Funding Agency and Program Acronyms

Funding Agency and Program Acronyms
Program Acronym	Funding Agency Name
ACDA	U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
ACS-PDRF	American Chemical Society Petroleum Development Research Fund
AFOSR	Air Force Office of Scientific Research
AIRFORCE	self explanatory
BATTELE	self explanatory
BRF	Black Rock Forest
BSF	Binational Science Foundation
CEROS	National Defense Center of Excellence for Research in Ocean Sciences
CGP	Center for Global Partnerships (Japan Foundation)
CIT	California Institute of Technology
CSEDI	Cooperative Studies of the Earth's Deep Interior (NSF)
DARPA	Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DNA	Defense Nuclear Agency
DOD	Department of Defense
DOE	Department of Energy
DSDP	Deep Sea Drilling Project
EPA	Environmental Protection Agency
FORD	Ford Foundation
GOALI	Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (under NSF)
GRI	Gas Research Institute
HRF	Hudson River Foundation
IAI	Intra-American Institute for Global Change Research (NSF)
IRICP	International Institute for Climate Predication
IRIS	Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
JOI	Joint Oceanographic Institution, Inc.
JOI/USSAC	Joint Oceanographic Institution, Inc. / United States Science Advisory Committee
JOI/USSSP	Joint Oceanographic Institution, Inc. / United States Science Support Program
JPL	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
LINK	Link Foundation
MMIA	Methods and Models for Integrated Assessment (research opportunity related to the NSF Global Change Program
MMS	Minerals Management Services
NASA	National Aeronautic and Space Agency
NASM	Nation Air and Space Museum
NCEER	National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research
NCCOSC	Naval Command Control and Ocean Surveillance Center
NCRI	National Coastal Resources Research and Development Institution
NGS	National Geographic Society
NIEHS	National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
NOAA	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOARL	Naval Oceanographic and Atmospheric Research Laboratory
NRC	Nuclear Regulatory Commission or National Research Council
NRICGP	National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program (under the USDA)
NRL	Naval Research Laboratory
NSF	National Science Foundation
NSTC	National Science and Technology Council
NYS	New York State
NYSERDA	New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
NYSEAGRANT	self explanatory
OAKRIDGE	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
ODP	Ocean Drilling Project
ONR	Office of Naval Research
PECASE	Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (program under various agencies)
ONT	Office of Naval Technology
SUNYBF	State University of New York Buffalo
SUNYRF	State University of New York Research Foundation
TINKER	Tinker Foundation
U.S. GLOBEC	U.S. Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics (NSF/NOAA)
US/GCRP	U. S. Global Change Research Program -- research funded jointly by NSF, DOE and NOAA
US/SPAIN	U.S. Spanish Joint Committee
USDA	U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDI	U.S. Department of the Interior
USGS	U.S. Geological Survey
USMAB	United States National Committee for Man and the Biosphere