| 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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