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Acronyms and Abbreviations
AAMC | American Association of Medical Colleges |
AAS | American Astronomical Society |
AAUP | American Association of University Professors |
ADVANCE | Organizational Change for Gender Equity in STEM Academic Professions |
AGU | American Geophysical Union |
AHN | Native American/Alaskan/Hawaiian |
AIP | American Institute of Physics |
AO | announcement of opportunity |
ARC | Ames Research Center |
B&P | bid and proposal |
BOSE | Board on Science Education |
BPC | Broadening Participation in Computing |
BUILD | Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity |
CDR | Critical Design Review |
CEOSE | Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering |
CI | Cooperative Institute |
CISE | Computer and Information Science and Engineering |
CML | concept maturity level |
Co-I | co-investigator |
CSR | Concept Study Report |
CV | curriculum vitae |
CYGNSS | Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System |
DAPR | Dual Anonymous Peer Review |
DEI | diversity, equity, and inclusion |
DEIA | diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility |
DMR | Division of Materials Research |
DoD | Department of Defense |
DOE | Department of Energy |
DPS | Division of Planetary Science |
EPP | Educational Partnership Program |
EV | Earth Venture |
EV-C | Earth Venture Continuity |
EV-I | Earth Venture Instrument |
EV-M | Earth Venture Mission |
EV-S | Earth Venture Suborbital |
FAR | Federal Acquisitions Regulation |
FFRDC | federally funded research and development center |
FINESST | Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology |
FUSE | Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer |
GOES | Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites |
GOLD | Geosciences Opportunity for Leadership in Diversity |
GRAIL | Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory |
GSFC | Goddard Space Flight Center |
HBCU | Historically Black College or University |
HBCU-EiR | Historically Black Colleges and Universities Excellence in Research |
HEOMD | Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate |
HQ | Headquarters |
HSI | Hispanic-Serving Institution |
IDeA | Institutional Development Award |
IDS | Interdisciplinary Research Science |
INBRE | IdeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence |
INCLUDES | Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Sciences |
IRACDA | Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Awards |
IRAD | Internal Research and Development |
IRG | Interdisciplinary Research Group |
ITAR | International Traffic in Arms Regulations |
JHU/APL | Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory |
JPL | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
LaRC | Langley Research Center |
LASP | Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (University of Colorado Boulder) |
LGBTQ+ | lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer |
LPSC | Lunar and Planetary Science Conference |
MARC | Maximizing Access to Research Careers |
MDAA | Mission Directorate Associate Administrator |
MDR | Mission Definition Review |
MIDEX | Medium-Class Explorer |
MIRO | MUREP Institutional Research Opportunity |
MoO | mission of opportunity (also MO) |
MOSAIC | Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Independent Careers |
MRSEC | Materials Research Science and Engineering Center |
MSI | Minority Serving Institution |
MUCERPI | Minority University and College Education and Research Partnership Initiative |
MUREP | Minority University Research and Education Programs |
NAC | NASA Advisory Council |
NARCH | Native American Research Centers for Health |
NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NCAS | NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars |
NCES | National Center for Education Statistics |
NEAR | Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous |
NEC | NIH Equity Committee |
NHLBI | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute |
NIGMS | National Institute of General Medical Sciences |
NIH | National Institutes of Health |
NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
NRC | National Research Council |
NRMN | NIH National Research Mentoring Network |
NSF | National Science Foundation |
NSPIRES | NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System |
ODEO | Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity |
OECR | Office of Equity and Civil Rights |
OPM | Office of Personnel Management |
OSTEM | Office of STEM Engagement |
OSTP | Office of Science and Technology Policy |
PDR | Preliminary Design Review |
PEA | Program Element Appendix |
PhD | doctor of philosophy |
PI | principal investigator |
PM | project manager |
PREM | Partnerships for Research and Education and Materials |
PSE | project systems engineer |
R&A | research and analysis |
R&D | research and development |
RaMP | Research and Mentoring for Postbaccalaureates in Biological Sciences |
REM | Research Experience and Mentoring |
RENEW | Reaching a New Energy Sciences Workforce |
RFI | request for information |
RFP | request for proposal |
ROSES | Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences |
S&E | science and engineering |
SAC | STEM Advisory Council |
SALMON | Stand-Alone Missions of Opportunity |
SAMPEX | Solar, Anomalous, and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer |
SIMPLEX | Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration |
SMART | Space Mission Architecture and Risk Analysis Tool |
SMD | Science Mission Directorate (NASA) |
SMD AA | Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate |
SMEX | Small Explorer |
SOMA | Science Office for Mission Assessments |
SSB | Space Studies Board |
STEM | science, technology, engineering, and mathematics |
STMD | Space Technology Mission Directorate |
SWAS | Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite |
SWRI | Southwest Research Institute |
T&C | term and condition |
TCU | Tribal College and University |
TMC | technical, management, and cost |
TRL | technology readiness level |
URM | underrepresented minority |
WBS | work breakdown structure |
W/M | woman/man |