Appendix F
Acronyms
ADVANCE Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers
AFOSR Air Force Office of Scientific Research
AMS American Mathematical Society
ARO Army Research Office
ASA American Statistical Association
COSEPUP Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DHHS Department of Health and Human Services
DMS Division of Mathematical Sciences
DMS/NSF Division of Mathematical Sciences/National Science Foundation
DOD Department of Defense
DOE Department of Energy
EMSW21 Enhancing the Mathematical Sciences Workforce in the 21st Century
GIG Group Infrastructure Grant
GSS Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering
IPEDS Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
MAA Mathematical Association of America
MCTP Mentoring through Critical Transition Points
MPS Mathematics and Physical Sciences Directorate
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NIH National Institutes of Health
NRC National Research Council
NSA National Security Agency
NSF National Science Foundation
NSF R&D National Science Foundation Research and Development
ONR Office of Naval Research
OSTP Office of Science and Technology Policy
PAID Partnerships for Adaptation, Implementation, and Dissemination
PI principal investigator
R&D research and development
REU Research Experience for Undergraduates
RFG Research Focus Group
RFP request for proposals
RIT Research Interaction Team
RTG Research Training Group
SDR Survey of Doctoral Recipients
S&E science and engineering
SED Survey of Earned Doctorates
SEP Special Emphasis Panel
SHE science, engineering, or health
SIAM Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
TA teaching assistantship
USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture
VIGRE Grants for Vertical Integration of Research and Education in the Mathematical Sciences
