| AIBS | American
Institute of Biological Science |
| BE | Biocomplexity
in the Environment – NSF
theme area |
| CENR | Committee
on Environment and Natural Resources
(of the NSTC) |
| CNIE | Committee
for the National Institute for
the Environment |
| DGE | EHR
Division of Graduate Education |
| DOD | U.S.
Department of Defense |
| DOE | U.S.
Department of Energy |
| DOI | U.S.
Department of Interior |
| DUE | EHR
Division of Undergraduate Education |
| EHR | Directorate
for Education and Human Resources |
| EPA | U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency |
| EPS | Experimental
Program to Stimulate Competitive
Research |
| ESIE | EHR
Division of Elementary, Secondary
and Informal Education |
| FEMA | Federal
Emergency Management Administration |
| FGDC | Federal
Geographic Data Committee |
| FY | Fiscal
Year (October 1 for Federal government) |
| GLOBE | Global
Learning and Observations to Benefit
the Environment |
| GPRA | Government
Performance and Results Act |
| HCP | Habitat
Conservation Plan |
| HRD | EHR
Division of Human Resource Development |
| ICSU | International
Council of Science |
| IPCC | Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change |
| ISEC | Integrated
Sciences for Ecosystem Challenges
– a multi-agency CENR activity |
| LEE | Life
and Earth's Environment –
superceded by BE – NSF theme
area |
| LTER
| Long-Term
Ecological Research |
| MMIA | Methods
and Models for Integrated Assessment
– an NSF competition, part
of USGCRP |
| NASA | National
Aeronautic and Space Administration |
| NBII | National
Biological Information Infrastructure |
| NCAR | National
Center for Atmospheric Research |
| NCEAS | National
Center for Ecological Analysis
and Synthesis |
| NIH | U.S.
National Institutes of Health |
| NIST | National
Institute of Standards and Technology |
| NOAA | National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
– in U.S. Dept. of Commerce |
| NRC | National
Research Council |
| NSB | National
Science Board |
| NSF | National
Science Foundation |
| NSTC | National
Science and Technology Council |
| ONR | Office
of Naval Research |
| PCAST | President's
Committee of Advisors on Science
and Technology |
| PI | Principal
Investigator |
| R&D | Research
and Development |
| R&RA | Research
and Related Activities –
an NSF budget line |
| REC | EHR
Division of Research, Evaluation
and Communication |
| USDA | U.S.
Department of Agriculture |
| USGCRP | U.S.
Global Change Research Program
– a multi-agency CENR activity |
