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If someone told you to take the SU-42 to the RPM for SCRDP in MSOB, would you know what to do? This page does not present an exhaustive list of Stanford terminology. Such a list would be far longer, and would require almost constant updating. But, as part of an overview presentation, here are selected lists of offices, systems, programs, sponsors/external agencies, and other research-related terms to get you started. By the way, SU stands for Stanford University.
STANFORD OFFICES
| CMA | Cost and Management Analysis |
| DoR | Dean of Research |
| EH&S | Environmental Health and Safety |
| ERA | Engineering Research Administration,
School of Engineering |
| Financial Services | The "Gateway" to the Controller's Office |
| IAD | Internal Audit Department |
| ITS | Information Technology Services |
| ORA | Office of Research Administration |
| OSR | Office of Sponsored Research |
| OTL | Office of Technology Licensing |
| PMO | Property Management Office |
| RMG | Research Management Group,
School of Medicine |
| VPGE | Vice Provost for Graduate Education |
| In addition, you may hear of people referred to as DPAs (Department Property Administrators), PSRs (Property Service Representatives), or RPMs (Research Process Managers). |
STANFORD SYSTEMS AND FORMS
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NOTE: Over the past several years, Stanford University has converted most of its core administrative systems to both Oracle and PeopleSoft applications. Most of the university's financial systems now operate through Oracle, while Human Resources and Student Administration are PeopleSoft applications.
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| GFS | Graduate Financial Support |
| SPIDERS | Sponsored Projects Information Data Entry Retrieval System |
| SU-18 | Stanford Patent and Copyright Agreement (form) |
| SU-42 | Stanford Proposal Routing and Approval Sheet (form) |
STANFORD PROGRAMS, PROJECTS AND BUILDINGS
| NOTE: Almost all Stanford departments, labs and research activities have their own nomenclature. The following is a small sampling. |
| BIO-X | Center for Biomedical Engineering and Sciences |
| CIS | Center for Integrated Systems |
| CMGM | Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine |
| CSLI | Center for the Study of Language and Information |
| FSI | Freemen Spogli Institute for International Studies |
| G-CEP | Global Climate & Energy Project |
| GLAM | Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials |
| GP-B | Gravity Probe - B |
| HEPL | Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory |
| SCRDP | Stanford Center for Research in Disease Prevention |
| SLAC | Stanford Linear Accelerator Center |
SPONSORS AND OTHER EXTERNAL AGENCIES
| DCAA | Defence Contract Audit Agency |
| DoE | Department of Energy |
| DoEd | Department of Education |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NIH | National Institutes of Health |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| OMB | Office of Management and Budget |
| ONR | Office of Naval Research |
| PHS | Public Health Service |
OTHER TERMINOLOGY RELATED TO SPONSORED PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION
| A-21 | OMB Circular defining cost principles for Government agreements with educational institutions |
| APB | Administrative Panel on Biosafety |
| A-PLAC | Administrative Panel on Laboratory Animal Care |
| AGM | Administrative Guide Memo |
| IACUC | Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee |
| IRB | Institutional Review Board |
| PI | Principal Investigator |
| RPH | Research Policy Handbook |
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