Acronyms
501.c.3
Internal Revenue Service tax exempt status for non-profit organizations
A
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 non-profit organizations
A-133
OMB Circular A-133 - Audits of states, local governments & non-Profit organizations
AA
Ann Arbor. See: http://www.ci.ann-arbor.mi.us/
AAALAC
American Association of Animal Laboratory Accreditation Council
AAAS
American Association for the Advancement of Science. See: http://www.aaas.org/
AAMC
American Association of Medical Colleges
AAU
Association of American Universities
ABRF
Association of Bimolecular Resource Facilities
ACM
Association of American Medical Colleges
ACS
American Cancer Society. See: http://www.cancer.org/
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. See: http://www.afosr.af.mil/
AFRL
Air Force Research Laboratory
AHA
American Heart Association. See: http://www.americanheart.org/
AHCPR
Agency for Health Care and Research
ANPRM
Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
ARO
Army Research Office , See: http://www.aro.ncren.net/-->
ARPA
Advanced Research Projects Agency
ASAP
Automated Standard Application for Payments
ASSERT
Administrative Supplement for Education and Research Training (DOD)
ATP
Advance Technology Program
AUTM
Association of University Technology Managers
B
BAA
Broad Agency Announcement
C
Career Award/Career Development Award (NIH/NSF)
Award, which allows significant programmatic flexibility, to a senior investigator with a successful history with the agency, or a junior investigator with high research potential.
CAS
Cost Accounting Standards. Specific rules promulgated by the federal government to achieve consistent accounting practices for sponsored projects.
CASB
Cost Accounting Standards Board
CBD
Commerce Business Daily
CBO
Congressional Budget Office
CCH
Commerce Clearing House
CCR
Central Contractor Registration
CDC
Centers for Disease Control. See: http://www.cdc.gov/
>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
CISE
Computer and Information Science and Engineering (NSF)
CLIN
Contract Line Item Number
CMIA
Cash Management Improvement Act
CNO
Chief of Naval Operations
CO
Contracting Officer
COI
Conflict of Interest
COGR
Council On Governmental Relations
COS
Committee on Science of the National Science and Technology Council
COS
Community of Science - database of funding opportunities and faculty profiles; See: http://www.research.umich.edu/funding/funding.html-->
COSEPUP
Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy
CPSR
Contractor Procurement/Property System Review
CRADA
Cooperative Research and Development Agreement
CRIA
Confidential Research Information Act; complement to FOIA which exempts proprietary information held by university personnel if certain conditions are met.
CSR
Center for Scientific Review (NIH). See: http://www.csr.nih.gov/
D
DA
Department Administration Costs
DA
Department of the Army
DARPA
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. See: http://www.darpa.mil/
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. Find announcements on the Federal register at http://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister/announce/
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
DOA
Department of Agriculture
DOC
Department of Commerce. See: http://www.doc.gov/
DOD
Department of Defense
DODGARS
DOD Grant and Agreement Regulations
DOE
Department of Energy. See: http://www.doe.gov
DOL
Department of Labor. See: http://www.dol.gov/
DOT
Department of Transportation. See: http://www.dot.gov/
DURIP
Defense/University Research Instrumentation Program
E
EARS
Electronic Approval and Routing Systems
EC
Electronic Commerce (or e commerce)
ECR
Export Control Regulations. Legislation and policies controlling dissemination of "technical data" to foreign nationals, governed by the Dept of Commerce and Depts. of Defense and State.
EDA
Economic Development Administration
EDGAR
Education Department General Administration
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
ERIC
Educational Resources Information Center. See: http://www.eric.ed.gov/
ETA
Employment and Training Administration
EVS
Equipment Visibility System
F
F&A
Facilities and Administrative (called Indirect costs at the UM)
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
FastLane
NSF's program for ERA; electronic proposal submission is now functional through this system. (See http://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/)
FC-SearchFoundation Center CD- Rom
Database of funding opportunities of US foundations; at DRDA and Grad Library Reference Room
FCC
Federal Communications Commission
FCST
Federal Council for Science and Technology
FDA
Food and Drug Administration
FDP
I Federal Demonstration Project
FDP II
Federal Demonstration Partnership -- A cooperative effort among federal research agencies, universities and the National Academy of Science's Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable aimed at streamlining and improving the federal/university research support relationship and reducing administrative burden on Principal Investigators.
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
FIC
John E. Fogarty International Center (NIH)
FICC
Federal Interagency Coordinating Council
FIMA
Financial Management System.
FIPSE
Fund for Improvement of Postsecondary Education. See: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/fipse/
FISAP
Fiscal Operations Report & Application to Participate
FMC
Federal Management Circular
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
FY
Fiscal Year
G
GA
General Administration (Costs)
GAANN
Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need
GAAP
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
GAO
General Accounting Office
GAMS
Grants Application and Management System: a consortium of universities which is developing an eRA system.
GASB
Governmental Accounting Standards Board
GATT
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GMAA
Government Management Reform Act
GPG
Grant Proposal Guide (NSF)
GPO
Government Printing Office
GPRA
Government Performance and Results Act
GRANTS
The PeopleSoft, Inc. ERA system, currently under development.
GSA
General Services Administration
GUIRR
Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable
H
HBCU
Historically Black College and University
HCFA
Health Care Financing Administration
HHS
Department of Health and Human Services
HRSA
Health Resources and Services Administration
HUD
Department of Housing and Urban Development. See: http://www.hud.gov/
I
IACUC
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
IBC
Institutional Biosafety Committee
ICC
Interstate Commerce Commission
IDC
Indirect Costs
IG
Inspector General
IGERT
Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training Program (NSF)
IMLS
Institute of Museum and Library Services. See: http://www.imls.gov/
IPA
Intergovernmental Personnel Act
IPR
Intellectual Property Rights
IR&D
Independent Research and Development
IRB
Institutional Review Board
IRIS
On-line search system for research opportunities developed by the University of Illinois (not available at UM)
ITAR
International Traffic in Arms Regulation. A specific export control regulation which impacts some projects funded by Department of Defense agencies.
ITMRA
Information Technology Management Reform Act
J
JAG
Judge Advocate General
JCS
Joint Chiefs of Staff
K
L
LSA
Labor Surplus Area
M
MBDA
Minority Business Development Agency
MBE
Minority Business Enterprise
MOU
Memorandum of Understanding
MPHI
Michigan Public Health Institute. See: http://www.mphi.org/
MRI
Major Research Instrumentation (NSF)
MSRA
Michigan Chapter of Society of Research Administrators
MTDC
Modified Total Direct Costs
N
NACUBO
National Association of College and University Business Officers
NAS
National Academy of Sciences
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration. See: http://www.nasa.gov/
NCC
National Coordinating Committee
NCCAM
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NIH)
NCI
National Cancer Institute
NCRR
National Center for Research Resources
NCST
National Council of Science and Technology
NCURA
National Council of University Research Administrators
NEA
National Endowment for the Arts. See: http://arts.endow.gov/
NEH
National Endowment for the Humanities. See: http://www.neh.gov/
NEI
National Eye Institute (NIH)
NHGR
INational Human Genome Research Institute (NIH)
NHLB
INational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH)
NIA
National Institute on Aging (NIH)
NIAAA
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIH)
NIAID
National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH)
NIAMS
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin 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 Communicable Disorders (NIH)
NIDCR
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIH)
NIDDK
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIH)
NIE
National Institute of Education
NIEHS
National Institute of Environmental Health Services (NIH)
NIGMS
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH)
NIH
National Institutes of Health. See: http://www.nih.gov/grants
NIH
CommonsNIH's strategy to accommodate ERA
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)
NIOSH
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
NIST
National Institute of Standards and Technology
NLM
National Library of Medicine
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
NSF
National Science Foundation. Most up to date announcements at: http://www.nsf.gov/home/ebulletin/edaily.htm
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
O
OCR
Office of Civil Rights
OES
Office of Employment Security
OET
Office of Employment Training
OFCC
Office of Federal Contract Compliance
OFM
Office of Financial Management
OFR
Office of the Federal Register
OIG
Office of Inspector General
O&M
Operations and Maintenance Costs
OMB
Office of Management and Budget
ONR
Office of Naval Research. See http://www.onr.navy.mil/
OPM
Office of Personnel Management
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 Administrationv
OSP
Office of Sponsored Projects
OSTP
Office of Science and Technology Policy
OT
Office of Transportation
P
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
PHS
Public Health Service
PMS
Payment Management System
PRD
Presidential Review Directive
PROG
Peer Review Oversight Group
PTO
Patent and Trademark Office
Q
R
RDNA
Recombinant DNA Research
RFA
Request for Applications
RFP
Request for Proposal
RFQ
Request for Quotation
S
S&W
Salaries and Wages
S&W + B
Salaries and Wages plus Benefits
SAMHSA
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (NIH)
SBIR
Small Business Innovative Research
SBA
Small Business Administration
SEOG
Supplemental Education Opportunity Grants
SF
Standard Form
SOW
Statement of Work
SPA
Sponsored Project Administration
SPAS
Sponsored Project Administration System
SPIN
On-line search system for research opportunities developed by the University of New York System; see http://www.research.umich.edu/funding/funding.html-->
SRA
Society of Research Administrators
STEP
Science, Technology and Economic Policy Board
STP
Science and Technology Policy
STTR
Small Business Technology Transfer
T
T&A
Time and attendance
TBSR
Total Business Systems Review
TDC
Total Direct Costs
U
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. See: www.usaid.gov
USC
United States Code
USCG
United States Coast Guard
USDA
United States Department of Agriculture. See: http://www.usda.gov/
USDOJ
United States Department of Justice. See: http://www.usdoj.gov/
USIA
United States Information Agency (now integrated into the State Department). See: http://www.ait.org.tw/infousa/enus/
USN
United States Navy
USPA
United States Postal Service. See: http://www.usps.gov/
V
VA
Department of Veterans Affairs
W
WHO
World Health Organization. See: http://www.who.int/
X, Y, Z
YCC
Youth Conservation Corp