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- Office for Sponsored Programs Terms and Acronyms page: http://osp.fad.harvard.edu/content/osp-dictionary
- Guide to Harvard University Acronyms: http://www.harvard.edu/siteguide/faqs/faq113.php
CASB: Cost Accounting Standards Board: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/procurement_casb/
COMS: Committee on Microbiological Safety
COS: Community of Science. An on-line, researchable database of research funding opportunities http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~research/quick_links/funding_opps.html
CUHS: Committee on the Use of Human Subjects, also known as the Institutional Review Board (IRB), http://cuhs.harvard.edu/
DCA: Division of Cost Allocation, http://rates.psc.gov/
DHHS: Department of Health and Human Services, http://www.hhs.gov/
DS-2: Disclosure Statement, http://vpf-web.harvard.edu/osp/quick_links/costanlysis.php
GMAS: Grants Management Application Suite www.gmas.harvard.edu
IACUC: Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, is officially titled The Committee on the Use of Animals in Research and Teaching in the FAS, http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~research/approvals/iacuc.html
FAS: Faculty of Arts and Sciences, http://www.fas.harvard.edu/home/
F&A: Facilities & Administrative Cost Rate. Also known as the indirect cost rate or "overhead."
FASERS: FAS Effort Reporting System asperin.fas.harvard.edu/fasers.html
FDO: Foundation Directory Online. An on-line, researchable database of foundation funding opportunities. fconline.foundationcenter.org
Grey Book: the book entitled Principles and Policies that Govern your Research, Instruction, and Other Professional Activities, http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~research/greybook
IRB: Institutional Review Board, also known as the Committee on the Use of Human Subjects (CUHS), http://cuhs.harvard.edu/
NIH: National Institutes of Health, http://www.nih.gov/
NIMH: National Institute of Mental Health, http://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml
NSF: National Science Foundation, http://www.nsf.gov/
OMB: Office of Management and Budget, http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/
OSP: Office for Sponsored Programs, http://vpf-web.harvard.edu/osp/
OTD: Office of Technology Development, http://www.techtransfer.harvard.edu/
PHS: Public Health Service (including NIH, NIMH, etc.), http://www.os.dhhs.gov/about/opdivs/phs.html
PI: Principal Investigator
RAS: FAS Research Administration Services, fas.havard.edu/research
SPIN: Sponsored Programs Information Network (SPIN) is an on-line, researchable database of research funding opportunities. http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~research/quick_links?funding_opps/html
UDO: University Development Office alumni.harvard.edu
UPAS: University Prior Approval System able.harvard.edu/forms/osr_UPAS1.pdf
