Acronyms
A Cumulative Collection of Acronyms Used at NSF I/UCRC Annual Meetings

NSF Acronyms

CISE = Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering

CNS = Division of Computer and Network Systems

EEC = Division of Engineering Education and Centers

EHR = Directorate for Education and Human Resources

ENG = Directorate for Engineering

EPSCoR = Office of Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research

GOALI = Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry

IIP = Office of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships

I/UCRC = Industry/University Cooperative Research Center(s)

MIPR = Military Interdepartmental Procurement Request

NSF = National Science Foundation

OAD = Office of the Assistant Director

OD = Office of the Director

OISE = Office of International Science and Engineering

SBIR = Small Business Innovation Research

STTR = Small Business Technology Transfer

TIE (project) = two or more Centers and their industrial members engage in a cooperative research project of interest to all parties (with NSF and industry sharing costs).

Center Acronyms

CAFS = Center for Advanced Forestry Systems

CELDi = Center for Engineering Logistics and Distribution

CFSP = Center for Friction Stir Processing

CHREC = Center for High-Performance Reconfigurable Computing

CITeR = Center for Identification Technology Research

CNDE = Center for Nondestructive Evaluation

MAST = Center for Membrane Applied Science and Technology

Other Acronyms

AAAS = American Association for the Advancement of Science

ASTRA = Alliance for Science & Technology Research in America (science advocacy group)

CRS = Congressional Research Services

DARPA = Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DoD = Department of Defense

DoE = Department of Energy

R&D = Research and Development

S&T = Science and Technology