| AC |
Academic Council |
| APM |
Academic Personnel Manual |
| APAG |
Academic Policy Advisory Group |
| APU |
Academic Program Unit |
| AY |
Academic Year |
| A by E |
Admission by Exception |
| APTF |
Admissions Processing Task Force |
| AES |
Agricultural Experiment Station |
| AAUC |
Alumni Associations of the University of California |
| AAAS |
American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| ABA |
American Bar Association |
| AMA |
American Medical Association |
| ASSIST |
Articulation System Stimulating Interinstitutional Student Transfer |
| AREP |
Assembly Representation (Systemwide Committee) |
| ASUC |
Associated Students of the University of California |
| AAU |
Association of American Universities |
| BOARS |
Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools |
| CAA |
California Alumni Association |
| CAN |
California Articulation Number |
| CANSO |
California Articulation Number System Office |
| CCC |
California Community Colleges |
| CCST |
California Council on Science & Technology |
| CDL |
California Digital Library |
| CEQA |
California Environmental Quality Act |
| Cal-ISI |
California Institutes for Science & Innovation |
| CNSI |
California Nanosystems Institute |
| CPEC |
California Postsecondary Education Commission |
| CALPIRG |
The California Public Interest Research Group |
| CSU |
California State University |
| CTTCA |
California Technology Trade & Commerce Agency |
| CRCC |
Cancer Research Coordinating Committee |
| CAP |
Capital Accumulation Provision |
| CITRIS |
Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society |
| CIO |
Chief Information Officer |
| COC |
Committee on Committees (Divisional Senate) |
| COR |
Committee on Research (Divisional Senate) |
| CRI |
Committee on Research Initiatives |
| CONACyT |
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia
(Mexican Equivalent of the NSF)
|
| CE |
Cooperative Extension |
| CCGA |
Coordinating Committee on Graduate Affairs |
| COC |
Council of Chancellors |
| COR |
Council of Research |
| CUCEA |
Council of the University of California Emeriti Association |
| COVC |
Council of Vice Chancellors |
| CV |
Curriculum Vitae |
| DBP |
Defined Benefit Plan |
| DCP |
Defined Contribution Plan |
| DOE |
Department of Energy (U.S.) |
| DOF |
Department of Finance (California) |
| DHHS |
Department of Health and Human Services |
| DLC |
Distributed Learning Center |
| DANR |
Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| J.S.D. |
Doctor of the Science of Law |
| DAP |
Dual Admissions Program |
| EAP |
Education Abroad Program |
| ETS |
Educational Testing Service |
| ELC |
Eligibility in the Local Context |
| ESL |
English as a Second Language |
| EIR |
Environmental Impact Report |
| EBC |
Executive Budget Committee |
| EVC |
Executive Vice Chancellor |
| F&A |
Facilities and Administrative |
| FDRG |
Faculty Discipline Review Group (related to CAN) |
| FGP |
Faculty Grants Program |
| FERPA |
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act |
| OMB |
Federal Office of Management and Budget |
| FFRDC |
Federally Funded Research & Development Center |
| FSA |
Flexible Spending Account |
| FTE |
Full Time Equivalent |
| GRD |
Government Relations Director |
| GSI |
Graduate Student Instructor |
| GSR |
Graduate Student Researcher |
| GEMS |
Great Expectations in Math & Science Program |
| HSPC |
Human Subjects Protection Committee |
| IDC |
Indirect Cost |
| ICR |
Indirect Cost Recovery |
| IUCRP |
Industry University Cooperative Research Program |
| ITTP |
Information Technology & Telecommunication Policy |
| ICOLC |
International Consortium of Library Consortia |
| ICAS |
Intersegmental Committee of the Academic Senate |
| ICC |
Intersegmental Coordinating Committee |
| IGETC |
Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum |
| IMPAC |
Intersegmental Major Preparation Articulated Curriculum |
| INPAC |
Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology |
| ISI |
Institutes for Science and Innovation |
| ILE |
Institute of Labor & Employment |
| IRB |
Institutional Review Board |
| I&R |
Instruction & Research |
| J.D. |
Juris Doctor degree |
| LDRD |
Laboratory-Directed Research and Development |
| LBNL |
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| LLNL |
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
| LEDPA |
Least Environmental Damaging Plan Alternative |
| LDO |
Locally Designated Officer |
| LRDP |
Long Range Development Plan |
| LANL |
Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| LL.M. |
Master of Laws degree |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| MTDC |
Modified Total Direct Costs |
| MOP |
Mortgage Origination Program |
| MRIF |
Multicampus Research Incentive Fund |
| MRU |
Multicampus Research Unit |
| NAS |
National Academy of the Sciences |
| NIF |
National Ignition Facility |
| NIH |
National Institutes of Health |
| NNSA |
National Nuclear Security Administration |
| NSF |
National Science Foundation |
| NAGRA |
Native American Graves Repatriation Act |
| NRS |
Natural Reserve System |
| OMB |
Federal Office of Management and Budget |
| ONR |
Office of Naval Research |
| OP |
Office of the President |
| OSCAR |
Online Services for Curriculum and Articulation Review
(California Community Colleges)
|
| ORU |
Organized Research Unit |
| POC |
Panel of Counselors |
| PPG |
Preliminary Planning Guide |
| PI |
Principal Investigator |
| P&T |
Privilege & Tenure Committee |
| POWER |
Program on Workable Energy Regulation |
| PIER |
Public Interest Energy Research Program |
| RFP |
Request for Proposals |
| R&D |
Research and Development |
| RA |
Research Assistant |
| SIGETC |
Science Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum |
| SIO |
Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
| SOE |
Security of Employment |
| SUTI |
Sensitive Unclassified Technical Information |
| SNRI |
Sierra Nevada Research Institute |
| SPO |
Sponsored Projects Office |
| SOR |
Standing Orders of the Regents |
| SORI |
Subcommittee on Research Initiatives |
| SLASIAC |
Systemwide Library and Scholarly Information Advisory Committee |
| TA |
Teaching Assistant |
| TSTRP |
Toxic Substance Research and Training Program |
| TIPS |
Treasury Inflation Protected Securities |
| UCACCORD |
UC All Campus Collaboration on Outreach and Dissemination |
| UCCP |
UC College Preparatory Initiative |
| UCEI |
UC Energy Institute |
| UCMEXUS |
UC Institute for Mexico and the United States |
| UCO |
UC Observatories |
| UACB |
Undergraduate Admissions Coordination Board |
| UARC |
University Affiliated Research Center |
| UCAF |
University Committee on Academic Freedom |
| UCAP |
University Committee on Academic Personnel |
| UCAADE |
University Committee on Affirmative Action and Diversity |
| UCOC |
University Committee on Committees |
| UCEAP |
University Committee on Education Abroad Program |
| UCEP |
University Committee on Educational Policy |
| UCFW |
University Committee on Faculty Welfare |
| UCOLASC |
Library and Scholarly Communication |
| UCPB |
University Committee on Planning and Budget |
| UCOPE |
University Committee on Preparatory Education |
| UCP&T |
University Committee on Privilege and Tenure |
| UCORP |
University Committee on Research Policy |
| UCR&J |
University Committee on Rules and Jurisdiction |
| UER |
University-Emeriti Relations Committee |
| UEXT |
University Extension |
| UNEX |
University Extension |
| UC |
The University of California |
| UCB |
University of California, Berkeley |
| UCD |
University of California, Davis |
| UCI |
University of California, Irvine |
| UCLA |
University of California, Los Angeles |
| UCMC |
University of California Marine Council |
| UCM |
University of California, Merced |
| UCM-TF |
University of California, Merced Task Force (of the Academic Senate) |
| UCOP |
University of California, Office of the President |
| UCRP |
University of California Retirement Plan |
| UCRS |
University of California Retirement System |
| UCR |
University of California, Riverside |
| UCSD |
University of California, San Diego |
| UCSF |
University of California, San Francisco |
| UCSB |
University of California, Santa Barbara |
| UCSC |
University of California, Santa Cruz |
| WASC |
Western Association of Schools and Colleges |
| WMRS |
White Mountain Research Station |
