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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Advancing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Leadership of Competed Space Missions. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26385.
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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
Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Advancing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Leadership of Competed Space Missions. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26385.
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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
Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Advancing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Leadership of Competed Space Missions. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26385.
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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
Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Advancing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Leadership of Competed Space Missions. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26385.
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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
Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Advancing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Leadership of Competed Space Missions. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26385.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Advancing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Leadership of Competed Space Missions. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26385.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Advancing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Leadership of Competed Space Missions. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26385.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Advancing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Leadership of Competed Space Missions. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26385.
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Fostering diverse and inclusive teams that are highly skilled, innovative, and productive is critical for maintaining U.S. leadership in space exploration. In recent years, NASA has taken steps to advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) in their workforce by releasing its equity action plan, emphasizing how diverse and inclusive teams help maximize scientific returns, and requiring DEIA plans as part of announcements of opportunities. To further its efforts to advance DEIA, the Agency requested the National Academies undertake a study to evaluate ways NASA can address the lack of diversity in space mission leadership.

Advancing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Leadership of Competed Space Missions outlines near and long-term actions NASA can take to make opportunities for leadership and involvement in competed space missions more accessible, inclusive, and equitable. Report recommendations range from changes to the mission proposal process to investments in STEM education and career pathways. This report makes 15 recommendations for advancing DEIA within NASA's Science Mission Directorate divisions that support competed space mission programs. However, many of the report's recommendations could also be applied broadly to research at NASA and other federal agencies and institutions, leading to a more diverse research workforce.

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