NIH Common Acronyms

AAALAC - American Association for Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care
American Academy of Pediatrics

ACUC - Animal Care and Use Committee

AID - Agency for International Development

AIRIO - Agency Intramural Research Integrity Officer

AMA - American Medical Association

AMHPS - Association of Minority Health Professionals Schools

AO - Administrative Office/Officer

APHA - American Public Health Association

ASAP - As Soon As Possible

ASH - Assistant Secretary for Health, PHS

ASPER - Assistant Secretary for Personnel Administration, DHHS

ASPH - Association of Schools of Public Health

ASTHO - Association of State and Territorial Health Officials

ATSDR - Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, PHS

AREA - Academic Research Enhancement Award

BECON - Bioengineering Consortium

BIB - Bibliography

BMBL - Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories

BTP - Biotechnology Training Program

CA(SF) - Clinical Associate (Staff Fellow)

CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PHS

CDC - Communicable Disease Center, PHS

CDP - Candidate Development Program (SES)

CDP - Career Development Plan

CFR - Code of Federal Regulations

CMP/HMO - Comprehensive Medical Plans/Health Maintenance Organizations

CPFP - Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program

CSR - Center for Scientific Review

CV - Curriculum Vitae

CY - Calendar Year

DCR - Division of Career Resources, OHRM, NIH

DCRT - Division of Computer Research and Technology

DDIR - Deputy Director for Intramural Research

DEA - Division of Extramural Activities

DES - Division of Engineering Services

DHHS - Department of Health and Human Services

DHRS - Division of Human Resource Systems, OHRM, NIH

DRG - Division of Research Grants

EC - Executive Committee (NCI)

EEO - Equal Employment Opportunity

EEOC - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

ERA - Electronics Research Administration

FAR - Federal Acquisition Regulation

FCRDC - Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center

FDA - Food and Drug Administration, PHS

FIC -Fogarty International Center

FICA -Federal Insurance Contribution Act (Social Security)

FMG - Foreign Medical Graduate

FOIA - Freedom of Information Act of 1966, amended 1986

FR - Federal Register

FS - Feasibility Study

FTE - Full-Time Equivalent

FY - Fiscal Year

FYI - For Your Information

GAO - General Accounting Office, Congress

GCRC - General Clinical Research Center

GFP - General Fellowship Program

GOV - Government-Owned Vehicle

GR - Guest Researcher

GRC - Gerontology Research Center

GSA - General Services Administration

HHS - Health and Human Services, Department of

HIV - Human Immunodeficiency Virus

HQ - Headquarters

HRSA - Health Resources and Services Administration, PHS

HAS - Health Scientist Administrator

HSRB - Human Subjects Review Board

HTML - Hypertext Markup Language

IAG - Interagency Agreement

ICD - Institutes/Centers/Divisions

HIS - Indian Health Service, PHS

INS - Immigration and Naturalization Service

IO - Information Officer

IRG - Integrated Review Groups

IRPG - Interactive Research Project Grant

IRB - Institutional Review Board

IRTA - Intramural Research Training Award

K AWARD - Career or Training Awards

KSA - Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Form

KSASF - Knowledge’s, Skills and Abilities Supplemental Form (NIH-2252-3)

LWOP - Leave Without Pay

MHPF - Minority Health Professionals Foundation

ML - Military Leave

MOU - Memorandum of Understanding

N/A - Not Applicable /Not Available

NACHO - National Association of County Health Officials

NAS - National Academy of Sciences

NCCAM -National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

NHGRI - National Human Genome Research Institute

NCI - National Cancer Institute

NCRR - National Center for Research Resources

NEI - National Eye Institute

NHLBI - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

NIA - National Institute on Aging

NIAAA - National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

NIAID - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

NIAMS - National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases

NICHD - National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

NIDA - National Institute of Drug Abuse

NIDCD - National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

NIDDK - National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

NIDCR - National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

NIEHS - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

NIGMS - National Institute of General Medical Sciences

NIH - National Institutes of Health

NIMH - National Institute of Mental Health

NINDS - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

NINR - National Institute of Nursing Research

NLM - National Library of Medicine

NMA - National Medical Association

NRC - National Research Council

NRSA - National Research Service Award

NSF - National Science Foundation

NTE - Not to Exceed

NTIS - National Technical Information Service

OAD - HIV Office of Associate Director for HIV/AIDS

OASH - Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, PHS

OFM - Office of Financial Management

OGC - Office of the General Counsel

OHSR - Office of Human Subject Research

OIR - Office of Intramural Research , OD, NIH

OJT - On-The-Job Training

OMB - Office of Management and Budget, White House

PA - Program Announcement

PHS 2590 - Application for Continuation for Public Health Service Grant

PHS 398 - PHS/NIH Standard Application Kit

PAHO - Pan American Health Organization

PCS - Permanent Change of Station

PD - Position Description

PHS - Public Health Service

PIN - Personal Identification Number

PL - Public Law

PMB - Personnel Management Branch, NCI

PMI - Presidential Management Intern

PO1 - Program Project Grant

P50 - Center Grant

R01 - Standard Research Grant

R03 - Small Research Grant

R29 First Award – Newly Independent Investigators Award

RFC - Request for Contract

RFP - Request for Proposal

RIF - Reduction in Force

ROI - Report of Investigation

SBIR - Small Business Innovation Research

SRA - Scientific Review Administrator

SRG - Scientific Review Group

SCEP - Student Career Experience Program

SD - Scientific Director

SF - Staff Fellow

SF - Standard Form

SNAP - Streamlined Non-competing Award Process

SRFP - Summer Research Fellowship Program

SSF - Senior Staff Fellow

SSN - Social Security Number

STTR - Small Business Technology Transfer Grant Applications

TASC - Technical Assistance and Support Center

TBR - Training by Request

TCC - Temporary Continuation of Coverage

TQM - Total Quality Management

USDA - United States Department of Agriculture

USET - United South and Eastern Tribes

USIA - United States Information Agency

USOPM - United States Office of Personnel Management

VA - Visiting Associate

VF - Visiting Fellow

WHO - World Health Organization, United Nations

WWW - World Wide Web

X-Train - Trainee Activities System

YTD - Year to Date

Last updated 7/11/03