| AFOSR | Air Force Office of Scientific Research |
| AANAPISI | Asian-American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution |
| AIHEC | American Indian Higher Education Consortium |
| ARL | Army Research Laboratory |
| ARO | Army Research Office |
| BAA | Broad Agency Announcement |
| BCE | battlefield capability enhancement |
| BD | bridge to the doctorate |
| CGS | Council of Graduate Schools |
| COE | center of excellence |
| CRA | Collaborative Research Alliance |
| CTA | Collaborative Technology Alliance |
| DoD | Department of Defense |
| HACU | Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities |
| HBCU | historically black colleges and universities |
| HSI | Hispanic-serving institution |
| ITA | International Technology Alliance |
| LSAMP | Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation |
| MI | minority institution |
| MURI | Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NIH | National Institutes of Health |
| NRC | National Research Council |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| OSD | Office of the Secretary of Defense |
| ONR | Office of Naval Research |
| PIRT | Partnership in Research Transition |
| R&D | research and development |
| RFP | request for proposals |
| RTO | research and technology organization |
| S&T | science and technology |
| STEM | science, technology, engineering, and mathematics |
| TCU | tribal colleges and universities |
| UARC | university-affiliated research center |
| URM | underrepresented minority |
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