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Acronyms
| AAFS | American Academy of Forensic Sciences |
| ACMD | Applied Chemicals and Materials Division |
| ACS | American Chemical Society |
| AFM | atomic force microscopy |
| AM Bench | Additive Manufacturing Benchmark Test Series |
| AMAP | Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme |
| API | application programming interface |
| APS | American Physical Society |
| ARMI | Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute |
| ARPA-E | Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy |
| ASM | American Society of Materials |
| ASTM | American Society for Testing and Materials |
| ASTMi | American Society for Testing Materials International |
| ATB-MII | Advanced Tissue Biofabrication Manufacturing Innovation Institute |
| ATCC | American Type Culture Collection |
| BADSS | Business Application Development, Support, and Security Group |
| BBD | Biosystems and Biomaterials Division |
| BCARS | broadband coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering |
| BMD | Biomolecular Measurement Division |
| BSL-2 | Biosafety Level 2 |
| CALPHAD | Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control |
| cGMP | current Good Manufacturing Practices |
| CHiMaD | Center for Hierarchical Materials Design |
| CLL | chronic lymphocytic leukemia |
| CNST | Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology |
| CRADA | Cooperative Research and Development Agreement |
| CRP | C-reactive protein |
| CSD | Chemical Sciences Division |
| CSD | Chemical Sciences Division |
| CSTL | Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory |
| ctDNA | circulating tumor DNA |
| DARPA | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| DFT | density functional theory |
| DHS | Department of Homeland Security |
| DMP | data management plan |
| DNA | deoxyribonucleic acid |
| DOC | Department of Commerce |
| DOD | Department of Defense |
| DOE | Department of Energy |
| DOJ | Department of Justice |
| DOT | Department of Transportation |
| EDRN | Early Detection Research Network |
| EGFR | epidermal growth factor receptor |
| ENP | engineered nanoparticle |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| ERCC | External RNA Controls Consortium |
| ERF | equivalent number of reference fluorophores |
| FACT | Facility for Adsorbent Characterization and Testing |
| FBI | Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| FIB SEM | focused ion beam scanning electron microscope |
| FISH | fluorescence in situ hybridization |
| FIZ | Fachinformationszentrum Karlsruhe |
| FTE | full-time equivalent |
| GHS | Globally Harmonized System |
| GIAB | Genome in a Bottle Consortium |
| GM | General Motors |
| HER2 | human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 |
| HML | Hollings Marine Laboratory |
| HMP | Human Microbiome Project |
| IBBR | Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research |
| ICSD | Inorganic Crystal Structure Database |
| IFCC | International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine |
| IgG | immunoglobulin G |
| IMMSA | International Metagenomics and Microbiome Standards Alliance |
| InChI | International Chemical Identifier |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
| IT | information technology |
| ITL | Information Technology Laboratory |
| IUPAC | International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry |
| JANAF | Joint Army Navy Airforce |
| JILA | Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics |
| JIMB | Joint Initiative for Metrology in Biology |
| LC-MS | liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry |
| LIMS | Laboratory Information Management System |
| Li-ons | Lithium-ions |
| low-GWP | low-global warming potential |
| mAb | monoclonal antibody |
| MATES | Multi-Agency Tissue Engineering Science |
| MCL | Molecular Characterization Laboratory |
| MDCS | Materials Data Curation System |
| MEP | Manufacturing Extension Partnership |
| MGI | Materials Genome Initiative |
| MIDAS | Management of Institutional Data Assets |
| miRNA | microRNA |
| MIT | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| MML | Material Measurement Laboratory |
| MMSD | Materials Measurement Science Division |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| MSED | Materials Science and Engineering Division |
| MSEL | Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory |
| MTA | Materials Transfer Agreement |
| NCI | National Cancer Institute |
| NCI-MATCH | National Cancer Institute, Molecular Analysis for Therapy Choice |
| NCMC | National Cell Manufacturing Consortium |
| NDA | nondisclosure agreement |
| NDP | neutron depth profiling |
| NERSC | National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center |
| NGS | next-generation sequencing |
| NIAID | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases |
| NIDCR | National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research |
| NIH | National Institutes of Health |
| NIIMBL | National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals |
| NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| NMR | nuclear magnetic resonance |
| NNSA | National Nuclear Security Administration |
| NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NRC | National Research Council |
| NREL | National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
| NSLS-II | National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| N-STEP | NIST Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Program |
| OAR | Open Access to Research |
| ODI | Office of Data and Informatics |
| OISM | Office of Information Systems Management |
| ORM | Office of Reference Materials |
| OSTP | Office of Science and Technology Policy |
| PECASE | Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers |
| PLOT-cryo | porous layer open tubular cryoadsorption |
| PML | Physical Measurement Laboratory |
| R&D | research and development |
| REFPROP | Reference Fluid Thermodynamic and Transport Properties Database |
| RM | reference method |
| RMP | reference measurement procedure |
| SAXS | small-angle X-ray scattering |
| SBSC | Synthetic Biology Standards Consortium |
| SCB | Standards Coordinating Body |
| SD | service development |
| SEM | scanning electron microscopy |
| SERI | strategic and emerging research initiatives |
| SMSD | Surface and Microanalysis Science Division |
| SPRi | surface plasmon resonance imaging |
| SRD | standard reference data |
| SRI | standard reference instrument |
| SRM | standard reference material |
| STEM | science, technology, engineering, and mathematics |
| STR | short tandem repeat |
| TE | tissue engineering |
| TEM | transmission electron microscopy |
| TERMIS-AM | Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society-Americas |
| TMS | The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society |
| UV-Vis | ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy |
| UMD | University of Maryland |
| URL | uniform resource locator |
| U.S. TAG | U.S. Technical Advisory Group |
| WCF | working capital fund |
| XRD | X-ray diffraction |