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Acronyms & Definitions

An index of commonly used research abbreviations and acronyms.

Acronym	Definition
AFOSR	Air Force Office of Scientific Research
AFRI	Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
ARPA	Advanced Research Projects Agency
ARO	Army Research Office
BLM	Bureau of Land Management (DOI)
CDC	Centers for Disease Control
DARPA	Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DED	Department of Education
DHHS or HHS	Department of Health and Human Services
DOC	Department of Commerce
DOD	Department of Defense
DOE	Department of Energy
DOI	Department of Interior
DOJ	Department of Justice
DOT	Department of Transportation
EPA	Environmental Protection Agency
FDA	Food & Drug Administration
FICE	Federal Interagency Committee on Education
FIPSE	Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education
NASA	National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NIH	National Institutes of Health
NIST	National Institute of Standards and Technology
NEH	National Endowment for the Humanities
NEA	National Endowment for the Arts
NSF	National Science Foundation
OJJDP	Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
ONR	Office of Naval Research
PHS	Public Health Service
SAMHSA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
SBA	Small Business Administration
USDA	United States Department of Agriculture
USGS	United States Geological Survey (DOI)

Acronym

Definition

AFOSR

AFRI

Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute

ARPA

ARO

BLM