Acronyms | Name |
| |
AAALAC | Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care |
| AAHRPP | Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs, Inc. |
| ADAMHA | Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration |
| AHA | American Heart Association |
AHRQ | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
AO | Administrative Official |
| AOR | Authorized Organizational Representative |
BAA | Broad Agency Announcement |
| BCHD | Baltimore City Health Department |
BREF | Baltimore Research and Education Foundation (at Baltimore VA) |
CASB | Cost Accounting Standards Board |
CCT | Center for Clinical Trials, School of Medicine (UMB) |
CDA | Confidential Disclosure Agreement |
CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
CFDA | Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance |
CFR | Code of Federal Regulations |
| CITI | Collaborative IRB Training Initiative |
COB | Close of Business |
| COEUS | In Greek mythology, the Titan of intelligence (not an acronym!); UMB enterprise software for proposal development and routing and for proposal and award data management |
| COI | Conflict of Interest |
COLA | Cost of Living Adjustment |
CRADA | Cooperative Research and Development Agreement |
CRISP | Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Programs (NIH) |
CSA or CTA | Clinical Study Agreement or Clinical Trial Agreement |
| CSR | Center for Scientific Review (NIH) |
DC | Direct Costs |
| DCA | Division of Cost Allocation (DHHS) |
DHHS | Department of Health and Human Services |
DHMH | Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene |
DHR | Maryland Department of Human Resources |
DOD | Department of Defense |
| DSMB | Data Safety Monitoring Board |
| DUNS | Data Universal Numbering System (UMB's is 188435911) |
Edison | Extramural Invention Information Management System |
EIN | Entity Identification Number |
ERA | Electronic Research Administration |
| eSNAP | Electronic Streamlined Non-competing Award Process (NIH) |
| eUMB | Integrated system software for UMB's core administration applications (Financial management, Human resources/payroll, Procurement, etc.) |
F&A Costs | Facilities and Administrative Costs |
FAR | Federal Acquisition Regulation |
FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
FDP | Federal Demonstration Partnership |
FIC | Fogarty International Center, NIH |
| FOA | Funding Opportunity Announcement |
FOIA | Freedom of Information Act |
FPR | Final Proposal Revision |
FSR | Financial Status Report |
FTE | Full-Time Equivalent |
FY | Fiscal Year |
GAO | General Accounting Office |
GMO | Grants Management Officer |
| HBCU | Historically Black College or University |
| HHS | Department of Health and Human Services |
| HIPPA | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
| HRPO | Human Research Protections Office (UMB School of Medicine) |
HRSA | Health Resources and Services Administration |
IACUC | Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee |
| IBS | Institutional Biosafety Committee |
IDC | Indirect costs |
| IND | Investigational New Drug Application |
| IP | Intellectual Property |
IPA | Intergovernmental Personnel Act Assignment Agreement |
IRB | Institutional Review Board |
IRG | Integrated Review Group (NIH peer review) |
| JIT | Just-in-Time (NIH) |
JPA | Joint Personnel Agreement |
MBE | Minority Business Enterprise |
MERIT | Method to Extend Research in Time award (NIH) |
MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
MTA | Material Transfer Agreement |
MTDC | Modified Total Direct Costs |
NCCAM | National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, NIH |
NCE | No Cost Extension |
NCMHD | National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities, NIH |
NCI | National Cancer Institute, NIH |
NCRR | National Center for Research Resources, NIH |
NEI | National Eye Institute, NIH |
NGA | Notice of Grant Award |
NHLBI | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH |
NHGRI | National Human Genome Research 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 |
NIBIB | National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, NIH |
NICHD | National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH |
NIDCD | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NIH |
NIDCR | National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH |
NIDDK | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH |
NIDA | National Institute of Drug Abuse, NIH |
NIEHS | National Institute of Environmental Health Services, NIH |
NIGMS | National Institute of General Medical Sciences, NIH |
NIH | National Institutes of Health |
NIMH | National Institute of Mental Health, NIH |
NINDS | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH |
| NINR | National Institute of Nursing Research, NIH |
NLM | National Library of Medicine, NIH |
NIOSH | National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, CDC |
| NoA | Notice of Award (NIH term) |
NRSA | National Research Service Award (NIH) |
NSF | National Science Foundation |
OHRP | Office of Human Research Protections (DHHS) |
| OLAW | Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (NIH) |
OMB | Office of Management and Budget |
ONR | Office of Naval Research |
OPERA | Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration (NIH) |
ORAGS | Office of Research and Graduate Studies, UMB School of Medicine |
Office of Research and Development | Office of Research and Development, UMB |
ORWH | Office of Research on Women’s Health (NIH) |
PA | Program Announcement (in context of funding searches) |
| PA | Professional Association or Physicians Association (in context of UMB/UMMS affiliates) |
| PAR | Program Announcement reviewed in an NIH Institute |
| PD | Program Director |
PHS | Public Health Service |
PHS398 | Refers to the form used for new and competing renewal applications to the NIH |
PHS2590 | Refers to the form used for noncompeting continuation applications to the NIH |
PI | Principal Investigator |
PMS | Payment Management System |
PO | Purchase Order |
| RAVEN | Reporting tool in eUMB |
RFA | Request for Applications (Grants) |
RFP | Request for Proposals (Contracts) |
RFQ | Request for Quote |
ROE | Report of Expenditures |
SBIR | Small Business Innovation Research Grant |
SF | Standard Form (Federal) |
SNAP | Streamlined Noncompeting Award Process (NIH) |
| SO | Signing Official |
SOW | Scope of Work |
STTR | Small Business Technology Transfer Grant |
TDC | Total Direct Costs |
| UMBF | Universityof Maryland Baltimore Foundation, Inc. |
UMMS | University of Maryland Medical System |
UPI | University Physicians, Inc. |
| USM | University System of Maryland |
VA | Department of Veteran’s Affairs (Federal) |
WBE | Women’s Business Enterprise |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
YTD | Year to Date |
