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-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 |
ANPRM | Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
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 | Advance 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 |
CNO | Chief of Naval Operations |
CO | Contracting 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 (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 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 |
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 | Inter-Agency Electronic Grants Committee |
IBC | Institutional Bio-safety Committee |
ICC | Interstate Commerce Commission |
IDC | Indirect Costs |
IG | Inspector General |
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 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 |
JAG | Judge Advocate General |
JCS | Joint Chiefs of Staff |
LoB | Line of Business |
LSA | Labor Surplus Area |
M&O | Maintance 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 |
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 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Portable Document Format | |
PETA | People for the Ethnical Treatment of Animals |
PHI | Protected Health Information |
PHS | Public Health Service |
PIGABS | Principal Investigator Grant Adminsitration Burden Survey (done by FDP) |
PKI | Public Key Infrastucutre |
PMS | Payment Management System |
PRD | Presidential Review Directive |
PROG | Peer Review Oversight Group |
PTO | Patent and Trademark Office |
R&R | Reseach 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 |
ROI | Return on Investment |
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 (SUNY) System |
SRA | Society of Research Administrators |
SRO | Sponosored Research Office |
STEP | Science, Technology and Economic Policy Board |
STP | Science and Technology Policy |
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 |
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 |
WECA | Western Conference on College Cost Accounting |
WHO | World Health Organization |
XML | Extensible Markup Language |
YCC | Youth Conservation Corps |
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