Research Development Acronyms

There are a lot of acronyms used in Research Development. If you come across an acronym you do not know, check our acronym list.

Research Development Acronyms:

The following list of acronyms may be referenced by the users of Kuali, eRA, Blue Sheet, Green Sheet or WVU+kc.

AA

Administrative Associates

 

ACO

Animal Compliance Officer

 

ACUC

Animal Care and Use Committee

 

CBR

Community Based Research

 

CoC

Certificate of Confidentiality

 

COI

Conflict of Interest

 

COS

Chief of Staff

 

CTRU

Clinical Trials Research Unit

 

DHHS

Department of Health and Human Services

 

DOD

Department of Defense

 

DOE

Department of Energy

 

DOED

Department of Education

 

DOJ

Department of Justice

 

DON

Department of the Navy

 

DSMB

Data and Safety Monitoring Board

 

DSMP

Data Safety Monitoring Plan

 

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

 

FWA

Federalwide Assurance

 

GCP

Good Clinical Practices

Can be referred to as "E6"

HIPAA

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

 

HRPP

Human Research Protections Program

 

HRSA

Health Resources Service Administration

 

HUD

Humanitarian Use Devices

 

ICH

International Conference on Harmonization

Can be referred to as "E6"

IO

Institutional Official

 

IRB

Institutional Review Board

 

LAJVAMC

Louis A. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center

 

NCI CIRB

National Cancer Institute’s Central Institutional Review Board

 

NHSR

Not Human Subject Research

 

NIH

National Institutes of Health

 

NSF

National Science Foundation

 

OHRP

Office of Human Research Protections

 

ORIC

Office of Research Integrity and Compliance

 

OSP

Office of Sponsored Programs

 

PI

Principal Investigator

 

PRMC

Protocol Review Monitoring Committee

 

SAA

Senior Administrative Assistant

 

SPC

Senior Program Coordinator

 

UPIRTSO

Unanticipated Problem Involving Risk to Subject or Others

 

VPR

Vice President for Research and Economic Development

 

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