NIH Fellows Handbook

Acronyms Used at the NIH

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Acronym
Meaning
ACUC
Animal Care and Use Committee
AL
Annual Leave
AO
Administrative Office/Officer
CA(SF)
Clinical Associate (Staff Fellow)
CAN
Common Accounting Number
CC
Clinical Center, NIH
CFC
Combined Federal Campaign
CO
Commissioned Officer
CTC
Central Tenure Committee
CV
Ccurriculum Vitae
DDIR
Deputy Director for Intramural Research
DHHS
Department of Health and Human Services
EAP
Employee Assistance Program
ECFMG
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical School Graduates
EEO
Equal Employment Opportunity
EOD
Entrance on Duty
FAES
Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences
FERS
Federal Employees' Retirement System
FICA
Federal Insurance Contributions Act (Social Security)
FMG
Foreign Medical Graduate
FOIA
Freedom of Information Act of 1966, amended 1986
FTE
Full-Time Equivalent
FY
Fiscal Year
HSA
Health Scientist Administrator
IC
Institutes/Centers
IPA
Intergovernmental Personnel Act
IRB
Institutional Review Board
IRTA
Intramural Research Training Award
NHGRI
National Human Genome Research Institute
NCI
National Cancer Institute
NCRR
National Center for Research Resources
NEI
National Eye Institute
NHLBI
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
NIA
National Institute on Aging
NIAAA
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
NIAID
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
NIAMS
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
NICHD
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
NIDA
National Institute on Drug Abuse
NIDCD
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
NIDDK
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
NIDR
National Institute of Dental Research
NIEHS
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
NIGMS
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
NIMH
National Institute of Mental Health
NINDS
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
NINR
National Institute of Nursing Research
NLM
National Library of Medicine
NRC
National Research Council
NSF
National Science Foundation
OEO
Office of Equal Opportunity
OHRM
Office of Human Resource Management
OHSR
Office of Human Subjects Research
OIR
Office of Intramural Research, OD, NIH
OMS
Occupational Medical Service
OPF
Official Personnel File
OPM
Office of Personnel Management
ORS
Office of Research Services
PCA
Physicians Comparability Allowance
SBRS
Senior Biomedical Research Service
SD
Scientific Director
SEEP
Student Educational Employment Program
SES
Senior Executive Service
TSP
Thrift Savings Plan
VA
Visiting Associate
VF
Visiting Fellow
VS
Visiting Scientist

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