Glossary

Abbreviations and Acronyms

Please find below a list of common acronyms frequently used from around the sector.

A

• AAI Accountable Authority Instructions
• AAH Australian Academy of the Humanities 
• AATSE Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
• ACPFG Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics
• ALF Australian Laureate Fellowships
• ANAO Australian National Audit Office
• ANSTO Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
• ANZSRC The Australian and New Zealand Research Classification 
• APAI Australian Postgraduate Award Industry
• APS Australian Public Service
• ARC Australian Research Council
• ARC Act Australian Research Council Act 2001
• ARF Australian Research Fellow
• ARGS Australian Research Grants Scheme 
• ARIC Australian Research Integrity Committee
• ARMS Australasian Research Management Society
• ATSIRN Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Researchers’ Network
• AWA Australian Workplace Agreement

B

• BSB Biological Sciences and Biotechnology
• BEM Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Environmental, Medical and Health Sciences
• BM Branch Manager

C

• CE ARC Centres of Excellence scheme code
• CEO Chief Executive Officer
• CFO Chief Financial Officer
• CI Chief Investigator
• CIO Chief Information Officer 
• COE Centre of Excellence
• CoE College of Experts
• CoI Conflict of Interest

D

• DAATSIA Discovery Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Award 
• DE Department of Education (formerly Department of Education, Skills and Employment)
• DECRA Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
• Defence NSSTC Department of Defence, National Security Science and Technology Centre
• DIA Discovery Indigenous Award
• DORA Discovery Outstanding Research Award
• DP Discovery Projects

E

• ECR Early-Career Researcher 
• EMI Engineering, Mathematics and Informatics
• ERA Excellence in Research for Australia
• EOI Expression of Interest
• EOYR End of Year Reports

F

• FASTS Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies
• FOI Freedom Of Information JD/TL
• FOI Act Freedom of Information Act 1982
• FoR Field of Research
• FT Future Fellowships scheme code
• FL Australian Laureate Fellowship scheme code
• FLA Australian Laureate Fellowship Award (i.e. Georgina Sweet or Kathleen Fitpatrick awards)

G

• GRC Global Research Council
• GST Goods and Services Tax

H

• HASS Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
• HCA Humanities and Creative Arts
• HDR Higher Degree by Research
• HSE Humanities and Creative Arts, Social, Behavioural and Economic Sciences
• HSMA Health and Safety Management Arrangement

I

• IAP Industry Advisory Panel
• ICA International Collaboration Awards
• ICT Information and Communications Technology
• IN Discovery Indigenous scheme code
• IPS Information Publication Scheme
• IT Information Technology
• ITTC Industrial Transformation Training Centres 
• ITRH Industrial Transformation Research Hubs 
• ITRP Industrial Transformation Research Program

K

• KPI Key Performance Indicator

L

• LASP Linkage Learned Academies Special Projects
• LIEF Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
• LE Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities scheme code
• LP Linkage Projects

M

• MOU Memorandum of Understanding
• MRAG Medical Research Advisory Group
• MYEFO Mid-year Economic and Fiscal Outlook

N

• NBEET National Board of Employment, Education and Training
• NCGP National Competitive Grants Program
• NCGRT National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training
• NCRIS National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy
• NHMRC National Health and Medical Research Council
• NICTA National ICT Australia
• NIDG National Intelligence Discovery Grants (formerly National Intelligence Discovery Research Grants)
• NIT National Interest Test
• NISDRG National Intelligence and Security Discovery Research Grants
• MRAG Medical Research Advisory Group

O

• OHS Occupational Health and Safety
• OHS Act Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Act 1991
• ONI Office of National Intelligence
• ORCiD Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier

P

• PBS Portfolio Budget Statements
• PID Public Interest Disclosure Act
• PFAS Poly-Fluoroalkyl Substance
• PGPA Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013
• PI Partner Investigator  
• PME Physical, Mathematical, Information Sciences and Engineering
• POACR Participating/Partner Organisation Agreed Contribution Report
• PS Act Public Service Act 1999

R

• REC Research Evaluation Committee
• RFCD Research Fields, Courses and Disciplines
• RMS Research Management System
• ROPE Research Opportunity and Performance Evidence  

S

• SAC Selection Advisory Committee
• SEER System to Evaluate the Excellence of Research
• SEO Socio-Economic Objective
• SES Senior Executive Service
• SBE Social Behavioural and Economic Sciences
• SRI Special Research Initiative
• SRP Science and Research Priorities
• STEM Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

U

• UoE Unit of Evaluation