Glossary of abbreviations

AHRC - The Arts and Humanities Research Council
APEN - Academic Partner Expenditure Notification, a DTI claim form
BBSRC - The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
BIFF - Batch Input Formatted File, a mechanism for charging DA costs to projects and crediting to departments
CAGE - Commercial and Government Entity, US unique identifying reference
CCR - Central Contractor Research
CI - Co-investigator
CPD - Continuing professional development
DCSF - Department for Children, Schools and Families
DEFRA - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
DoD - Department of Defence, a US sponsor
DoH or DH - Department of Health
DTI - Department of Trade and Industry
DUNS - Data Universal Numbering System, US unique identifying reference
DWP - Department of Work and Pensions
EC - European Commission
EIN - Employer Identification Number, US unique identifying reference
EPSRC - The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
ERC - European Research Council, part of FP7 / H2020
ESA - European Space Agency
ESF - European Social Fund
ESRC - The Economic and Social Research Council
EU - European Union
fEC - Full Economic Costing
FP7 - 7th RTD Framework Programme of the European Union, EC funding
FTEs - Full-Time Equivalent number of staff or students
H2020 - Horizon 2020, 8th RTD & Innovation Framework Programme of the European Union, EC funding
HESA - Higher Education Statistics Agency
IPR - Intellectual Property Rights
JCPSG - Joint Costing and Pricing Steering Group, group that developed TRAC and fEC
Je-S - Joint Electronic Submission, Research Council application system
JIF - Joint Infrastructure Fund
JISC - Joint Information Systems Committee
KE Plan - Knowledge Exchange Plan
KTN - Knowledge Transfer Networks
KTP - Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
MoD - Ministry of Defence
MPIN - Marketing Partner Identification Number, US unique identifying reference
MRC- The UK Medical Research Council
NAO - National Audit Office
NERC - Natural Environment Research Council
NETSCC - NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre, group name for many NIHR funders/awards
NHS - National Health Service
NHS SDO (formerly NCCSDO) - National Health Service – Service and Delivery Organisation Funder (part of DoH/NHS)
NIH - National Institutes of Health, US sponsor
NIHR (CCF) - National Institute for Health Research (Central Commissioning Facility), manages research funding on behalf of DoH & NHS
NIHR CCRCD - NIHR Coordinating Centre for Research Capacity Development (formerly NCCRCD), funder (part of DoH/NHS)
NIHR HTA - NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme (formerly NCCHTA), Funder (part of DoH/NHS)
NSF - National Science Foundation, US sponsor
ODPM - Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
PGR - Postgraduate research student
PI - Principal investigator
PIC - Participant Identity Code, for EC proposals
PIP - Policy, Integrity and Performance
QA - Quality assurance
RA - research assistant (postdoctoral researcher)
RAE - Research Assessment Exercise, superseded by REF
RCUK - Research Councils UK
REF - Research Excellence Framework, supersedes the RAE
RIO - Research Innovation Office
STFC - The Science and Technology Facilities Council
STFR - Special Transition Flat Rate, for EC proposals
TPIN - Trading Partner Identification Number, US unique identifying reference
TR - Transparency Review
TRAC - Transparent Approach to Costing
TTA - Teacher Training Agency
URF - Unique Registration Facility, for EC proposals
YIMS - York Information Management Systems
YJB - Youth Justice Board