اختصارات عامة

• AAAS – American Association for the Advancement of Science
• AEC – Atomic Energy Commission (forerunner of DOE)
• AFCS – Alliance for Cellular Signaling محاولة لفهم إشارات الخلايا البينية في حالتي المرض والصحة ثم ترتيب البيانات المحصلة في نماذج نظرية تسمح بفهم إشارات الخلايا الحية
• AIP – American Institute of Physics
• AUTM – Association of University Technology Managers
• BAA – Broad Agency Announcement
• CDC – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• CEPH – Centre d’Etude du Polymorphisme Humaine
• CERN – Conseil European Pour La Rechierche Nucleaire
• CES – Cooperative Extension Services
• CGAP – Cancer Genome Anatomy Project
• COSEPUP – Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy
• CRADA – Cooperative Research and Development Agreement
• CSR – Center for Scientific Review
• DARPA – The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
• DHHS – Department of Health and Human Services
• DOD – Department of Defense
• DOE – Department of Energy
• DTP – Developmental Therapeutics Program
• EDRN – The Early Detection Research Network
• EPA – Environmental Protection Agency
• EST – Expressed Sequence Tag
• FDA – Food and Drug Administration
• GPRA – Government Performance and Results Act
• HGP – Human Genome Project
• HHMI – Howard Hughes Medical Institute
• HRT – Hormone Replacement Therapy
• HUGO - Human Genome Organization
• HUPO – Human Proteome Organization
• INS – Immigration and Naturalization Service
• IRG – Integrated Review Groups
• IUPAP – International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
• JCSG – Joint Center for Structure Genomics
• MBL – Marine Biology Laboratory
• MMHCC – Mouse Models of Human Cancers Consortium
• MOU – Memoranda of Understanding
• NACA – National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
• NAS – National Academy of Sciences
• NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• NCAB – National Cancer Advisory Board
• NCI – National Cancer Institute
• NDRC – National Defense Research Committee
• NHGRI – National Human Genome Research Institute
• NHLBI – National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
• NIAID – National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
• NIEHS – National Institute of Environmental Health Science
• NIGMS – National Institute of General Medical Sciences
• NIH – National Institutes of Health
• NOAA – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• NOARL – Naval Oceanographic and Atmospheric Research Laboratory
• NRAC – Naval Research Advisory Committee
• NRC – National Research Council
• NRSA – National Research Service Awards
• NSF – National Science Foundation
• NTP – National Toxicology Program
• OES – Office of Experiment Stations
• OMB – Office of Management and Budget
• ONR – Office of Naval Research
• OSHA – Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• OSTP – Office of Science and Technology Policy
• OTA – Office of Technology Assessment
• OTIR – Office of Technology and Industrial Relations
• PA – Program Announcement
• PDB – Protein Data Bank
• PFGRC – Pathogen Functional Genomics Resource Center
• PSAC – Presidents Science Advisory Committee
• PSI – Protein Structure Initiative
• RAID – Rapid Access to Intervention Development
• RFA – Request for Applications
• RTLA – Reach Through License Agreements
• SBIR – Small Business Innovation Research
• SDI – Strategic Defense Initiative
• SEP – Special Emphasis Panels
• SNP – Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms
• SPORE – Specialized Programs of Research Excellence
• SSC – Superconducting Super Collider
• STC – Science and Technology Centers مراكز العلم والتكنولوجيا / مؤسسة العلم الوطنية الأمريكية مخصصة لمتابعة الأبحاث التي تحتاج لتعاون عدة جهات ومدة طويلة
• STTR – Small Business Technology Transfer
• TIGR – The Institute for Genomic Research
• UIP – Unconventional Innovations Program
• URA – Universities Research Association تجمع من 86 جامعة مهتمة بالبحث معظمها من الولايات المتحدة وبعضها من اليابان وكندا وإيطاليا وهي مؤسسة غير ربحية توجه البحث العلمي للمصلحة الوطنية
• USDA – United States Department of Agriculture وزارة الزراعة الأمريكية
• VA – Department of Veterans Affairs
• VRC – Vaccine Research Center معهد حكومي أمريكي لتطوير لقاحات للأمراض البشرية وبالأخص الإيدز
• WHI – Women’s Health Initiative