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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| FOA | Funding Opportunity Announcement A publicly available document by which a Federal Agency makes known its intentions to award discretionary grants or cooperative agreements, usually as a result of competition for funds. Funding opportunity announcements may be known as program announcements, requests for applications, notices of funding availability, solicitations, or other names depending on the Agency and type of program. Funding opportunity announcements can be found at Grants.gov/FIND and in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. |
| 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 |
| HIS | Indian Health Service |
| 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 |
| 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." |
| 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. |
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| 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 |