* List of common acronyms and their name
| Acronym | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| AAALAC | Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care | |
| AAHRPP | Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs, Inc. | |
| ADAMHA | Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration | |
| AHA | American Heart Association | |
| AHRQ | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality | |
| AO | Administrative Official | |
| AOR | Authorized Organizational Representative | |
| ARRA | American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 | |
| BAA | Broad Agency Announcement | |
| CASB | Cost Accounting Standards Board | |
| CCR | Central Contractor Registration Database | |
| CDA | Confidential Disclosure Agreement | |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | |
| CDMRP | Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (USAMRMC) | |
| CFDA | Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance | |
| CFR | Code of Federal Regulations | |
| CITI | Collaborative IRB Training Initiative | |
| COB | Close of Business | |
| COI | Conflict of Interest | |
| COLA | Cost of Living Adjustment | |
| COMIRB | The Colorado Multiple Institutional Review Board | |
| CRA | Certified Research Administrator | |
| CRADA | Cooperative Research and Development Agreement | |
| CRISP | Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Programs (NIH) | |
| CRO | Clinical Research Organization | |
| CSA | Clinical Study Agreement or Clinical Trial Agreement | |
| CSR | Center for Scientific Review (NIH) | |
| CTA | Clinical Study Agreement or Clinical Trial Agreement | |
| CVIP | Commercial Ventures and Intellectual Property (UMB ORD) | |
| DC | Direct Costs | |
| DCA | Division of Cost Allocation (DHHS) | |
| DHHS | Department of Health and Human Services | |
| DOD | Department of Defense | |
| DSMB | Data Safety Monitoring Board | |
| DUNS | Data Universal Numbering System | |
| EAR | Export Administration Regulations | |
| Edison | Extramural Invention Information Management System | |
| EIN | Entity Identification Number | |
| ERA | Electronic Research Administration | |
| eSNAP | Electronic Streamlined Non-competing Award Process (NIH) | |
| F&A | Facilities and Administrative (Rate or Costs) | |
| FAR | Federal Acquisition Regulation | |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration | |
| FDP | Federal Demonstration Partnership | |
| FIC | Fogarty International Center, NIH | |
| FOA | Funding Opportunity Announcement | |
| FOIA | Freedom of Information Act | |
| FPR | Final Proposal Revision | |
| FSR | Financial Status Report | |
| FTE | Full-Time Equivalent | |
| FWA | Federal-wide Assurance | |
| FY | Fiscal Year | |
| GAO | General Accounting Office | |
| GMO | Grants Management Officer | |
| HBCU | Historically Black College or University | |
| HHS | Department of Health and Human Services | |
| HIPPA | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act | |
| HRSA | Health Resources and Services Administration | |
| IACUC | Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee | |
| IBC | Institutional Biosafety Committee | |
| IDC | Indirect costs | |
| IND | Investigational New Drug Application | |
| IP | Intellectual Property | |
| IPA | Intergovernmental Personnel Act Assignment Agreement | |
| IRB | Institutional Review Board | |
| IRG | Integrated Review Group (NIH peer review) | |
| ITAR | International Traffic in Arms Regulations | |
| JIT | Just-in-Time (NIH) | |
| JPA | Joint Personnel Agreement | |
| MBE | Minority Business Enterprise | |
| MERIT | Method to Extend Research in Time award (NIH) | |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding | |
| MTA | Material Transfer Agreement | |
| MTDC | Modified Total Direct Costs | |
| NCCAM | National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, NIH | |
| NCE | No Cost Extension | |
| NCMHD | National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities, NIH | |
| NCI | National Cancer Institute, NIH | |
| NCRR | National Center for Research Resources, NIH | |
| NEI | National Eye Institute, NIH | |
| NGA | Notice of Grant Award | |
| NHLBI | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH | |
| NHGRI | National Human Genome Research 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 | |
| NIAMS | National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH | |
| NIBIB | National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, NIH | |
| NICHD | National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH | |
| NIDCD | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NIH | |
| NIDCR | National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH | |
| NIDDK | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH | |
| NIDA | National Institute of Drug Abuse, NIH | |
| NIEHS | National Institute of Environmental Health Services, NIH | |
| NIGMS | National Institute of General Medical Sciences, NIH | |
| NIH | National Institutes of Health | |
| NIMH | National Institute of Mental Health, NIH | |
| NINDS | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH | |
| NINR | National Institute of Nursing Research, NIH | |
| NLM | National Library of Medicine, NIH | |
| NIOSH | National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, CDC | |
| NoA | Notice of Award (NIH term) | |
| NRSA | National Research Service Award (NIH) | |
| NSF | National Science Foundation | |
| OFAC | Office of Foreign Assets Control (US Dept of Treasury) | |
| OHRP | Office of Human Research Protections (DHHS) | |
| OLAW | Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (NIH) | |
| OMB | Office of Management and Budget | |
| ONR | Office of Naval Research | |
| OPERA | Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration (NIH) | |
| ORWH | Office of Research on Women’s Health (NIH) | |
| PA | Program Announcement (in context of funding searches) | |
| PA |
Professional Association
OR Physicians Association (in context of UMB/UMMS affiliates) |
|
| PAR | Program Announcement reviewed in an NIH Institute | |
| PD | Program Director | |
| PHS | Public Health Service | |
| PHS398 | Refers to the form used for new and competing renewal applications to the NIH | |
| PHS2590 | Refers to the form used for noncompeting continuation applications to the NIH | |
| PI | Principal Investigator | |
| PMS | Payment Management System | |
| PO | Purchase Order | |
| RFA | Request for Applications (Grants) | |
| RFP | Request for Proposals (Contracts) | |
| RFQ | Request for Quote | |
| ROE | Report of Expenditures | |
| S2S | System-to-System | |
| SBIR | Small Business Innovation Research Grant | |
| SBR | Small Business Reserve | |
| SF | Standard Form (Federal) | |
| SNAP | Streamlined Noncompeting Award Process (NIH) | |
| SO | Signing Official | |
| S&W | Salaries and Wages | |
| SOW | Scope of Work | |
| STTR | Small Business Technology Transfer Grant | |
| TDC | Total Direct Costs | |
| UCHSC | University of Colorado Health Sciences Center | |
| USAMRMC | U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command | |
| VA | Department of Veteran’s Affairs (Federal) | |
| VHA | Veteran’s Health Administration (Federal) | |
| VSA | Visiting Scientist/Scholar Agreement | |
| WBE | Women’s Business Enterprise | |
| WHO | World Health Organization | |
| WOC | Without Compensation | |
| YTD | Year to Date |