| ACI |
American Competitiveness Initiative |
| ACS |
American Chemical Society |
| AIChE |
American Institute of Chemical Engineers |
| AO |
Division Administrative Officer |
| AOR |
Authorized Organizational Representative |
| ARRA |
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 |
| ASME |
American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| BES |
ENG former Division of Bioengineering & Environmental Systems -
Now part of CBET Division |
| BFA |
NSF Office of Budget, Finance and Award Management |
| BISH |
CBET Biophotonics, Advanced Imaging, and Sensing
for Human Health Program |
| BME |
Biomedical Engineering |
| BRIGE |
Broadening Participation Research Initiation Grants
in Engineering |
| CAREER |
Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program |
| CBET |
ENG Division of Chemical, Bioengineerng, Environmental, & Transport Systems |
| CBS |
CBET Chemical and Biological Separations Program |
| CDI |
Cyber-enabled Discovery and Innovation |
| CGI |
Continuing Grant Increment |
| CIEG |
Cyberinfrastructure Experiences for Graduate Students |
| COI |
Conflict of Interest |
| Co-PI |
Co-Principal Investigator |
| COTR |
Contracting Officer's Technical Representative |
| COV |
Committee of Visitors |
| CTS |
ENG former Division of Chemical & Transport Systems -
Now part of CBET Division |
| CVD |
Chemical Vapor Deposition |
| DD |
Division Director |
| DFM |
NSF Division of Financial Management |
| DGA |
NSF Division of Grants and Agreements |
| DoE |
Department of Energy |
| EAGER |
Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research |
| ENG |
NSF Directorate for Engineering |
| FastLane |
Interactive real-time system used to conduct
NSF business over the internet |
| FAQ |
Frequently Asked Questions |
| FD |
CBET Fluid Dynamics Program |
| FOIA |
Freedom of Information Act |
| FY |
Fiscal Year - Federal FY is 1 October thru 30 September |
| GOALI |
Grant Opportunities for Academic Liason with Industry |
| GPRA |
Government Performance and Results Act |
| GRS |
Graduate Research Supplements |
| IDR |
Interdisciplinary Research |
| IGERT |
Integrative Graduate Education & Research Traineeship Program |
| Infratst |
Infrastructure |
| INT |
NSF Office of International Science and Engineering |
| IT |
Information Technology |
| MF |
Micro Filtration |
| Mfg |
Manufacturing |
| MRI |
Major Research Instrumentation |
| Nano |
Nanotechnology |
| NER |
Nanoscale Science and Engineering |
| NIRT |
Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Teams |
| NNI |
National Nanotechnology Initiative |
| OIG |
NSF Office of Inspector General |
| OISE |
NSF International Offices of U.S. Agencies and Organizations |
| OMB |
Federal Office of Management and Budget |
| PARS |
Proposal, PI and Reviewer System |
| PBDE |
Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers |
| PCBs |
Polychlorinated Biphenyls |
| PD |
Program Director |
| PEC |
Petroelectrochemical |
| PEMFC |
Proton Exchange Fuel Cell |
| PI |
Principal Investigator |
| POIS |
Program Officer Information System |
| PRE |
CBET Process and Reaction Engineering Program |
| PV |
Photovoltaic |
| RAPD |
CBET Research to Aid Persons with Disabilities Program |
| RET |
Research Experience for Teachers |
| REU |
Research Experiences for Undergraduates |
| RO |
Reverse Osmosis |
| ROA |
Research Opportunity Award |
| SEM |
Scanning Electron Microscope |
| SGER |
Small Grants for Exploratory Research
Replaced with EAGER Program |
| SOFC |
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell |
| TTP |
CBET Thermal Transport Processes Program |
WATERS
Network |
WATer and Environmental Research Systems Network |
