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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 |
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 |
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 |