List of Acronyms. National Institutes of Health Offices, Institutes, and Centers

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1 List of Acronyms National Institutes of Health Offices, Institutes, and Centers Offices: OD Office of the Director Institutes: NCI NEI NHGRI NHLBI NIA NIAAA NIAID NIAMS NIBIB NICHD NIDA NIDCD NIDCR NIDDK NIEHS NIGMS NIMH NINDS NINR NLM National Cancer Institute National Eye Institute National Human Genome Research Institute National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Institute on Aging National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Institute on Drug Abuse National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences National Institute of General Medical Sciences National Institute of Mental Health National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke National Institute of Nursing Research National Library of Medicine 1

2 Centers: CC CIT CSR FIC NCCAM NCMHD NCRR Clinical Center Center for Information Technology Center for Scientific Review Fogarty International Center National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities National Center for Research Resources Components of the Office of Portfolio Analysis and Strategic Initiatives Divisions: DESA DRDA DSC Division of Evaluation and Systematic Assessments Division of Resource Development and Analysis Division of Strategic Coordination DESA Branches: EB SAB Evaluation Branch Systemic Assessments Branch DRDA Branches: DTA PASO PHB Data, Tools, & Analysis Branch Portfolio Analysis & Scientific Opportunities Branch Public Health Burden Branch DSC Branches: AB OB Analysis Branch Operations Branch Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives OAR OBSSR ODP Office of AIDS Research Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Office of Disease Prevention 2

3 ODS OMAR ORD ORWH Office of Dietary Supplements (within ODP) Office of Medical Applications of Research (within ODP) Office of Rare Diseases (within ODP) Office of Research on Women s Health NIH Activity Codes [new section] Activity Codes are a three-digit code assigned by NIH to identify funding mechanisms (e.g., F32, K12, P01, R01, T32, etc.) General categories include the following: D training projects (e.g., NIH Director s Pioneer Award; NIH Director s New Innovator Awards) F -- fellowships K -- career development awards L loans and scholarships N research contracts P program project and research center grants R research project grants S research-related programs T training grants U cooperative agreements X formula grants Y interagency agreements Z intramural research For specific activity codes and definitions, go to IMPAC Activity Codes, Organization Codes, and Definitions Used in Extramural Programs (Tables 2-4). Also see the Types of Grant Programs page to search activity codes and for more information on selected grant programs, including trans-nih programs. Useful URLs re Activity Codes: NIH Activity Codes: go to bottom of page and click on Activity Codes: For alphabetical comprehensive list: For grants glossary and acronyms: 3

4 Additional Terms from November 8, 2007, and March 31-April 1, 2008, Slide Presentations Note: New entries are in bold font. Items in parens (e,g,, Porter slide 16) note where acronym appears. AACR American Association for Cancer Research (Porter slide 16) AAMC AC ACD ADHD ADMET AHRQ ALS AREDS ATTC BECON Association of American Medical Colleges Advisory Council (each IC has an Advisory Council) Advisory Committee to the Director (NIH) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder adaptation, distribution, metabolism, excretion (ADME) and toxicological (TOX) profiles; sometimes listed as ADME/Toxicology (Collins slide 7) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as Lou Gehrig s disease) Age-Related Eye Disease Study (NEI macular degeneration study) a private, nonprofit biological resource center, based at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. ( (DSC Subcommittee summary) Bioengineering Consortium BIO Biotechnology Industry Organization (Porter slide 14) BISTI Biomedical Information Science and Technology Initiative BRDPI Biomedical Research and Development Price Index (Hays slide 5) CaPS CAT CBT CDC CF CMS CoC COPR CTSA cleaved amplified polymorphic sequences computer adaptive testing (technology used by PROMIS) [see computer-based testing (technology used by PROMIS) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (within DHHS) Common Fund (established by NIH Reform Act of 2006 to support trans-nih initiatives) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Council of Councils Council of Public Representatives Clinical and Translational Science Awards 4

5 DARPA dbgap DCCT DESA DHHS DoD DOE DOG DPCPSI DRDA DSC EDIC egfp EPMC FDA FNIH Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (high-risk program group within DoD) database of Genotypes and Phenotypes Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (sponsored by NIDDK) Division of Evaluation and Systematic Assessments (within OPASI) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (NIH is an agency within DHHS; also listed as HHS) U.S. Department of Defense (also DOD) U.S. Department of Energy Demonstration Oversight Group(s) Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives (an assembly of cooperating offices within OD to perform the named functions for trans-nih research supported by the Common Fund) Division of Resource Development and Analysis (within OPASI) Division of Strategic Coordination (within OPASI) Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications Study (sponsored by NIDDK)] enhanced green fluorescent protein (Collins slide 21) (also see GFP) Extramural Scientific Program Management Committee U.S. Food and Drug Administration (within DHHS) Foundation for the National Institutes of Health FY fiscal year (e.g., FY 2009, which is October 1, 2008, through September 30, 2009) GAIN Genetic Association Information Network [ GEI GFP GeneLink GoKind Genes and Environment Initiative (sponsored by NHGRI) green fluorescent protein (Collins slide 21) (also see egfp) a data management system developed by NHGRI to facilitate genetic studies of complex traits Genetics of Kidneys in Diabetes Study (sponsored by NCRR and Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) GPCRs G protein-coupled receptors; targets of many modern medicinal drugs (Collins slide 9) GPRA Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 GSK GlaxoSmithKline (Porter slide 15) 5

6 GWAS HAQ HHS HIPPA genome-wide association studies Health Assessment Questionnaire U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (NIH is within HHS) (also listed as DHHS) Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HTS high-throughput screening (Collins slide 5 IADL IC ICDs ICOD IMPAC Internet Access to Digital Libraries Institute or Center (NIH) NIH Institute, Center, or Division A rotating group of three IC Directors and the OPASI Director; the group is delegated the responsibility of deciding programmatic details (i.e., approving RFAs and Funding Plans) and other issues as they arise Information for Management, Planning, Analysis, and Coordination IP intellectual property (Mittleman slide 18) IR IRB IRIG IRT IT LEAPS LIAPs MESA intramural research; also interdisciplinary research Institutional Review Board Interdisciplinary Research Implementation Group (part of a Roadmap initiative) (Tabak) item-response theory (technology used by PROMIS) information technology Locomotor Experience Applied Post Stroke Trial (sponsored by NINDS and MJFF) Legislative Implementation Action Plan Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (sponsored by NHLBI) MICAD Molecular Imaging and Contrast Agent Database (Collins slide 7) MOU memorandum of understanding (Mittleman slide 5) MJFF Michael J. Fox Foundation (sponsor of LEAPS) MLI Molecular Libraries Implementation and Imaging Initiative ( (a Roadmap initiative) MLSC MLSCN Molecular Libraries Screening Center (Collins re MLI) Molecular Libraries Screening Center Network (Collins re MLI) MLSMR Molecular Libraries Small Molecule Repository (Collins slide 7) NAS National Academy of Sciences 6

7 NCBI NCGC NCHS NIH NLM NRSA NSF OAR OB OBSSR OCPL OD ODP ODS OER OGC OIR OLPA OM OMAR OMB OPASI ORD ORWH OSP OTT PA National Center for Biotechnology Information (within NLM) NIH Chemical Genomics Center (Collins re Molecular Libraries Screening Center Network [MLSCN]) National Center for Health Statistics (Hays) National Institutes of Health National Library of Medicine National Research Service Award National Science Foundation Office of AIDS Research (an OD Program Office, part of DPCPSI) Office of Budget (within OD) Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (an OD Program Office, part of DPCPSI) Office of Communication and Public Liaison (within OD) Office of the Director (NIH) Office of Disease Prevention (an OD Program Office, part of DPCPSI) Office of Dietary Supplements (within ODP) Office of Extramural Research (within OD) Office of the General Counsel (within OD) Office of Intramural Research (within OD) Office of Legislative Policy and Analysis (within OD) Office of Management (within OD, NIH) Office of Medical Applications of Research (within ODP) Office of Management and Budget (within the U.S. Executive Branch) Office of Portfolio Analysis and Strategic Initiatives Office of Rare Diseases (within ODP) Office of Research on Women s Health (an OD Program Office) Office of Science Policy (within OD, NIH) Office of Technology Transfer (within OD, NIH) Program Announcement (an NIH announcement requesting grant applications in stated scientific areas) 7

8 PAR PART Program Announcement with a special receipt, referral, and/or review consideration as described in the PA (Duran) Program Assessment Rating Tool (OMB) (also used for Program Assessment Performance Tool and for Programmatic Assessment Review Tool]) PhRMA Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (Porter slide 14) PHS PI PORT PPP PRG PROMIS PROs Public Health Service Principal Investigator Portfolio On-Line Reporting Tool public-private partnerships ( (Mittleman) NCI Progress Review Group; using NCI's current research program as a baseline, a PRG identifies priority areas for research (Porter slide 16) Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (an NIH Roadmap initiative) patient-reported outcomes PubChem database of chemical molecules, maintained by NCBI; provides information on biological activities of small molecules ( (Collins) QIR RAID R01 RCDC R&D RFA RFI RM RPG PIs SBIR SE SEP SHARe sirna qualitative item review (process used by PROMIS) Rapid Access to Intervention Development (Wilder) NIH grant funding mechanism for investigator-initiated research Research, Condition and Disease Categorization] research and development Request for Application (NIH grant application mechanism) Request for Information NIH Roadmap Research Project Grant Principal Investigators Small Business Innovation and Research grant Standard error Special Emphasis Panel Framingham SNP Health Association Resource (extensive database of genetic and clinical data from the Framingham Heart Study sponsored by NHLBI) silencing RNA; also called small interfering RNA or short interfering RNA; most notably, sirna interferes with the expression of a specific gene (Collins) 8

9 SMRB SNP STTR T5 Scientific Management Review Board (established by Reform Act of 2006 to advise NIH Director and conduct organizational reviews of NIH every 7 years) single nucleotide polymorphisms (genetic variations; see SHARe) Small Business Technology Transfer noncompeting continuation application TAC NIH Training Advisory Committee (Tabak slide 39) TBD UMLS to be determined Unified Medical Language System VRC Dale and Betty Bumpers Vaccine Research Center (within NIAID) (Porter Slide 14) WG WHO working group World Health Organization 9

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