
DOI	Department of Interior
	NPS	National Park Service
	USGS	U.S. Geological Survey
DOJ	Department of Justice
	BJA	Bureau of Justice Assistance
	NIJ	National Institute of Justice
	OVW	Office on Violence Against Women
DOT	Department of Transportation
	FMCSA	Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
	NCHRP	National Cooperative Highway Research Program
	PHMSA	Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
	TRB	Transportation Research Board
ED	Department of Education
	IES	Institute of Education Sciences
EPA	Environmental Protection Agency
EPSCoR	Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research
HUD	Housing and Urban Development
IRS	Internal Revenue Service
NASA	National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NEA	National Endowment for the Arts
NEH	National Endowment for the Humanities
NIH	National Institutes of Health
	NHLBI	National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
	NIAAA	National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
	NIAID	National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
	NIBIB	National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
	NICHD	National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
	NIDA	National Institute on Drug Abuse
	NIDCD	National Institute on Deafness and Communication Disorders
	NIDCR	National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
	NIDDK	National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Disease
	NIGMS	National Institute of General Medical Sciences
	NIMH	National Institute of Mental Health
	NIMHD	National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
	NINDS	National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
NSF	National Science Foundation
USAID	United States Agency for International Development
USDA	United States Department of Agriculture
	AMS	Agricultural Marketing Service
	APHIS	Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
	ARS	Agricultural Research Service
	FS	Forestry Service
	FSA	Farm Service Agency
	NIFA	National Institute for Food and Agriculture
	SARE	Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
	NRCS	Natural Resources Conservation Service
	OCE	Office of the Chief Economist