1.1 Abbreviations

Exhibit 1: Abbreviation and full language of acronyms used in the Grants Policy Statement

Abbreviation	Full Meaning of Abbreviation
A&R	Alteration and Renovation
ACF	Administration for Children and Families
ACH	Automated Clearinghouse
ACL	Administration for Community Living
AHRQ	Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
AIA	American Institute of Architects
AoA	Administration on Aging
AOR	Authorized Organization Representative The individual, named by the applicant organization, who is authorized to act for the applicant and to assume the obligations imposed by the Federal laws, regulations, requirements, and conditions that apply to grant applications or grant awards. This individual is equivalent to the signing official in the eRA Commons, i.e., holds the SO Role.
APAC	Annual Payback Activities Certification
AREA	Academic Research and Enhancement Award
ASHRAE	American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers
BSO	Biological Safety Officer
CAS	Cost Allocation Services
CDA	Career Development Award
CDC	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CF	Common Form (previously known as Standard Form)
CFR	Code of Federal Regulations
CGMO	Chief Grants Management Officer An NIH official responsible for the business management aspects of grants and cooperative agreements, including review, negotiation, award, and administration, and for the interpretation of grants administration policies and provisions. GMOs are delegated the authority from the CGMO to obligate NIH to the expenditure of funds and permit changes to approved projects on behalf of NIH. Each NIH IC that awards grants has one or more GMOs with responsibility for particular programs or awards. See also Chief Grants Management Officer definition.
CM	Construction Manager
CMS	Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
CoC	Certificate of Confidentiality
COR	Career Opportunities in Research Education and Training Program
CSR	Center for Scientific Review
DAB	Departmental Appeals Board
DCGP	Division of Central Grants Processing, OER, NIH
DCIS	Departmental Contracts Information System
DEA	Drug Enforcement Administration
DEITR	Division of Extramural Inventions & Technology Resources, OPERA, OER, NIH
DES	Department of Engineering Services, NIH
DFAS	Division of Financial Advisory Services, NIH
DGCO	Division of Grants Compliance and Oversight, OPERA, OER, NIH
DGP	Division of Grants Policy, OPERA, OER, NIH
DGSI	Divsion of Grants System Integration, OPERA, OER, NIH
DNA	Deoxyribonucleic acid
DoC	Department of Commerce
DoD	Department of Defense
DoL	Department of Labor
DPI	Division of Program Integrity, OMA, NIH
DRR	Division of Receipt and Referral, CSR
DSMB	Data and Safety Monitoring Board
EA	Environmental Assessment
FFR	Federal Financial Report
EIN	Entity Identification Number
EIS	Environmental Impact Statement
EO	Executive Order
eRA	Electronic Research Administration
ESI	Early Stage Investigator An individual who is classified as a New Investigator and is within 10 years of completing his/her terminal research degree or is within 10 years of completing medical residency (or the equivalent) is considered an Early Stage Investigator (ESI). See definition of New Investigator.
eSNAP	Electronic Streamlined Non-competing Award Process
F&A	Facilities and Administrative (costs)
FAC	Federal Audit Clearinghouse
FAIN	Federal Award Identification Number
FAR	Federal Acquisition Regulation
FCOI	Financial Conflict of Interest
FDA	Food and Drug Administration
FDAAA	Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007
FDP	Federal Demonstration Partnership
FEMA	Federal Emergency Management Agency
FFATA	Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act
FFR	Federal Financial Report (SF425)
FIC	Fogarty International Center
FICA	Federal Insurance Contributions Act
FOI	Freedom of Information
FOIA	Freedom of Information Act
FTR	Federal Travel Regulation
FWA	Federalwide Assurance
GAAP	Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
GAGAS	Generally Accepted Government Accounting Standards
GeMCRIS	Genetic Modification Clinical Research Information System
GMO	Grants Management Officer An NIH official responsible for the business management aspects of grants and cooperative agreements, including review, negotiation, award, and administration, and for the interpretation of grants administration policies and provisions. GMOs are delegated the authority from the CGMO to obligate NIH to the expenditure of funds and permit changes to approved projects on behalf of NIH. Each NIH IC that awards grants has one or more GMOs with responsibility for particular programs or awards. See also Chief Grants Management Officer definition.
GMP	Guaranteed Maximum Price
GMS	Grants Management Specialist
GPO	Government Printing Office
GSA	General Services Administration
GWAS	Genome-wide Association Studies
hESC	Human Embryonic Stem Cells
HHS	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
HIPAA	Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
HPSL	Health Professional Student Loan
HRSA	Health Resources and Services Administration
HVAC	Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning
IACUC	Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
IBC	Institutional Biosafety Committee
IBS	Institutional Base Salary
IC The NIH organizational component responsible for a particular grant program or set of activities. The terms "NIH IC," or "awarding IC" are used throughout this document to designate a point of contact for advice and interpretation of grant requirements and to establish the focal point for requesting necessary prior approvals or changes in the terms and conditions of award.	Institute or Center The NIH organizational component responsible for a particular grant program or set of activities. The terms "NIH IC," or "awarding IC" are used throughout this document to designate a point of contact for advice and interpretation of grant requirements and to establish the focal point for requesting necessary prior approvals or changes in the terms and conditions of award.
IDE	Investigational Device Exception
IHE	Institutions of Higher Education
IHS	Indian Health Service
IND	Investigational New Drug
IPA	Intergovernmental Personnel Act
IPF	Institutional Profile File
IR&D	Independent Research and Development
IRB	Institutional Review Board
IRG	Integrated Review Group
IRS	Internal Revenue Service
IVF	In vitro Fertilization
K award	Career Award
Kirschstein-NRSA	Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award
LWOP	Leave Without Pay
MARC-U*STAR	Maximizing Access to Research Careers Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Research Program
MOU	Memorandum of Understanding
MTDC	Modified Total Direct Cost
NCATS	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
NCT	National Clinical Trial
ND	Not Discussed
NEARC	National External Audit Review Center, OIG
NEI	National Eye Institute
NEPA	National Environmental Policy Act
NFI	Notice of Federal Interest
NFPA	National Fire Protection Association
NHSC	National Health Service Corps
NICHD	Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and Human Development
NIDCR	National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
NIGMS	National Institute of General Medical Sciences
NIH	National Institutes of Health
NIH MSID	NIH manuscript submission reference number
NIHGPS	National Institutes of Health Grants Policy Statement
NIMH	National Institute of Mental Health
NINR	National Institute on Nursing Research
NLM	National Library of Medicine
NoA Notice of Award: The official, legally binding document, signed (or the electronic equivalent of signature) by a Grants Management Officer that: (1) notifies the recipient of the award of a grant; (2) contains or references all the terms and conditions of the grant and Federal funding limits and obligations; and, (3) provides the documentary basis for recording the obligation of Federal funds in the NIH accounting system.	Notice of Award "The official, legally binding document, signed (or the electronic equivalent of signature) by a Grants Management Officer that: (1) notifies the recipient of the award of a grant; (2) contains or references all the terms and conditions of the grant and Federal funding limits and obligations; and, (3) provides the documentary basis for recording the obligation of Federal funds in the NIH accounting system."
NOFO	Notice of Funding Opportunity
NTIS	National Technical Information Service
OASH	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
OCR	Office for Civil Rights, HHS
OER	Office of Extramural Research, NIH
OFCCP	Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, DoL
OFM	Office of Financial Management, NIH
OHRP	Office for Human Research Protections, HHS
OIG	Office of the Inspector General
OIR	Office of Intramural Research, NIH
OLAW	Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare, NIH
OMA	Office of Management Assessment, NIH
OMB	Office of Management and Budget
ONR	Office of Naval Research
OPERA	Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration, OER, NIH
ORI	Office of Research Integrity, HHS
OSC	Other Significant Contributor
P.L.	Public Law
PA	Program Announcement
PAR	Program Announcement with Special Review Criteria and/or Special Receipt Dates
PD/PI	Program Director/Principal Investigator The individual(s) designated by the applicant organization/recipient to have the appropriate level of authority and responsibility to direct the project or program to be supported by the award. The applicant organization may designate multiple individuals as program directors/principal investigators (PD/PIs) who share the authority and responsibility for leading and directing the project, intellectually and logistically. When multiple PD/PIs are named, each is responsible and accountable to the official(s) at the applicant organization/recipient, or as appropriate, to a collaborating organization for the proper conduct of the project, program, or activity including the submission of all required reports. The presence of more than one PD/PI on an application or award diminishes neither the responsibility nor the accountability of any individual PD/PI.
pdf	portable document format
PHS	Public Health Service
PII	Personally Identifiable Information
PMC	PubMed Central
PMCID	PubMed Central Identification/reference number
PMS	Payment Management System The HHS centralized grants payment system operated by the Payment Management Service, Program Support Center. Most HHS (and some other Federal government agencies') recipients receive grant payments through this system., Payment Management Service, HHS
PO	Program Official
PSC	Payback Service Center, NIH, or Program Support Center, HHS
PTE	Pass-through Entity
R&D	Research and Development
R&R	Research and Related
RePORT	Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tool
RFA	Request for Applications
RFP	Request for Proposals
ROTC	Reserve Officer Training Corps
RPPR	Research Performance Progress Report
S&W	Salaries and Wages
SAM	System for Award Management
SAMHSA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
SBA	Small Business Administration
SBC	Small Business Concern
SBIR	Small Business Innovation Research Program
SEP	Special Emphasis Panel
SEVIS	Student and Exchange Visitor Information System
SF	Standard Form
SF424(R&R)	Standard Form 424 for Research and Research-Related (R&R)
SII	Successor-In-Interest
SNAP	Streamlined Non-competing Award Process
SO	Signing Official
SPOC	State Single Point of Contact
SRG	Scientific Review Group
SRO Scientific Review Officer: The NIH official who serves as the designated Federal official having legal responsibility for managing the peer review meeting, the procedures for evaluating the applications assigned to the SRG and the determinations and management of conflicts of interest, as noted in 42 CFR 52(h).	Scientific Review Officer
STTR	Small Business Technology Transfer Program
TVPA	Trafficking Victims Protection Act
U.S.	United States
U.S.C.	United States Code
USCIS	United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
USDA	United States Department of Agriculture
USPS	United States Postal Service
VA	Department of Veterans Affairs
VAMC	VA Medical Center
VANPC	VA-Affiliated Non-Profit research Corporation
VAT	Value Added Tax
VHA	Veterans Health Administration
WIC	Women, Infants and Children