Below is the uncorrected machine-read text of this chapter, intended to provide our own search engines and external engines with highly rich, chapter-representative searchable text of each book. Because it is UNCORRECTED material, please consider the following text as a useful but insufficient proxy for the authoritative book pages.
E Abbreviations ACE American Council on Education AFMC Air Force Materiel Command AFOSR Air Force Office of Scientific Research AFRIMS U.S.-Thai Armed Forces Research Institute for Medical Sciences AFRL Air Force Research Laboratory AMC Army Materiel Command AOARD Asian Office of Aerospace Research & Development ARO Army Research Office ARL Army Research Laboratory ASA(AL&T) Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics & Technology ASAF(AQ) Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition ASD(R&E) Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering ASEAN Association of South East Asian Nations ASN(RD&A) Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development & Acquisition BGST Board on Global Science and Technology BRIC Brazil, Russia, India, China CDC Centers for Disease Control CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research COI Communities of Interest DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DASA(R&T) Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research & Technology DASAF(ST&E) Deputy Assistant of the Air Force for Science, Technology & Engineering DDR&E Director of Defense Research for Research and Engineering DHS Department of Homeland Security DoD Department of Defense DOE Department of Energy DOI Department of the Interior DRE Defense Research Enterprise 119
120 Strategic Engagement in Global S&T DREN Defense Research and Engineering Network DSB Defense Science Board DSTO Defence Science and Technology Organisation (Australia) DTRA Defense Threat Reduction Agency EC European Commission EMBL European Molecular Biology Laboratory EOARD European Office of Aerospace Research & Development EPA Environmental Protection Agency ERASMUS European Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students EU European Union ESTH Environment, Science, Technology and Health FAST Field Assistance in Science & Technology FDA Food and Drug Administration FFRDC Federally Funded Research & Development Center GSTOC Committee on Globalization of Science and Technology: Opportunities and Challenges for the Department of Defense ICRI Intel International Collaborative Research Institute ICUK Innovation China UK Program IODP Integrated Ocean Drilling Program IPOC International Point of Contact ISTCs Intel Science and Technology Centers ITC International Technology Center ITRI Industrial Technology Research Institute JSPS Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NATO STO North Atlantic Treaty Organization Science & Technology Organization NICOP Naval International Cooperation Opportunities in S&T Program NIH National Institutes of Health NIPO Navy International Programs Office NIPR Non-classified Internet Protocol NIST National Institute of Standards & Technology NOAA National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Agency NRC National Research Council NRE Naval Research Enterprise NRL Naval Research Laboratory NSB National Science Board NSF National Science Foundation OES Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental & Scientific Affairs ONR Office of Naval Research ONR-G Office of Naval Research Global OSD Office of the Secretary of Defense
Appendix E 121 OSTP Office of Science & Technology Policy PIRE Partnerships for International Research & Education QDR Quadrennial Defense Review Report RDEC Research, Development & Engineering Center RDECOM Research, Development & Engineering Command RFEC RDECOM Forward Element Command R&D Research and Development R&E EXCOM Research & Engineering Executive Committee SKA Square Kiometre Array Project SOARD Southern Office of Aerospace Research & Development STI Science, Technology, and Innovation SWOT Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threats S&Es Scientists and Engineers S&T Science & Technology TRL Technology Readiness Level TTCP The Technical Cooperation Program UARC University-Affiliated Research Center USAID U.S. Agency for International Development USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture USMC U.S. Marine Corps
