Acronyms & Abbreviations

2 CFR 200
Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (effective 12/26/14)

A-21
Cost Principles of Educational Institutions

A-110
Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals or Other Non-Profit Organizations

A-133
Audits of Institutions of Higher Education and Other Non-Profit Organizations

CFDA
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance; A listing of all federal programs

CFR
Code of Federal Regulations

F & A
Facilities & Administrative Costs (Indirect Cost Rate)

eRA Commons
A web interface where NIH and the grantee community are able to conduct their extramural research

Grants.gov
Grants.gov allows organizations to electronically find and apply for more than $500 billion in Federal grants. Grants.gov is THE single access point for over 1,000 grant programs offered by all federal grant-making agencies

HHS
Department of Health and Human Services

IACUC
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee

IRB
Institutional Review Board

NIH
National Institutes of Health

NSF
National Science Foundation

OMB
Office of Management & Budget; Federal office which serves to help improve administrative management, develop better performance measures and coordinating mechanisms

PI
Principal Investigator

TOE
Time and Effort

SPARC
Sponsored Programs Administration & Research Compliance