| ACEMB | Annual Conference on Engineering Medicine and Biology |
| ACUC | Animal Care and Use Committee |
| ADAMHA | Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration |
| AFOSR | Air Force Office of Scientific Research |
| AHFMR | Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research |
| AHA | American Heart Association |
| ASCOR | Atherosclerosis Specialized Center of Research |
| ARC | Alcohol Research Center |
| ATS | American Thoracic Society |
| AURA | Association pour l'Utilisation du Rein Artificiel |
| BARD | Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund |
| BBSRC | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council |
| BRDG | Biomedical Research Development Grant |
| BRSG | Biomedical Research Support Grant |
| BSG | Binational Science Foundation |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CEA | Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique |
| CEN-Saclay | Centre d'Études Nucléaires de Saclay |
| CERMEP | Centre d'Exploration et de Recherche Medicales par Emission de Positrons |
| CHS | Center for Health Services |
| CICYT | Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología |
| CILAS | Compagnie Industrielle des Lasers |
| CLINFO | Clinical Information System |
| CNAMTS | Caisse Nationale d'Assurances Maladies de Travailleurs Salariés |
| CNR | Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche |
| CNRS | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique |
| CRSQ | Conseil de la Recherche en Santé du Québec |
| CSIC | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones |
| CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization |
| CTR | Council for Tobacco Research USA |
| CUNY | City University of New York |
| DARPA | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| DFG | Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft |
| DGICYT | Direción General de Investigación Científica y Técnica |
| DGES | Direction Générale de l'Enseignement Supérieur (Québec) |
| DGRST | Delegation Générale à la Recherche Scientifique et Technique |
| DRET | Delegation aux Recherches et Etudes Techniques |
| DHEW | Department of Health Education and Welfare |
| EEC | European Economic Community |
| EPHE | École Pratique des Hautes Études |
| EPRI | Electric Power Research Institute |
| ERC | Energy Regulatory Commission |
| ETP | European Training Program |
| FCAC | Fonds pour la Formation de Chercheurs et l'Action Concertée-Québec |
| FCAR | Fonds pour la Formation de Chercheurs et l'Aide à la Recherche |
| FCER | Foundation for Chiropractic Education |
| FNRS | Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique |
| FRFC | Fonds de la Recherche Fondamentale Collective |
| FRMF | Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale Française |
| FRSM | Fondation pour la Recherche Scientifique Médicale (Belgium) |
| FRSQ | Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec |
| GLAA | Greater Los Angeles Affiliate (of AHA) |
| HFSPO | Human Frontier Science Program Organization |
| HHMI | Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
| INFM | Instituto Nazionale Fisica della Materia |
| INRA | Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique |
| INSERM | Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale |
| INVEST | International Visiting Scientist and Technical Exchange Program |
| IPN | Instituto Politechnico Nacional |
| ISAS | International School for Advanced Studies |
| IWONL | Instituut voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek in Nijverheid en Landbouw |
| MBRS | Minority Biomedical Research Support |
| MENESRI | Ministère de l'Education Nationale, de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche |
| MIR | Ministère de l'Industrie et de la Recherche |
| MRC | Medical Research Council |
| MURST | Ministero dell' Università e della Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica |
| NAR-SAD | National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NBM | Neurobiologie et Mouvements |
| NFGWO | Nationaal Fonds voor Geneeskundig Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Medical Research Council--Belgium) |
| NFWO | Nationaal Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek |
| NHMRC | National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia |
| NIRA | New Investigator Research Award |
| NRTC | Nephrology Research Training Center |
| NRC | National Research Council |
| NRSA | National Research Service Award |
| NSERC | National Sciences and Engineering Research Council |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| NYHA | New York Heart Association |
| ONR | Office of Naval Research |
| PHS | Public Health Service |
| PREST | Precursory Research Organization for Embryonic Science and Technology |
| RCDA | Research Career Development Award |
| RCG | Research Grants Council |
| RIG | Research Initiation Grant |
| RIKEN | The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research |
| RR | Division of Research Resources |
| SAS | Statistical Analysis System |
| SCOR | Specialized Center of Research |
| SEPCR | Societas Europaea Physiologicae Clinicae Respiratoriae |
| SERC | Science and Engineering Research Council (UK) |
| SISSA | Scuola Internazionale Superiore Di Studi Avanzati |
| SNSF | Swiss National Science Foundation |
| SUNY | State University of New York |
| TEMA | Trace Element Metabolism in Man and Animals |
| TNO | Organization for Applied Scientific Research (The Netherlands) |
| UA | Unité Associée |
| UER | Unité d'Enseignement et de Recherche |
| UMDS | United Medical and Dental Schools |
| UMR | Unité Mixte de Recherche |
| UPR | Unité Propre de Recherche |
| URA | Unité de Recherche Associée |
| USARDC | US Army Research and Development Center |
| USPHS | US Public Health Service (change to National Institutes of Health) |
| USUHS | Uniform Services University of the Health Sciences |
| VA | Veterans Affairs |
| VACO | Veterans Affairs Central Office |
last edited 07/09/03