AHRQ - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

AREA - Academic Research Enhancement Award

BECON- Bioengineering Consortium

BML - Biological Material License

BRDPI - Biomedical Research and Development Price Index

BSC - Board of Scientific Counselors

CC- Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center

CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CEL - Commercial Evaluation License

CFDA - Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

CFR- Code of Federal Regulations

CIT- Center for Information Technology

CRADA - Cooperative Research and Development Agreement

CRC - Cooperative Research Center

CRISP - Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Programs

CSR - Center for Scientific Review

DCA - Division of Cost Allocation

DHHS - Department of Health and Human Services

EA - Expanded Authorities

EIR - Employee Invention Report

ERA - Electronic Research Administration

ESA - Extramural Scientist Administrator

F & A- Facilities and Administrative Costs

FACA - Federal Advisory Committee Act

FAR - Federal Acquisition Regulations

FCTR - Federal Cash Transaction Report (SF-269 or 269A)

FDA - Food and Drug Administration

FDP - Federal Demonstration Partnership

FIC - John E. Fogarty International Center

FIRST - First Independent Research Support and Transition Award

FOIA - Freedom of Information Act

FPR - Final Proposal Revision

FSR - Financial Status Report

FTE - Full-Time Equivalent

FTTA - Federal Technology Transfer Act

FTTP - Full-Time Training Position

FWA - Federal-wide Assurance

FY - Fiscal Year

GAO - General Accounting Office

GMO- Grants Management Officer

HHS- Department of Health and Human Services

HOPE - Health Omnibus Programs Extension Legislation

HR/HI - High Risk/High Impact

HSA - Health Scientist Administrator

IACUC - Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee

IBRP - Introduction to Biomedical Research Program

IC - NIH Institute or Center

IMPAC - Information for Management, Planning, Analysis, and Coordination

IND - Investigational New Drug Application

IPA - Intergovernmental Personnel Act Mobility Program

IRB - Institutional Review Board

IRG - Initial Review Group

MARC - Minority Access to Research Careers Program

MBRS - Minority Biomedical Research Support Program

MERIT - Method to Extend Research in Time Award

MTA - Material Transfer Agreement

NCCAM - National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine

NCI- National Cancer Institute

NCMHD - National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities

NCRR - National Center for Research Resources

NEI - National Eye Institute

NGA - Notice of Grant Award

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 Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

NIAMS - National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases

NIBIB - National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

NICHD -National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

NIDA - National Institute on Drug Abuse

NIDCD - National Institute of 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

NIGMS - National Institute of General Medical Sciences

NIH - National Institutes of Health

NIHGPS - NIH Grants Policy Statement

NIMH - National Institute of Mental Health

NINDS - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

NINR - National Institute for Nursing Research

NLM - National Library of Medicine

NRSA - National Research Service Award

NS - No Score (lower 50% of grants in study section)

NSS - No Study Section (in house)

OD - NIH Office of the Director

OEP - Office of Extramural Programs

OER - NIH Office of Extramural Research

OFM - NIH Office of Financial Management

OHRP - Office for Human Research Protections (previously OPRR)

OIG - Office of the Inspector General

OLAW - Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare

OMB - Office of Management and Budget

OPERA - Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration

OPRR - Office for Protection from Research Risks (now OHRP)

ORA - Office of Reports and Analysis

ORI - Office of Research Integrity

ORMH - Office of Research on Minority Health, NIH

ORMWH - Office of Research on Minority and Women's Health, NIAID

ORWH - Office of Research on Women's Health, NIH

OSA - Office of Scientific Affairs

OTMIR - Office of Tropical Medicine and International Research

PA - Program Announcement

PACA - Program Approval of Competing Application

PAR - Program Announcement Reviewed in an Institute

PAS - Program Announcement with Set-aside funds

PI - Principal Investigator/Program Director/Project Director

PLA - Patent License Agreement

PHS - Public Health Service

PMS - Payment Management System

PO- Program Official

PRRR - Program Review Report Record

RCMI - Research Centers in Minority Institutions

RFA - Request For Applications (Grants)

RFP - Request For Proposals (Contracts)

RML - Rocky Mountain Laboratory

RPG - Research Project Grant

RSUM - Research Supplements for Underrepresented Minorities

SBIR - Small Business Innovation Research

SEP - Special Emphasis Panel

SNAP - Streamlined Noncompeting Award Process

SOW - Statement Of Work

SRA - Scientific Review Administrator

SRG - Scientific Review Group

SSS - Special Study Section

STTR - Small Business Technology Transfer

WHO - World Health Organization