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FEDERAL FUNDING OF ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH
CDP
Cross Directorate Programs
CGRO
Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
COBE
Cosmic Background Explorer
CoI
coinvestigator
COMPTEL
Imaging Compton Telescope
CP
charge-parity conjugation
CR
cosmic ray
CSO
Caltech Submillimeter Observatory
CTIO
Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory
CY
calendar year
DA
data analysis
DDRF
Director's Discretionary Research Fund
DOD
Department of Defense
DOE
Department of Energy
EGRET
Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope on CGRO
EPSCoR
Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (NSF)
ESA
European Space Agency
ESO
European Southern Observatory
ESP
Education and Special Programs
EUVE
Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer
EXC
Extragalactic and Cosmology program (NSF)
EXGAL
Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology program (NSF)
FCRAO
Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory
FFRDC
Federally Funded Research and Development Center
FIR
far infrared
FTE
full-time equivalent
FUSE
Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer
FY
fiscal year
GAL
Galactic Astronomy program (NSF)
GALLEX
European Gallium Solar-neutrino Detector
GBT
Green Bank Telescope
GDP
gross domestic product
GINGA
Third Japanese X-ray Astronomy Satellite
GISS
Goddard Institute for Space Studies
GLAST
Gamma Ray Large Area Space Telescope
GO
Guest Observer program
GP-B
Gravity Probe B
GPRA
Government Performance and Results Act of 1993
GSFC
Goddard Space Flight Center
GTO
Guaranteed Time Observer (usually instrument or telescope builder)
HALCA
Highly Advanced Laboratory for Communications and Astronomy
HEA
High-Energy Astrophysics (DOE)
HEAO
High Energy Astrophysics Observatory (HEAO-B = Einstein)