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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Foundations of a Healthy and Vital Research Community for NASA Science. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26575.
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Acronyms and Abbreviations

AA associate administrator
AAPISI Asian American and Pacific Islander–Serving Institution
AAS American Astronomical Society
AGI American Geosciences Institute
AGU American Geophysical Union
AIP American Institute of Physics
AISL Advancement in Informal STEM Learn
AO announcement of opportunity
APAC Astrophysics Advisory Committee
APL Applied Physics Laboratory
APS American Physical Society
ASAC Applied Sciences Advisory Committee
BPAC Biological and Physical Sciences Advisory Committee
CAIB Columbia Accident Investigation Board
CASIS Center for the Advancement of Science in Space
Co-I co-investigator
DAPR dual anonymous peer review
DEI diversity, equity, and inclusion
DEIA diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility
DoD Department of Defense
DOE Department of Energy
EPO Education and Public Outreach
ESAC Earth Science Advisory Committee
ESMD Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Foundations of a Healthy and Vital Research Community for NASA Science. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26575.
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FEVS Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey
FFRDC federally funded research and development center
FYDP Future Years Defense Program
GLOBE Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment
GO General Observer
GOES Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
HBCU Historically Black College and University
HEOMD Human Exploration Operations Mission Directorate
HPAC Heliophysics Advisory Committee
HSI Hispanic-Serving Institution
ISS International Space Station
IT information technology
JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JWST James Webb Space Telescope
MI minority institution
MPP Mentor Protégé Program
MSI minority serving Institution
MUREP Minority University Research and Education Project
NAC NASA Advisory Council
NAE CASE National Academy of Engineering Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NIH National Institutes of Health
NIP New Investigator Program
NoDD No Due Date
NRA NASA Research Announcement
NRL Naval Research Laboratory
NSF National Science Foundation
NSPIRES NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System
OCHCO Office of the Chief Human Capital Office
OCS Office of the Chief Scientist
ODEO Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity
OMB Office of Management and Budget
OPM Office of Personnel Management
oSTEM Out in STEM
OSTEM Office of STEM Engagement
PAC Planetary Science Advisory Committee
PI principal investigator
PSD Planetary Science Division
PSI Planetary Science Institute
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Foundations of a Healthy and Vital Research Community for NASA Science. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26575.
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R1 very high research activity institution
R&A research and analysis
ROSES Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences
RRNES Rapid Response and Novel Research in Earth Science
SBIR/STTR Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer Research
SciAct Science Activation
SMD Science Mission Directorate
SOMD Space Operations Mission Directorate
SSB Space Studies Board
SSI Space Studies Institute
STEM science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
STI Scientific and Technical Information
STMD Space Technology Mission Directorate
SWE-AWE Society of Women in Engineering—Assessing Women and Men in Engineering
SwRI Southwest Research Institute
TAC Time Allocation Committee
TCU Tribal College and University
UARC University Affiliated Research Center
USRA Universities Space Research Association
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Foundations of a Healthy and Vital Research Community for NASA Science. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26575.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Foundations of a Healthy and Vital Research Community for NASA Science. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26575.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Foundations of a Healthy and Vital Research Community for NASA Science. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26575.
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The U.S. space science community includes thousands of scientists across multiple disciplines that influence and are influenced by the many engineers, technicians, and support personnel that are part of the space research enterprise. Over one-third of NASA's budget is devoted to space science, and the agency currently operates over 50 space missions in the fields of astrophysics, Earth science, solar and space physics, planetary science, and the biological and physical sciences. The strength of NASA science lies with its people, both those who work directly for the agency and the thousands of researchers and professionals who are funded by NASA grants and contracts.

At the request of NASA, this report examines the foundation for healthy and vital research communities. Foundations of a Healthy and Vital Research Community for NASA Science identifies the characteristics of a healthy and vital research community, defines implementable measures for assessing the health and vitality of a research community, describes the types of data that NASA should be collecting to enable future assessments of the health and vitality of the scientific work force, and recommends best practices to improve the health and vitality of NASA’s research communities.

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