Abbreviations and acronyms

A

AAI

Accountable Authority Instructions

ABS

Australian Bureau of Statistics

ANAO

Australian National Audit Office

APS

Australian Public Service

APSC

Australian Public Service Commission

ARC

Australian Research Council

ARC Act

Australian Research Council Act 2001

ARIC

Australian Research Integrity Committee

AWA

Australian Workplace Agreement

B

BCP

ARC Business Continuity Plan

C

Centres

ARC Centres of Excellence scheme

CEO

Chief Executive Officer

Code

Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research

CP

Corporate plan

CSIRO

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

D

DI

Discovery Indigenous scheme

DECRA

Discovery Early Career Researcher Award scheme

DP

Discovery Projects scheme

E

EGM

Executive General Manager

EOI

expression of interest

ERA

Excellence in Research for Australia

ESD

ecologically sustainable development

F

FOI Act

Freedom of Information Act 1982

FoR

Field of Research

G

GRC

Global Research Council

GST

Goods and Services Tax

H

HDR

higher degree by research

I

ICT

information and communications technology

IFA

Individual Flexibility Agreements

IPS

Information Publication Scheme

IT

information technology

ITRH

Industrial Transformation Research Hubs

ITRP

Industrial Transformation Research Programme

ITTC

Industrial Transformation Training Centres

K

kWh

kilowatt hour

L

LIEF

Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities scheme

LIGO

Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory

LP

Linkage Projects scheme

M

MYEFO

Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook

N

NABERS

National Australian Building Environment Rating System

NCGP

National Competitive Grants Programme

NHMRC

National Health and Medical Research Council

NISA

National Innovation and Science Agenda

NRP

National Research Priorities

P

PBS

Portfolio Budget Statements

PGPA Act

Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013

PGPA Rule

Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014

PhD

Doctor of Philosophy

R

R&D

research and development

REC

Research Evaluation Committee

ROPE

Research Opportunity and Performance Evidence

S

SAC

Selection Advisory Committee

SES

Senior Executive Service

SHeM

scanning helium microscope

SLP

sulphur-limonene polysulphide

SME

Small to Medium Enterprises

SMG

Senior Management Group

SRP

strategic research priority

U

UoE

unit of evaluation

V

VFD

Vortex Fluidic Device

W

WHS Act

Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Cth)