Appendix C
Acronyms and Abbreviations
AAMC
Association of American Medical Colleges
AAU
Association of American Universities
ACS
American Chemical Society
ASCB
American Society for Cell Biology
BWF
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
CAREER
NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program
COSEPUP
Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, The National Academies
CSR
Center for Scientific Review, NIH
EMBL
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
EMBO
European Molecular Biology Organization
F Awards
NIH Fellowship Programs
F32
NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Individual Postdoctoral Fellows
FASEB
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
FIRST
NIH First Independent Research Support and Transition Award (R29)
GREAT
Graduate Research, Education, and Training Group, Association of American Medical Colleges
HHMI
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
ICs
NIH Institutes and Centers
IMPAC II
Information for Management, Planning, Analysis, and Coordination II (NIH internal database on grant applications and awards)
INSERM
Institut national de la santé et de la recherché medicale (French National Institute for Health and Medical Research)
IOM
Institute of Medicine, The National Academies
K Awards
NIH Career Development Programs
K01
NIH Research Scientist Development Award–Research & Training
K02
NIH Research Scientist Development Award–Research
K04
NIH Modified Research Career Development Award (not currently in use)
K08
NIH Clinical Investigator Award
K12
NIH Physician Scientist Award (Program)
K18
NIH Career Enhancement Award
K22
NIH Career Transition Award
K23
NIH Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award
K25
NIH Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development Award
NAS
National Academy of Sciences, The National Academies
NCI
National Cancer Institute, NIH
NDPA
NIH Director’s Pioneer Award
NIBIB
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, NIH
NIEHS
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH
NIGMS
National Institute of General Medical Sciences, NIH
NIH
National Institutes of Health
NIRA
NIH New Investigator Research Award (R23)
NPA
National Postdoctoral Association
NRC
National Research Council, The National Academies
NRSA
NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award
NSF
National Science Foundation
NTA
NIEHS Trainees Assembly (see Box 4-4)
OFCD
NIEHS Office of Fellows’ Career Development (see Box 4-4)
PECASE
Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers
PHS
United States Public Health Service
PI
Principal Investigator
R Awards
NIH Research Programs
R01
NIH Research Project (traditional investigator-initiated research award)
R03
NIH Small Research Grant
R15
NIH Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA)
R21
NIH Exploratory/Developmental Grant
R23
NIH New Investigator Research Award (not currently in use)
R29
NIH First Independent Research Support and Transition (FIRST) Award
R37
NIH Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) Award
R55
NIH James A. Shannon Director’s Award
SDR
Survey of Doctorate Recipients, National Science Foundation (see Box 2-1)
SRA
Scientific Review Administrator, Center for Scientific Review, NIH
T Awards
NIH Training Programs
T32
NIH Institutional National Research Service Award (training grant)
T90
NIH Training for a New Interdisciplinary Workforce Program
Type 1
NIH new grant application
Type 2
NIH competing continuation (renewal, recompeting application)
UCSF
University of California, San Francisco
UNC
University of North Carolina