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Acronyms

ACO Animal Care Operations, an office core facility of the Division of Research
ACP Animal Care Protocol
ACUP Animal Care Use Program
AMI Advanced Manufacturing Institute (University Center)
CBA College Business Administrator
CCL Commerce Control List (also known as the Export Administration Regulations or EAR)
CCME Center for Carbon Management in Energy (University Center)
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CRA College Research Administrator
CITI Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative, a human subjects research training program necessary for National Institutes of Health grant application, when applicable
DBA Division Business Administrator or Department Business Administrator
DOR Division of Research
DOC Indicates links to files that open as Microsoft Word documents.
DUA Data Use Agreement
EAR Export Administration Regulations (also known as the Commerce Control List or CCL)
EHS Environmental Health and Safety
F&A Facilities and Administration (Indirect Costs or IDC)
FICA Federal Insurance Contributions Act, usually referenced as it relates to the FICA tax on payroll
GEAR Grants to Enhance and Advance Research, a DOR internal award program
HPE DSI Hewlett Packard Enterprise Data Science Institute (University Center)
HuRRI Hurricane Resilience Research Institute (University Center)
HRI HEALTH Research Institute (University Center)
IACUC Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
IBC Institutional Biosafety Committee
ICON Integrated Compliance Oversight Network, the IRB module for protocol submission
IDC Indirect Costs (e.g. F&A)
IO Institutional Official
IRB Institutional Review Board
ITAR International Traffic in Arms Regulations
MAPP Manual of Administrative Policies and Procedures
MTA Material Transfer Agreement
MTDC Modified Total Direct Cost
NCURA National Council of University Research Administrators
OCG Office of Contracts and Grants, an office of the Division of Research
OFAC U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control
OGC Office of the General Counsel
OMB Office of Management and Budget
OTTI Office of Technology Transfer and Innovation, an office of the Division of Research.
PEAR Programs for Excellence in Applied Research, a training system used by the Division of Research, particularly for the RACP course.
PD Program Director
PDF Indicates links to files that open as Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat documents.
PI Principal Investigator
RA Research Administrator
RACP Research Administration Certification Program
RIO Research Integrity and Oversight (RIO) Office, an office in the Division of Research
RSC Research and Scholarship Committee, an advisory committee to the Division of Research, that exists as a branch of the Faculty Senate
SAM System Administrative Memoranda
SGP Small Grants Program, a DOR internal award program
TcSUH Texas Center for Superconductivity at UH (University Center)
TIMES Texas Institute for Measurement, Evaluation, & Statistics (University Center)
TRIP Texas Research Incentive Program, provides matching funds to assist in leveraging gifts to enhance research productivity and faculty recruitment
UH University of Houston
UHCL University of Houston – Clear Lake
UHD University of Houston – Downtown
UHS University of Houston System
UHV University of Houston – Victoria
XLS Indicates links to files that open as Microsoft Excel documents.