PrintIf the acronym you are looking for is not in the list below, please try these other sites:
- Managing Your Research Compendium of Useful Terms section (downloadable PDF)
- Office for Sponsored Programs Terms and Acronyms page
- Guide to Harvard University Acronyms
Acronyms and Nicknames
CASB: Federal Cost Accounting Standards Board
COMS: Committee on Microbiological Safety--University-wide committee located at Harvard Medical School
COS: Community of Science. An on-line, researchable database of research funding opportunities
CUHS: Committee on the Use of Human Subjects, also known as the Institutional Review Board (IRB)
DCA: DHHS Division of Cost Allocation
DHHS: Federal Department of Health and Human Services
DS-2: Disclosure Statement, http://vpf-web.harvard.edu/osp/quick_links/costanlysis.php
ESCRO: Embryonic Stem Cell Research Oversight: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~research/approvals/escro.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
GMAS: Grants Management Application Suite www.gmas.harvard.edu
Grey Book: the book entitled Principles and Policies that Govern your Research, Instruction, and Other Professional Activities, http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~research/greybook
IACUC: Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, is officially titled The Committee on the Use of Animals in Research and Teaching in the FAS,
IRB: Institutional Review Board, also known as the Committee on the Use of Human Subjects (CUHS)
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
PIVOT/COS: PIVOT/Community of Science. An on-line, searchable database of research funding opportunities, http://bit.ly/rasfundingdb
PI: Principal Investigator: the person in charge of the technical and financial aspects of a sponsored project
RAS: FAS Research Administration Services, http://fas.harvard.edu/research
SPIN: Sponsored Programs Information Network (SPIN) is an on-line, researchable database of research funding opportunities. http://bit.ly/rasfundingdb
UDO: University Development Office alumni.harvard.edu
UPAS: University Prior Approval System, a form no longer used. All approval requests must now be submitted via GMAS
