Appendix G
Glossary
ARRA—American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
ASCR—Advanced Scientific Computing Research
BER—Biological and Environmental Research
BES—Basic Energy Sciences
COTR—Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative
CRADA—Cooperative Research and Development Agreement
DNP—Office of Defense Nuclear Nonprolifieration
DoD—Department of Defense
DoE—Department of Energy
EERE—Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
EIN—Employer Identification Number
EM—Office of Environmental Management
FAR—Federal Acquisition Regulation
FE—Office of Fossil Energy
FES—Fusion Energy Sciences
FOA—Funding Opportunity Announcement
FY—Fiscal Year
GAO—Government Accountability Office
HEP—High Energy Physics
IP—Intellectual Property
ITAR—International Traffic in Arms Regulations
LOI—Letter of Intent
MOSB—Minority-owned Small Business
NASA—National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NE—Nuclear Energy
NIH—National Institutes of Health
NP—Nuclear Physics
NRC—National Research Council
NREL—National Renewable Energy Laboratory
NSF—National Science Foundation
PAMS—Portfolio Analysis and Management System
PI—Principal Investigator
PNNL—Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
R&D—Research and Development
RI—Research Institution
SBA—Small Business Administration
SBC—Small Business Concern
SBIR—Small Business Innovation Research Program
SC—Office of Science
STTR—Small Business Technology Transfer Program
TM—Topic Manager
TTM—Technical Topic Monitor
TPM—Technical Project Manager
TPOC—Technical Point of Contact
TRL—Technology Readiness Level
WOSB—Woman-owned Small Business
