Acronyms
A
A-21 – The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulatory circular titled, “Cost Principles for Educational Institutions."
A-110– The OMB regulatory circular titled, “Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Non-Profit Organizations.”
A-133– The OMB regulatory circular titled, “Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations.”
AAALAC – Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International
AAAS – American Association for the Advancement of Science
AAMC – Association of American Medical Colleges
AAU – Association of American Universities
ABR – Automatic Budget Reallocation
ACO – Administrative Contracting Officer
ADA – Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
ADEC – Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation
ADF&G – Alaska Department of Fish & Game
AFARS – Army Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement
AFOSR – Air Force Office of Scientific Research
AFR – Annual Financial Report
AFRL – Air Force Research Laboratory
AGAR -- Agriculture Acquisition Regulation (USDA)
AHA – American Heart Association
AIDAR – USAID Acquisition Regulation
ANPRM – Advance Notice of Proposed Rule Making
AOR – Authorized Organizational Representative
ARO – Army Research Office
ASAP – Automated Standard Application for Payments
ATP – Advanced Technology Program
AUTM – The Association of University Technology Managers
AY – Academic Year
B
BATNA – Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement
BAA – Broad Agency Announcement
BRIN – Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network
C
CAN – Combined Application Announcement (Department of Education)
CAR – Commerce Acquisition Regulation
CAS – Cost Accounting Standards
CASB – Cost Accounting Standards Board
CBD – Commerce Business Daily
CBO – Congressional Budget Office
CCR – Central Contractor Registration
CDC – Center for Disease Control (Health and Human Services)
CFDA – Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
CFO – Chief Financial Officer
CFR – Code of Federal Regulations
CICA – Competition in Contracting Act
CIFAR – The Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research
CLIN – Contract Line Item Number
CMI – The University of Alaska Coastal Marine Institute
CMIA – Cash Management Improvement Act CNS – Corporation for National Service
CO – Contracting Officer
CO-I – Co-Investigator
CO-PI– Co-Principal Investigator
COGR – Council on Governmental Relations
COI – Conflict of Interest
COLA – Cost of Living Allowance
CONUS – Continental United States
COS – Community of Science
CPAF – Cost Plus Award Fee Contract
CPFF – Cost Plus Fixed Fee Contract
CPIF – Cost Plus Incentive Fee Contract
CPPC – Cost Plus Percentage of Cost Contract
CPRA – Certified Pre-Award Research Administrator
CR – Cost reimbursable
CRA – Certified Research Administrator (also Cenral Research Administrator)
CRCD -- College of Rural and Community Development
CRS – Center for Research Services
CRADA or CRDA – Cooperative Research and Development Agreement
CRREL – The United States Army Cold Regions Research & Engineering Laboratory
CSAP – Center for Substance Abuse and Prevention (Department of Health and Human Services)
CSPR – Contractor Procurement/Property System review
CSR – Center for Scientific Review (National Institutes of Health)
CY – Calendar Year
D
DA – Departmental Administration Costs (Department of the Army)
DAAR – Department of the Army Acquisition Regulation
DAFARS – Department of the Air Force Acquisition Regulation
DARPA – Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DoD)
DBE (deebee) – Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
DC – Direct Costs
DCAA – Defense Contract Audit Agency
DCASR – Defense Contract Administration Services Regions
DCSR – Defense Supply Center Richmond
DEAR – Department of Energy Acquisition Regulations
DEC – Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Department of Exceptional Circumstances
DED – Department of Education
DFARS– Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement
DGA – Division of Grants and Agreements (National Science Foundation)
DHHS – Department of Health and Human Services
DHS – Department of Homeland Security
DIA – Defense Intelligence Agency
DIAR -- Department of the Interior Acquisition Regulation
DNAR – Department of the Navy Acquisition Regulation
DOC – Department of Commerce
DoD – Department of Defense
DoDGAR – Department of Defense Grant and Agreement Regulations
DOE – Department of Energy
DOEd – Department of Education
DOI– Department of the Interior
DOL – Department of Labor
DOLAR -- Department of Labor Acquisition Regulation
DOSAR -- Department of State Acquisition Regulation
DOT – Department of Transportation
DRA – Departmental Research Administrator
DS-2– Cost Accounting Standards Board Disclosure Statement
E
EAR – Export Administration Regulations
EC – Electronic Commerce
EDA– Economic Development Administration
EDAR – Department of Education Acquisition Regulation
EDGAR – Education Department General Administrative Regulations
EDI – Electronic Data Interchange
EED– Alaska Department of Education & Early Development
EEOC – Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
EFT – Electronic Funds Transfer
EIN – Employer Identification Number
EO – Executive Order
EPA – Environmental Protection Agency
EPAAR – Environmental Protection Agency Acquisition Regulation
EPSCoR – Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research
ERA – Electronic Research Administration
ERI – Emerging Research Institution
EVOS – The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council
F
F&A – Facilities & Administrative Costs – See "Indirect Costs"
FAA – Federal Aviation Administration
FAR – Federal Acquisition Regulations
FARS – Financial Accounting and Reporting System
FASA – Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act
FASAB – Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board
FCC – Federal Communications Commission
FCOI – Financial Conflict of Interest
FCTR (SF 272) – Federal Cash Transaction Report (Standard Form 272)
FDA – Food and Drug Administration
FDP – Florida Demonstration Project and its successors, the Federal Demonstration Project
FEHBAR – Federal Employees Health Benefits Program Acquisition Regulation
FEMA – Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMAAR – FEMA Acquisition Regulation
FES – Faculty Effort System
FFMIA – Federal Financial Management Improvement Act
FFP – Firm Fixed Price
FHWA – Federal Highway Administration
FIC – Fogarty International Center (NIH)
FICE – Federal Interagency Committee on Education
FIPSE – Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education, Department of Education
FMC – Federal Management Circular
FOIA – Freedom Of Information Act
FR – Federal Register
FR – Fixed rate
FRS – Financial Record System
FSR – Financial Status Report
FTD – Federal Trade Commission
FTE – Full-Time Equivalent
FWA – Federalwide Assurance
FWS – The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
FY – Fiscal Year
G
GA – General Administration (costs)
GAAP – Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
GAO – Government Accounting Office
GASB – Governmental Accounting Standards Board
GATT – General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GC-1 – Grants General Conditions - 1, National Science Foundation
OGCA – UAF The Office of Grants and Contracts Administration
GMRA – Government Management Reform Act
GPD – Grant Policy Directives
GPG – Grant Proposal Guide, National Science Foundation
GPM – Grants Policy Manual, National Science Foundation
GPO – Government Printing Office
GPRA – Government Performance and Results Act
GPS – Grants Policy Statement, National Institutes of Health
GSA – General Services Administration
GSAR – General Services Acquisition Regulation (GSA)
GTJG – Go-To-Jail Guy
H
HBCU – Historically Black College and University
HCFA – Health Care Financing Administration
HHS – Department of Health and Human Services
HHSAR – HHS Acquisition Regulation (DHHS)
HRSA – Health Resources and Services Administration, Heath and Human Services
HSAR – DHS Acquisition Regulation
HUB – Historically Underutilized Business
HUD – Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUDAR – HUD Acquisition Regulation
I
IAAR – Information Agency Acquisition Regulation
IACUC – Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
IAF – Internal Approval Form
IBC – Institutional Biosafety Committee
ICR – Indirect Cost Recovery, see Indirect Costs
IDC – Indirect Costs, (Facilities and Administrative Costs or F&A)
IDIV – Inter-Departmental Invoice Voucher
IG – Inspector General (grant oversight)
IR&D – Independent Research and Development
IRB – Institutional Review Board for the Care of Human Subjects
IRG – Integrated Review Groups, National Institutes of Health
IRPG – Interactive Research Project Grant, National Institutes of Health
J
JAR – Justice Acquisition Regulation
JHU – The Johns Hopkins University
JIT – Just-In-Time
JPL – The NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JTR – Joint Travel Regulations
K
L
LH – Labor Hour
LOC – Letter of Credit
LOI – Letter of Intent
LOS – Letter of Support
LSA – Labor Surplus Area
M
MAU - Major administrative unit within the UA System (UAF, UAA, or UAS).
M/CS – Matching/Cost Sharing
MBE (meebee) – Minority Business Enterprise
MOA – Memorandum of Agreement
MOU – Memorandum of Understanding
MPA – Multiple Project Assurance
MRI – Major Research Instrumentation
MTDC – Modified Total Direct Costs
N
NACUBO – National Association of College and University Business Officers.
NAS – National Academy of Science
NASA – The National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASULGC – National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges
NCE – No-Cost Extension
NCHGR – National Center for Human Gnome Research (NIH)
NCI – National Cancer Institute (NIH)
NCRR– National Center for Research Resources (NIH)
NCST – National Council of Science and Technology
NCURA – National Council of University Research Administrators
NEA – National Endowment for the Arts
NEH – National Endowment for the Humanities
NEI – National Eye Institute (NIH)
NEPA – National Environmental Policy Act
NFS– NASA FAR Supplement
NGA – Notice of Grant Award
NHLBI – National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH)
NIA – National Institute on Aging (NIH)
NIAAA – National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIH)
NIAID – National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH).
NICHD – National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NIH)
NIDA – National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIH)
NIDCD – National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders (NIH)
NIDDK – National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIH)
NIDR – National Institute of Dental Research (NIH)
NIEHS – National Institute of Environmental Health Services
NIGMS – National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH)
NIH – National Institutes of Health
NIJ – National Institute of Justice
NIMH – National Institute of Mental Health (NIH)
NINDS – National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NIH)
NINR – National Institute for Nursing Research (NIH)
NIST – National Institute of Standards and Technology
NLM – National Library of Medicine
NOAA – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOGA – Notice Of Grant Award
NPR – National Performance Review
NPRB – The North Pacific Research Board
NPRM – Notice of Proposed Rule Making
NPS – The National Park Service
NRA – NASA Research Announcement
NRC – National Research Council, Nuclear Regulatory Commision
NRCAR – NRC Acquisition Regulation
NRI – USDA Cooperative Research Education and Extension Service National Research Initiative
NRL – Naval Research Laboratory
NSA – National Security Agency
NSB – National Science Board
NSC – National Security Council
NSF – The National Science Foundation
NSFAR– National Science Foundation Acquisition Regulation
NSP – Not Separately Priced
NSTC – National Science Technology Council
NTSB – National Transportation Safety Board
O
O&M – Operations and Maintenance Costs
OBEMLA – Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Language Affairs, Department of Education
OCR – Office of Civil Rights
OCONUS – Outside the Continental United States
OER – Office of Extramural Research (National Institutes of Health)
OERI – Office of Educational Research Improvement, Department of Education
OFCC – Office of Federal Contract Compliance
OFM – Office of Financial Management
OFPP – Office of Federal Procurement Policy
OHRP – Office of Human Research Protections
OIA – Other Institutional Activity
OIG – Office of the Inspector General, (IG)
OLAW – Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare
OMB – Office of Management and Budget
ONR – Office of Naval Research
OPAS – Organizational Prior Approval System
OPM – Office of Personnel Management
OPRR – Office for Protection from Research Risks (DHHS)
ORI – Office of Research Integrity
OSA – Other Sponsored Activity
OSEP – Office of Special Education Programs
OSERS – Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services, Department of Education
OSHA – Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSP – Office of Sponsored Programs
OSTP – Office of Science and Technology Policy
P
PA – Program Announcement, National Institutes of Health
PAC – Proposal Administrators and Coordinators
PAPPG– The Proposal and Awards Policies and Procedures Guide (NSF)
PAR – Panama Canal Commission Acquisition Regulation
PCAST – President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology
PCCRC – The Pollock Conservation Cooperative Research Center
PCO – Procurement Contracting Officer
PCS – Code Program Classification Code
PD – Project Director
PDF – Program Document File, Adobe Portable Document Format
PETA – People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
PHS – Public Heath Service
PNNL/PNL – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PL – Public Law
PMS – Payment Management System
PRD – Presidential Review Directive
PRDA – Program Research and Development Announcement.
PRIM&R – Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research
PROG – Peer Review Oversight Group
PSPF – President's Special Projects Fund
PTO – US Patent and Trademark Office
Q
R
R&D – Research and Development
rDNA – Recombinant DNA
RFA – Request for Applications
RFP – Request for Proposals
RFQ – Request for Quotation
RPPR – Research Performance Progress Report (NSF)
RSA – Reimbursable Services Agreement, Rehabilitation Services Administration (Department of Education)
S
S2S – System-to-system
S&W – Salaries and Wages
S&W+B – Salaries and Wages plus Benefits
SAMHSA – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration
SBA – Small Business Administration, Department of Commerce
SBIR – Small Business Innovation Research Program
SEOG – Supplemental Education Opportunity Grants
SF – Standard Form
SGER (sugar) – Small Grants for Exploratory Research
SIC – Standard Industrial Code
SNAP – Streamlined Non-competing Award Process (National Institutes of Health)
SNRAS – School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences
SOW – Statement of Work
SPOC – Single Point Of Contact
SRA – Society of Research Administrators International, Scientific Review Administrator (National Institutes of Health)
SRG – Scientific Review Group, National Institutes of Health
SSA – Social Security Administration.
SSAR – Social Security Acquisition Regulation
STTR – Small Business Technology Transfer Research Program
SWOT – Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats Analysis
T
T&M – Time and Materials
TAPR – Transportation Acquisition Procurement Regulation (US DOT)
TAR – Transportation Acquisition Regulation (US DOT)
TC – Total Costs
TDC – Total Direct Costs
TT – Technology Transfer
U
UBIT – Unrelated Business Income Tax
UBMTA – Uniform Biological Materials Transfer Agreement
UCA – Utility Cost Adjustment
USA – United States Army
USAF – United States Air Force
USAID – United States Agency of International Development
USC – United States Code
USCG – United States Coast Guard
USDA – United States Department of Agriculture
USFWS – United States Fish and Wildlife Service
USGS – United States Geological Survey
USIA – United States Information Agency
USN – United States Navy
USPTO – United States Patent and Trademark Office
V
VA – Department of Veterans Affairs
VAAR – VA Acquisition Regulation
VAH – Veterans Administration Hospital
W
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Y
Z
ZOPA – Zone of Possible Agreement