Research Acronyms

There are a number of acronyms related to the Illinois Research Enterprise. The list below contains both institutional acronyms and research administration terms. This is a representative list—if you would like to suggest an addition, please contact Andy Olson at olsonand@illinois.edu.

A-C

Acronym	Full Name
AAALAC	Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care
AAAS	American Association for the Advancement of Science
AAHRPP	Associaton for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs
AAU	Association of American Universities
ACP	Animal Care Program (formerly DAR and AACUP)
ACS	American Cancer Society
ACS	American Chemical Society
ADA	Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
AERA	American Educational Research Association
AFOSR	Air Force Office of Scientific Research
AFRI	Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (USDA)
AFRL	Air Force Research Laboratory
ALMA	Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array
AMS	American Mathematical Society
ANL	Argonne National Laboratory (DOE)
AO	Administrative Official
APLU	Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities
APS	American Physical Society
APS	American Phytopathological Society
ARI	Illinois Applied Research Institute
ARL	Army Research Lab
ARO	Army Research Office
ARPA-E	Advanced Research Projects–Energy Agency
AY	Academic Year
BAA	Broad Agency Announcement
BESAC	Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee
BIP	Background Intellectual Property
BMG	Business Managers Group
BNL	Brookhaven National Laboratory
BSL	Biosafety Laboratory
CAM	Campus Administrative Manual
CCC	Campus Communications Council
CCO	Chief Communication Officers
CCRC	Chancellor’s Capital Review Committee
CFATS	Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards
CFDA	Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
CFOP	Chart Fund Organization Program (Banner financial account)
CFR	Code of Federal Regulations
CHAD	Center on Health, Aging, and Disability
CHART	Collaborations in Health, Aging, Research, and Technology
COD	Council of Deans
COGR	Council on Governmental Relations
COI/COCI	Conflict of Interest or Conflict of Commitment or Interrest
CRADA	Cooperative Research and Development
CRB	Campus Research Board
CSFA	Catalog Accountability and Transparency Act (State of Illinois)
CV	Curriculum Vitae
CY	Calendar Year

D-F

Acronym	Full Name
DARPA	Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DDDH	Deans, Directors, and Department Heads
DFAR	Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations
DHS	U.S. Department of Homeland Security
DMDII	Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute
DOC	U.S. Department of Commerce
DOD	U.S. Department of Defense
DoEd	U.S. Department of Education
DOE	U.S. Department of Energy
DOI	U.S. Department of Interior
DOJ	U.S. Department of Justice
DOL	U.S. Department of Labor
DOT	U.S. Department of Transportation
DRS	Division of Research Safety
DUNS	Dun and Bradstreet Number
EAR	Export Administration Regulations
e-CFR	Electronic Code of Federal Regulations
EFRC	Energy Frontier Research Center
EIN	Employer Identification Number
EPA	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
ERC	Engineering Research Center
F&A	Facilities and Administrative
F&S	Facilities and Services
FAR	Federal Acquisition Regulation
FDA	Food and Drug Administration
FDP	Federal Demonstration Partnership
FE	Full Execution
FEMA	Federal Emergency Managment Agency
FERPA	Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
FFATA	Federal Funding Accountability & Transparency Act
FISMA	Federal Information Security Managment Act
FOA	Funding Opportunity Announcement
FOIA	Freedom of Information Act
FUA	Facility Use Agreement
FWA	Federal Wide Assurance for the Protection of Human Subjects
FY	Fiscal Year

G-I

Acronym	Full Name
GATA	Grant Accountability and Transparency Act (State of Illinois)
GATU	Grant Accountability and Transparency Unit (State of Illinois)
GCO	Grants & Contracts Office (Post Award, Urbana)
GCP	Office of Good Clinical Practice
GLP	Good Laboratory Practice
GMP	Good Manufacturing Practices
GOMB	Illinois Office of Management and Budget
GPG	Grand Proposal Guide (NSF)
GRA	Graduate Research Assistant
HHS	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
HIPAA	Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act
HRI	Humanities Research Institute
IACUC	Insititutional Animal Care and Use Committee
IBC	Institutional Bio-Safety Committee
IBHE	Illinois Board of Higher Education
I-Corps	NSF Innovation Corps
ICR	Indirect Cost Recovery
IDCEO	Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
IDHS	Illinois Department of Human Services
IDNR	Illinois Department of Natural Resources
IDOT	Illinois Department of Transportation
IEEE	Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
IEMA	Illinois Emergency Management Agency
IEPA	Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
IES	Institute of Education Sciences
IGB	Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
IHSI	Interdisciplinary Health and Science Institute
IMLS	Institute of Museum and Library Services
INAD	Investigational New Animal Drug
IND/INDA	Investigational New Drug/Application
INHS	Illinois Natural History Survey
IO	Institutional Official
IP	Intellectual Property
IRB	Institutional Review Board
ISAS	Illinois State Archaeological Survey
ISBE	Illinois State Board of Education
iSEE	Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment
ISGS	Illinois State Geological Survey
ISTC	Illinois Science & Technology Coalition
ISTC	Illinois Sustainable Technology Center
ISWS	Illinois State Water Survey
ITAR	International Traffic in Arms Regulations

J-N

Acronym	Full Name
JCAR	Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (Illinois legislative oversight)
JIT	Just-In-Time (Information)
JV	Journal Voucher
LANL	Los Alamos National Laboratory (DOE)
LBNL	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (DOE)
LLNL	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (DOE)
LSST	Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
MOA	Memorandum of Agreement
MOU	Memorandum of Understanding
MTA	Materials Transfer Agreement
MTDC	Modified Total Direct Costs
NAGPRA	Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
NAS	National Academy of Sciences
NASA	National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NCAR	National Center for Atmospheric Research
NCE	No-Cost Extension
NCI	National Cancer Institute
NCSA	National Center for Supercomputing Applications
NCURA	National Council of University Research Administrators
NDA	Non-Disclosure Agreement
NDA	New Drug Application
NEA	National Endowment for the Arts
NEH	National Endowment for the Humanities
NEI	National Eye Institute
NHGRI	National Human Genome Research Institute
NHLBI	National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
NIA	National Institute on Aging
NIAAA	National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
NIAID	National Institue of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
NIAMS	National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
NIBIB	National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
NICHD	Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
NIDA	National Institute on Drug Abuse
NIDCD	National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
NIDCR	National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
NIDDK	National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
NIEHS	National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
NIFA	National Institute of Food and Agriculture
NIGMS	National Institute of General Medical Sciences
NIH	National Institutes of Health
NIMH	National Institute of Mental Health
NIMHD	National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
NINDS	National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
NINR	National Institute of Nursing Research
NITR-D	Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program
NIOSH	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NLM	National Library of Medicine
NOA	Notice of Appointment
NOA	Notice of Award
NOAA	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NORDP	National Organization of Research Development Professionals
NRAO	National Radio Astronomy Observatory
NRC	Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRSA	National Research Service Award (NIH)
NSB	National Science Board
NSF	National Science Foundation

O-Z

Acronym	Full Name
OBFS	Office of Business and Financial Services (UI)
OCR	Office of Corporate Relations
OHRP	Office of Human Research Protection
OHS	Occupational Health and Safety Programs
OIG	Office of Inspector General
OLAW	Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare
OMB	Office of Management and Budget
ONR	Office of Naval Research
OPD	Office of Proposal Development
OPRS	Office for the Protection of Research Subjects
ORAPD	Office of Research Advising and Project Development
ORI	Office of Research Integrity
ORNL	Oak Ridge National Laboratory (DOE)
OSHA	Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSP	Office of Sponsored Programs
OTM	Office of Technology Managment
PA	Parent Announcement (NIH)
PAPPG	Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures
PE	Partial Execution
PHI/ePHI	Protected Health Information
PHS	U.S. Public Health Service
PI	Principal Investigator
PIRE	Partnerships for International Research and Education
PNNL	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
POP/PEROP	Period of Performance
PRI	Prairie Research Institute
PTF	Proposal Transmittal Form
RAPD	Office of Research Advising and Project Development
RCR	Responsible Conduct of Research
RDC	Research Development Community
RFA	Request for Application
RFP	Request for Proposal
RFQ	Request for Quotation
RIN	Research Innovation Network
RPPR	Research Performance Progress Report
SBIR	Small Business Innovation Research
SBSRI	Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Initiative
SEOC	State Emergency Operations Center
SF424	Standard Form 424
SFI	Significant Financial Interest
SIAM	Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
SNL	Sandia National Laboratory (DOE)
SO	Signing Official
SOP	Standard Operating Procedure
SOW	Statement of Work
SPA	Sponsored Programs Administration
SPaRC	Sponsored Projects and Research Compliance Working Group
SRA	Sponsored Research Agreement
START	Systemwide Tools for Administration of Research and Training
STC	Science and Technology Center
STTR	Small Business Technology Transfer
TDC	Total Direct Costs
TTA	Technical Testing Agreement
UCAR	University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
UEO	Unit Executive Officer
UG	Uniform Guidance
URA	Universities Research Association, Inc.
USDA	United States Department of Agriculture
USGS	United States Geological Survey