| AAALAC |
Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International |
| AAAS |
American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| AAMC |
Association of American Medical Colleges |
| ACS |
American Cancer Society |
| ACS |
American Chemical Society |
| ADA |
American Diabetes Association |
| AFOSR |
Air Force Office of Scientific Research |
| AHA |
American Heart Association |
| AMA |
American Medical Association |
| ARPA-E |
Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy |
| AUTM |
Association of University Technology Managers |
| CDC |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CFDA |
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance |
| COGR |
Council on Governmental Relations |
| DCAA |
Defense Contract Audit Agency |
| DED |
Department of Education |
| DHHS |
Department of Health and Human Services |
| DHS |
Department of Homeland Security |
| DOC |
Department of Commerce |
| DOD |
Department of Defense |
| DOE |
Department of Energy |
| DOI |
Department of Interior |
| DOJ |
Department of Justice |
| DOL |
Department of Labor |
| DOS |
Department of State |
| DOT |
Department of Transportation |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
| FAA |
Federal Aviation Administration |
| FBI |
Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| FDA |
Food and Drug Administration |
| FDP |
Federal Demonstration Partnership |
| FEMA |
Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| FIC |
Fogarty International Center (NIH) |
| GPG |
Grant Proposal Guide |
| GSA |
General Services Administration |
| HUD |
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development |
| IARPA |
Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity |
| IMLS |
Institute of Museum and Library Services |
| IRS |
Internal Revenue Service |
| ITAR |
International Traffic in Arms Regulations |
| NACUBO |
National Association of College and University Business Officers |
| NAS |
National Academy of Sciences |
| NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NCHGR |
National Center for Human Genome Research (NIH) |
| NCI |
National Cancer Institute (NIH) |
| NCURA |
National Council of University Research Administrators |
| NEA |
National Endowment for the Arts |
| NEH |
National Endowment for the Humanities |
| NEI |
National Eye Institute (NIH) |
| NHLBI |
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH) |
| NIA |
National Institute on Aging (NIH) |
| NIAAA |
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIH) |
| NIAID |
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH) |
| NIAMS |
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIH) |
| NIBIB |
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIH) |
| NICHD |
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NIH) |
| NIDA |
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIH) |
| NIDCD |
National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders (NIH) |
| NIDCR |
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIH) |
| NIDDK |
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIH) |
| NIEHS |
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIH) |
| NIGMS |
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH) |
| NIH |
National Institutes of Health |
| NIMH |
National Institute of Mental Health (NIH) |
| NIMHD |
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIH) |
| NINDS |
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NIH) |
| NINR |
National Institute for Nursing Research (NIH) |
| NIST |
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| NLM |
National Library of Medicine (NIH) |
| NRC |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
| NSF |
National Science Foundation |
| OFPP |
Office of Federal Procurement Policy |
| OHRR |
Office for Human Research Protections |
| OMB |
Office of Management and Budget |
| ONR |
Office of Naval Research |
| PHS |
Public Health Service |
| SBA |
Small Business Administration |
| SRA |
Society of Research Administrators |
| SSA |
Social Security Administration |
| TVA |
Tennessee Valley Authority |
| UCOR |
URS / CH2M |
| USAID |
Agency for International Development |
| USDA |
United States Department of Agriculture |
| UTB |
UT-Battelle, LLC |
| VA |
Department of Veterans Administration |
| Y-12 |
Y-12 National Security Complex |