OVPRI Acronyms

A

AqACS: Aquatics Animal Care Services

ARS: Activity Reports

AWS: Animal Welfare Services

B

BAG: Budget Advisory Group

C

CAI: Committee for Academic Infrastructure

CAS: College of Arts and Sciences

CAMCOR: Center for Advanced Materials Characterization in Oregon

CDFA: Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

CFR: Code of Federal Regulations

C&I or CNI: Research Centers and Institutes

COACh: Committee on the Advancement of Women Chemists

COI/COC: Conflicts of Interest/Conflicts of Commitment

Co-PI: Co-Principal Investigator

CSWS: Center for the Study of Women in Society

D

DC: Direct Costs

DEIC: OVPRI Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee

DGA: Department Grant Administrator

DPA: Data Privacy Agreement

DUA: Data Use Agreement

E

EPCS: Electronic Proposal Clearance System

F

F&A: Facilities and Administrative Costs

FY: Fiscal Year

G

GC3F: Genomics and Cell Characterization Core Facility

H

HECC: Higher Education Coordinating Commission

HERD: Higher Education Research & Development Survey

HPC: High-Performance Computing

I

IACUC: Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee

IBC: Institutional Biosafety Committee

ICC: Indirect Cost Credits

IDC: Indirect CostsIDEA: Institutional Data Experts and Analysis (IDEA) Direct Access Subcommittee

IDR: Integrated Data Reporting

IE2: Institute of Ecology and Evolution

IFS: Institute for Fundamental Science

IIT: Innovation, Industry, and Translation 

ION: Institute of Neuroscience

IPR: Intellectual Property Rights

IMB: Institute of Molecular Biology

IRB: Institutional Review Board

IRIS: Institute of Research for Innovation and Science

IROCE: Institute for Resilient Organizations, Communities, and Environments

J

JIT: Just-In-Time 

JV: Journal Voucher

L

LCNI: Lewis Center for Neuroimaging

M

MOA: Memorandum of Agreement

MOU: Memorandum of Understanding

MRI: Major Research Instrumentation

MSI: Materials Science Institute

MTA: Materials Transfer Agreement

MTDC: Modified Total Direct Costs

N

NAI: National Academy of Inventors

NDAs: Non-Disclosure Agreements

NGA: Notice of Grant Award

NIH: National Institutes of Health

NSF: National Science Foundation

O

OACISS: Oregon Advanced Computing Institue for Science and Society

OFAD: Oregon Fabrication and Design

OHC: Oregon Humanities Center

OMQ: Oregon Center for Optical, Molecular, and Quantum Science

OPE: Other Personnel Expenses

OPHS: Office for Protection of Human Subjects

ORCR: Office for Responsible Conduct of Research

ORSA: Office of Research Services and Administration

OtP: Office of the Provost

OVPRI: Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation

P

PI: Principal Investigator

PRF: Payroll Request Form

PCS: Professional Services Contract

PRA: Project Rules Agreement

PSI: Prevention Science Institute

R

RAB: Research Advisory Board

RACS: Research Advance Computing Services

RAP: Research Administration Portal

RAS: Research Analytics Services

RCBS: Research Core Business Services

RCF: Research Core Facility

RCR: Responsible Conduct of Research

RCS: Research Compliance Services

RDS: Research Development Services

RFBA: Research Finance and Business Administration

RIEP: Research Instrumentation and Equipment Program

RIGI: Historic name for OVPRI

RTS: Research Technology Services

S

SAG: Space Advisory Group

SciSAG: Science Space Advisory Group

SEFA: Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards

SERMC: Strategic Enterprise Risk Management and Compliance

SOW: Statement of Work

SPA: Sponsored Projects Administrator

SPS: Sponsored Project Services

SRA: Sponsored Research Agreement

SRAC: Sponsored Research Advisory Council

T

TDC: Total Direct Costs

TSA: historical name for Oregon Fabrication and Design

TeACS: Terrestrial Animal Care Services

U

UROP: Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program 

State Acronyms