ACS |
American Cancer Society |
ACO |
accountable care organization |
BEA |
Bureau of Economic Analysis |
BLS |
Bureau of Labor Statistics |
BRDIS |
Business Research and Development and Innovation Survey (successor to SIRD (Survey of Industrial R&D)) |
CFAR |
Center for Applied Research, LeadingAge |
CMS |
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services |
CPS |
Cancer Prevention Studies |
CQI |
continuous quality improvement |
DHHS |
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
EO BMF |
Exempt Organization Business Master File |
EU |
European Union |
FFRDC |
federally funded research and development center |
GDP |
gross domestic product |
GERD |
gross domestic expenditure on R&D |
HERD |
Higher Education Research and Development Survey (successor to Survey of Research and Development Expenditures at Universities and Colleges) |
HFA |
Hillside Family of Agencies |
HUB |
model of research developed by Hillside Family of Agencies and the University of Buffalo |
HW-SC |
Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection, Hillside Family of Agencies |
IRB |
institutional review board |
IRS |
Internal Revenue Service |
LSSM |
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota |
LSA |
Lutheran Services in America |
NCCS |
National Center for Charitable Statistics, Urban Institute |
NCSES |
National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, the statistical unit within the National Science Foundation |
NPISH |
nonprofit institutions serving households |
NPO |
nonprofit organization |
NRC |
National Research Council of the National Academies |
NSF |
National Science Foundation |
NTEE |
National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities |
PWRBA |
Prince William Regional Beekeepers Association |
PNP |
private nonprofit organization |
PPS |
probability proportional to size sampling |
QCEW |
Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages |
R&D |
research and development |
S&E |
science and engineering |
SARE |
Sustainable Agricultural Research and Education Program, USDA |
SNA |
System of National Accounts |
SOI |
Statistics of Income Division of the Internal Revenue Service |
UK |
United Kingdom |
USDA |
U.S. Department of Agriculture |