Acronym Meanings
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AAALAC American Association for the Accreditation of Lab Animal Care
AHA American Heart Association
AID Agency for International Development
AFOSR Air Force Office of Scientific Research (DOD)
AMA American Medical Association
ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency (DOD)
ASPR Armed Services Procurement Regulations
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CAS Cost Accounting Standards
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CFDA Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
COGR Council on Governmental Relations
COLA Cost of Living Allowance granted to employees based in a foreign city, where cost of living is higher than in Washington, D.C.
CRADA or CRDA Cooperative Research and Development Agreement
CSR Center for Scientific Review (National Institutes of Health)
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DAR Defense Acquisition Regulations
DCAA Defense Contract Audit Agency
DFARS Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement
DHHS Department of Health and Human Services
DOD Department of Defense (includes Air Force, Army, ARPA, and Navy)
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FAA Federal Aviation Administration
FAR Federal Acquisition Regulations
FDA Food and Drug Administration
FDP Federal Demonstration Partnership
FEDIX A free on-line information retrieval service serving most federal agencies for on-line searches. (being reworked)
FIC Fogarty International Center (NIH)
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GPG Grant Proposal Guide for the National Science Foundation.
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IDC Indirect Costs
IACUC Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee.
IRB Institutional Review Board
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Modified Total Direct Costs (MTDC) At SWT, the basic indirect costs are calculated on a subset of direct costs, normally excluding, among other costs, equipment, patient care, space rental, alterations and renovations, and subcontract costs in excess of the first $25,000.
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NACUBO National Association of College and University Business Officers
NAS National Academy of Sciences
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NCI National Cancer Institute (NIH)
NCRR National Center for Research Resources (NIH)
NCURA National Council of University Research Administrators
NEA National Endowment for the Arts
NEH National Endowment for the Humanities
NEI National Eye Institute (NIH)
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)
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 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 Sciences (NIH)
NIGMS National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH)
NIH National Institutes of Health
NHGRI National Human Genome Research Institute (NIH)
NIMH National Institute of Mental Health (NIH)
NINDS National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NIH)
NINR National Institute for Nursing Research (NIH)
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OFPP Office of Federal Procurement Policy
OMB Office of Management and Budget
OMB Circulars Regulatory circulars issued by the Office of Management & Budget (OMB). (Link to the OMB circular as well as link to the specific circular via TRAM.)
OPRR Office for Protection from Research Risks (DHHS)
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PHS Public Health Service
PHS 2590 Application for Continuation of a PHS Grant (National Institutes of Health )
PHS 398 Application Form for a PHS Grant (National Institutes of Health
PI Principal Investigator
PRDA Program Research and Development Announcement
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SBA Small Business Administration
SBIR Small Business Innovative Research
SRA Society of Research Administrators
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TRAM A WWW service initially developed by the Texas Research Administrators Group providing funding opportunity searches, agency form templates, links to research administration home pages, etc.