

Science and knowledge in general, organization of intellectual work, terminology, methodology, scientific research.
| Acronym | Sense | Language | Topics | 
|---|---|---|---|
| AAR | Archives Audiovisuelles de la Recherche (www.archivesaudiovisuelles.fr/fr/) | In French | → Libraries → Records management → Cinema, movies → Research policy → France | 
| AARLIN | Australian Academic and Research Library Network | In English | → Organizations and associations → Libraries → Higher education, universities → Research policy → Australia | 
| AAS-CEE | Austrian Academy of Sciences - Central and Eastern European Scholarship | In English | → Education → Academies → Research policy → Austria | 
| ABRET | Association Bretonne pour la Recherche et la Technologie | In French | → Associations → Research policy → Engineering, technology → France | 
| ACARU | Association Canadienne d'Administrateurs de Recherche Universitaire = CAURA | Canadian Association of University Research Administrators | In English | In French | → Associations → Management → Research policy → Canada | 
| ACR | Austrian Cooperative Research (https://www.acr.ac.at/) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Research policy → Engineering, technology → Austria | 
| ADER | Association pour le Développement et la Recherche | In French | → Associations → Research policy | 
| ADSL | Association du Doctorat Scientifique Lyonnais | In French | → Associations → Higher education, universities → Research policy → France | 
| ADT | Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Technologie- und Gründerzentren | In German | → Associations → Research policy → Engineering, technology → Germany | 
| AENESR | Administrateur de l'Éducation Nationale, de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche | In French | → Central administration → Education → Higher education, universities → Research policy → France | 
| AiF | Arbeitsgemeinschaft industrieller Forschungsvereinigungen | In German | → Associations → Research policy | 
| AII | Agence de l'Innovation Industrielle | In French | → Organizations and associations → Research policy → Industry, industrial policy → Engineering, technology → France | 
| AIST | Agency of Industrial Science and Technology | In English | → Research policy → Engineering, technology | 
| AITAP | Accueil et Information des Thésards pour leur Avenir et leur Présent (www.aitap.com) | In French | → Organizations and associations → Research policy → Higher education, universities | 
| ALEC-SIC | Association Lyonnaise des Étudiants Chercheurs en Sciences de l'Information et de la Communication | In French | → Associations → Research policy → Higher education, universities | 
| ALER | Allocataire d'Enseignement et de Recherche | In French | → Research policy → Education | 
| AMCSIT | Agenţia Managerială de Cercetare Ştiinţifică, Inovare şi Transfer Tehnologic | In Romanian | → Research policy → Engineering, technology | 
| AMREF | African Medical and Research Foundation (www.amref.org) | In English | → Foundations → Medicine → Research policy → Africa | 
| ANR | Agence Nationale de la Recherche (www.agence-nationale-recherche.fr) | In French | → Research policy → France | 
| ANRT | Association Nationale de la Recherche Technique | In French | → Research policy → Associations → Engineering, technology | 
| ANVAR | Agence Nationale de Valorisation de la Recherche | In French | → Research policy → Economics → Applied sciences, technology | 
| ANVREDET | Agence Nationale de la Valorisation des Résultats de la Recherche et du Développement Technologique | In French | → Research policy → Engineering, technology | 
| APART | Austrian Programme for Advanced Research and Technology | In English | → Research policy → Engineering, technology → Austria | 
| APRE | Agenzia per la Promozione della Ricerca Europea | In Italian | → Research policy → European Union | 
| ARC | Austrian Research Centers (www.arcs.ac.at) | In English | → Research institutes → Research policy → Engineering, technology → Austria | 
| ARIST | Agence Régionale d'Information Stratégique et Technologique | In French | → Research policy → Libraries → Engineering, technology | 
| ARL | Association of Research Libraries | In French | → Associations → Libraries → Research policy | 
| ARMS | Australasian Research Management Society (www.researchadmin.org.au) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Management → Research policy | 
| ARTS | Actions de Recherche pour la Technologie et la Société | In French | → Research policy → Engineering, technology | 
| ASEC | Association Stéphanoise des jEunes Chercheurs | In French | → Associations → Research policy | 
| ASRC | Association des Structures de Recherche Contractuelle (www.lasrc.net) | In French | → Associations → Research policy | 
| ASRC | Australian Standard Research Classification | In English | → Research policy → Australia | 
| ASSURE | Awards to Stimulate and Support Undergraduate Research Experiences | In English | → Research policy → Education | 
| ATEC | Association des Thésards et Étudiants en Catalyse (www.atec-lyon.com) | In French | → Associations → Research policy → Higher education, universities → Chemistry | 
| ATER | Attaché Temporaire d'Enseignement et de Recherche | In French | → Higher education, universities → Research policy | 
| ATI | Aide Tourangelle à l'Innovation | In French | → Regional administration → Engineering, technology → Research policy | 
| ATP | Austrian Technology Platform | In English | → Organizations and associations → Engineering, technology → Research policy → Austria | 
| AVRUL | Agence pour la Valorisation de la Recherche Universitaire du Limousin | In French | → Research policy | 
| BCRD | Budget Civil de Recherche et de Développement | In French | → Finance → Research policy → Engineering, technology | 
| BEP | Büro für Europäische Programme | In German | → Research policy | 
| BIT | Bereich für Internationale Forschungs- und Technologiekooperation | In German | → Research policy → Engineering, technology | 
| BMBF | Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (https://www.bmbf.de) | In German | → Central administration → Education → Research policy → Germany | 
| BMFT | Bundesministerium für Forschung und Technologie | In German | → Central administration → Research policy → Engineering, technology | 
| BOAI | Budapest Open Access Initiative | In English | → Libraries → Research policy → Hungary | 
| BOESR | Bulletin Officiel de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche | In French | → Serial publications, periodicals → Higher education, universities → Research policy → France | 
| CAPRN | Canada-Asia-Pacific Research Network | In English | → Organizations and associations → Research policy | 
| CARI | Central Asia Research Initiative | In English | → Research policy | 
| CARN | Central Asia Research Network | In English | → Research policy | 
| CARRE | Central Asia Research and Remediation Exchange | In English | → Research policy | 
| CASIMIR | Centre d'Appui et Simulation des Industries par les Moyens de l'Innovation et de la Recherche | In French | → Research policy → Engineering, technology | 
| CATRENE | Cluster for Application and Technology Research in Europe on NanoElectronics (www.catrene.org) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Research policy → Electronics → Europe | 
| CAURA | Canadian Association of University Research Administrators = ACARU (look above) | In English | → Associations → Management → Research policy → Canada | 
| CCR | Centre Commun de Recherche | In French | → Research policy → Mathematics and natural sciences → Applied sciences, technology | 
| CCRRDT | Comité Consultatif Régional pour la Recherche et le Développement Technologique | In French | → Organizations and associations → Research policy → Engineering, technology | 
| CDI | Collectif des Doctorants de l'ISN | In French | → Organizations and associations → Research policy → Higher education, universities | 
| CENIDET | Centro Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico (www.cenidet.edu.mx) | In Spanish | → Research institutes → Research policy → Engineering, technology → Mexico | 
| CERC3 | Chairmen of the European Research Councils' Chemistry Committees | In English | → Organizations and associations → Research policy → Chemistry | 
| CERIF | Common European Research Information Format | In English | → Research policy → Knowledge management | 
| CERTH | Centre for Research and Technology Hellas | In English | → Research policy → Engineering, technology | 
| CGIAR | Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research | In English | → Organizations and associations → Research policy → Agricultural sciences | 
| CGRA | Commission de Gestion de la Recherche et de ses Applications | In French | → Research policy | 
| CICESE | Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (www.cicese.mx) | In Spanish | → Research institutes → Research policy → Higher education, universities → Mexico | 
| CIFRE | Convention Industrielle de Formation par la Recherche | In French | → Research policy → Education | 
| CIR | Crédit d'Impôt Recherche | In French | → Taxes, duties → Research policy | 
| CIRIT | Comissió Interdepartemental de Recreca i Innovació Tecnològica | In Spanish | → Public administration, government → Research policy | 
| CIRST | Comité Interministériel de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique | In French | → Central administration → Research policy | 
| CLORA | CLub des Organismes de Recherche Associés (www.clora.net) | In French | → Organizations and associations → Research policy | 
| CNCSIS | Consiliul National al Cercetarii Stiintifice din Învatamântul Superior | In Romanian | → Research policy → Higher education, universities | 
| CNCSIS | Consiliu Naţional al Cercetării Ştiinţifice din Învăţământul Superior | In Romanian | → Organizations and associations → Research policy | 
| CNER | Comité National d'Évaluation de la Recherche | In French | → Research policy | 
| CNESER | Conseil National de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche | In English | → Organizations and associations → Higher education, universities → Research policy | 
| CNR | Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche | In Italian | → Research policy | 
| CNRS | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique | In French | → Research policy → Mathematics and natural sciences | 
| CNRT | Centre National de Recherche Technologique | In French | → Research institutes → Research policy | 
| CNRT | Comité National de la Recherche Technologique | In French | → Research policy → Engineering, technology | 
| CORDIS | Community Research and Development Information Service | In English | → Libraries → Research policy → Engineering, technology | 
| CORE | Common Operational Research Equipment | In English | → Research policy | 
| COST | Co-operation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research | In English | → Research policy → European Union | 
| CPR | Consorzio Pisa Ricerche (www.cpr.it) | In Italian | → Organizations and associations → Research policy | 
| CQFD | Ce Qu'il Fallait Démontrer = QED | Quod Erat Demonstrandum | In Latin | In French | |
| CRC | China Research Centre | In English | → Research institutes → Research policy → China | 
| CREST | Comité de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique (de l'Union européenne) | In French | → Research policy → Mathematics and natural sciences → Applied sciences, technology | 
| CRI | Centre Relais Innovation | In French | → Research policy | 
| CRI SOFRAA | Centre Relais Innovation Suisse Ouest / France Rhône-Alpes Auvergne | In French | → Research policy → Engineering, technology | 
| CRIN | Coordination Recherche INdustrie | In French | → Research policy → Engineering, technology | 
| CRIT | Collective Research Initiatives Trust | In English | → Research policy | 
| CRN | Collaborative Research Network | In English | → Organizations and associations → Research policy | 
| CRN | Comparative Research Network | In English | → Research policy → Organizations and associations | 
| CRP | Collaborative Research Project | In English | → Research policy | 
| CSA | Coordination and Support Action | In English | → Research policy | 
| CSIR | Council for Scientific and Industrial Research | In English | → Organizations and associations → Research policy | 
| CSIR | Council of Scientific and Industrial Research | In English | → Research policy | 
| CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (www.csiro.au) | In English | → Organizations and associations → International relations → Research policy → Engineering, technology → Australia | 
| CSOSG | Concepts, Systèmes et Outils pour la Sécurité Globale | In French | → Research policy → Applied sciences, technology | 
| CSRT | Conseil Supérieur de la Recherche et de la Technologie | In French | → Research policy → Engineering, technology | 
| CSTP | Committee for Scientific and Technological Policy | In English | → Organizations and associations → Research policy → Engineering, technology | 
| CTAAI | Commission Territoriale d'Attribution des Aides à l'Innovation | In French | → Research policy → Engineering, technology | 
| DAFR | Direction de l'Administration et du Financement de la Recherche | In French | → Research policy → Central administration | 
| DARM | Danish Association for Research Managers and Administrators | In English | → Associations → Management → Research policy | 
| DES | Département de l'Évaluation Scientifique | In French | → Research policy → Mathematics and natural sciences | 
| DESCA | Development of a Simplified Consortium Agreement | In English | → Research policy → Contract law | 
| DESIRE | Development of a European Service for Information on Research and Education | In English | → Research policy → Libraries → Knowledge management → Education | 
| DFG | Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (https://www.dfg.de/) | In German | → Organizations and associations → Finance → Research policy → Germany | 
| DGER | Direction Générale de l'Enseignement et de la Recherche | In French | → Central administration → Research policy → Education | 
| DGRST | Délégation Générale à la Recherche Scientifique et Technique | In French | → Research policy → Mathematics and natural sciences → Applied sciences, technology | 
| DGRT | Direction Générale de la Recherche et de la Technologie | In French | → Central administration → Research policy → Engineering, technology | 
| DIRD | Dépense Intérieure de Recherche et de Développement | In French | → Research policy → Public finance → Engineering, technology | 
| DIRDA | Dépense Intérieure de Recherche et Développement des Administrations | In French | → Research policy → Public finance → Central administration | 
| DIRDE | Dépense Intérieure de Recherche et Développement des Entreprises | In French | → Research policy → Public finance → Engineering, technology | 
| DNRD | Dépense Nationale de Recherche et Développement | In French | → Research policy → Public finance | 
| DPESR | Direction des Personnels de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche | In French | → Research policy → Labour, labour economics → Higher education, universities | 
| DPGR | Direction de la Politique Générale de la Recherche | In French | → Central administration → Research policy | 
| DQR | Direction de la Qualité et de la Recherche | In French | → Quality management → Research policy | 
| DRD | Division Recherche et Développement | In French | → Research policy | 
| DRED | Direction de la Recherche et des Études Doctorales | In French | → Research policy → Higher education, universities | 
| DRET | Direction de la Recherche et de la Technologie | In French | → Research policy → Public administration, government → Engineering, technology | 
| DRIR | Direction Régionale de l'Industrie et de la Recherche | In French | → Regional administration → Industry, industrial policy → Research policy | 
| DRIRE | Direction Régionale de l'Industrie, de la Recherche et de l'Environnement | In French | → Regional administration → Industry, industrial policy → Research policy → 5023 | 
| DRIVER | Digital Repository Infrastructure Vision for European Research | In English | → Research policy | 
| DRRT | Délégué(e) Régional(e) à la Recherche et à la Technologie | In French | → Research policy → Engineering, technology | 
| DRRT | Délégation Régionale à la Recherche et à la Technologie | In French | → Research policy → Public administration, government → Engineering, technology | 
| DSR | Diplôme Supérieur de Recherche | In French | → Research policy → Education | 
| DSRA | Diplôme Supérieur de Recherche Approfondie | In French | → Education → Research policy | 
| DURENAS | Departemen Urusan Riset Nasional | In Indonesian | → Central administration → Research policy → Indonesia | 
| EA | Équipe d'Accueil | In French | → Research policy | 
| EARTO | European Association of Research and Technology Organisations | In English | → Associations → Research policy → Engineering, technology | 
| ECAN | EU-China Academic Network | In English | → Research policy → Higher education, universities → China | 
| ECEI | European Cluster Excellence Initiative | In English | → Research policy → Europe | 
| ECREA | Ecumenical Centre for Research, Education & Advocacy | In English | → Research policy → Education | 
| ECRFF | EU-China Research Fellowship Fund | In English | → Research policy → China | 
| ECRIN | Association Échange et Coordination Recherche INdustrie | In French | → Research policy → Associations → Engineering, technology | 
| ECRP | European Collaborative Research Project | In English | → Research policy → Europe | 
| EER | Espace Européen de la Recherche | In French | → Research policy → International relations | 
| EIRMA | European Industrial Research Management Association | In English | → Associations → Research policy → Industry, industrial policy | 
| ELIARE | Expérimentation Limousine d'Accompagnement vers la Recherche Européenne | In French | → Research policy → Regional administration | 
| EMI | Équipe mixte INSERM | In French | → Research institutes → Research policy → Medicine | 
| EP | Experiment Planning | In English | → Research policy | 
| EPE | Exercice de Prospective Exploratoire | In French | → 0018 | 
| EPSS | Electronic Proposal Submission Service | In English | → Research policy → European Union | 
| ERA | Équipe de Recherche Associée | In French | → Research policy | 
| ERCS | Équipe Recommandée par le Conseil Scientifique | In French | → Research policy | 
| ERG | (Marie Curie) European Reintegration Grants | In English | → Research policy → Labour, labour economics | 
| ERGO | European Research Gateways On-Line | In English | → Research policy | 
| ERMEN | Équipe Recommandée par le Ministère de l'Éducation Nationale | In French | → Research policy → Education | 
| EUROCORES | European Collaborative Research | In English | → Research policy → Europe | 
| EURYI | European Young Investigators | In English | → Research policy | 
| F&E | Forschung und Entwicklung = R&D | Recherche et développement | In French = R&D | Research and Development | In English = I+D | Investigación y Desarrollo | In Spanish = R&S | Ricerca e Sviluppo | In Italian = P&D | Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento | In Portuguese = O&O | Onderzoek en Ontwikkeling | In Dutch = FoU | Forsøk og Utvikling | In Norwegian | In German | → Research policy → Engineering, technology | 
| FAQ | Frequently Asked Questions = FAQ | Foire Aux Questions | In French = KKK | Korduma Kippuvad Küsimused | In Estonian = POD | Plej Oftaj Demandoj | In Esperanto = SIL | Su'aalaha Intabadan La'isweydiiyey | In Somali | In English | |
| FAQ | Foire Aux Questions = KKK, POD, SIL (look above) | In French | |
| FARI | Fonds d'Aide à la Recherche et à l'Innovation | In French | → Research policy → Engineering, technology | 
| FARIT | Fonds d'Aide à la Recherche et à l'Innovation dans les Transports | In French | → Research policy → Vehicle engineering → Transport and postal services | 
| FCE | Fonds de Compétitivité des Entreprises | In French | → Central administration → Economic policy → Research policy → France | 
| FFCR | Fonds France-Canada pour la Recherche | In French | → Research policy → Canada | 
| FFG | Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft (www.ffg.at) | In German | → Organizations and associations → Research policy → Austria | 
| FFRDC | Federally Funded Research and Development Center | In English | → Research institutes → Research policy | 
| FhG | Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (www.fraunhofer.de) | In German | → Organizations and associations → Research institutes → Research policy → Germany | 
| FIST | France Innovation Scientifique et Transfert (www.fist.fr) | In French | → Research policy → Industry, industrial policy → France | 
| FNR | Fonds National de la Recherche | In French | → Research policy | 
| FoU | Forsøk og Utvikling = F&E, R&D, I+D, R&S, P&D, O&O (look above) | In Norwegian | → Research policy → Engineering, technology | 
| FR | Fédération de Recherche | In French | → Research policy | 
| FRAPPE | Fonds Régional d'Aide aux Porteurs de Projets Européens | In French | → Research policy → Regional administration | 
| FRE | Formation de Recherche en Évolution | In French | → Research policy | 
| FRESCO | Fédération Française des Étudiants et jeunes chercheurs en Sciences de la COgnition (www.fresco.fr) | In French | → Organizations and associations → Higher education, universities → Research policy → Neurology | 
| FTI | Forschungs- und Technologieinformation | In German | → Research policy → Engineering, technology | 
| FTI | Forschung, Technologieentwicklung und Innovation | In German | → Research policy → Engineering, technology | 
| FTI | Forschung, Technologie und Innovation | In German | → Research policy → Mathematics and natural sciences → Applied sciences, technology | 
| FWF | Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (https://www.fwf.ac.at/) | In German | → Central administration → Finance → Research policy → Austria | 
| GDD | Guilde Des Doctorants | In French | → Organizations and associations → Higher education, universities → Research policy | 
| GFF | Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Forschung | In German | → Organizations and associations → Research policy | 
| GPF | Grant Agreement Preparation Form | In English | → European Union → Research policy | 
| GRA | Graduate Research Assistant | In English | → Higher education, universities → Research policy | 
| GtR | Gateway to Research (http://https://gtr.ukri.org/) | In English | → Databases → Research policy → United Kingdom | 
| HAL | Hyper Articles en Ligne (http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr) | In French | → Libraries → Research policy → France | 
| HDR | Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches | In French | → Research policy | 
| HGF | Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Forschungszentren (https://www.helmholtz.de/) | In German | → Research institutes → Research policy → Germany | 
| HSARPA | Homeland Security Advanced Research Project Agency | In English | → Central administration → Research policy | 
| I&DR | Institutional and Department Research | In English | → Research policy | 
| I+D | Investigación y Desarrollo = F&E, R&D, I+D, R&S, P&D, O&O, FoU (look above) | In Spanish | → Research policy → Engineering, technology | 
| I2TC | Incubateur Technologique Territorial de Corse (www.innovation.corse.fr) | In French | → Research policy | 
| IAF | Institut für angewandte Forschung | In German | → Research institutes → Research policy | 
| ICAITI | Instituto Centroamericano de Investigación y Tecnología | In Spanish | → Research institutes → Research policy → Engineering, technology | 
| ICAR | Indian Council of Agricultural Research (www.icar.org.in) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Agricultural sciences → Research policy → India | 
| ICHR | Indian Council of Historical Research (www.ichrindia.org) | In English | → Organizations and associations → History → Research policy → India | 
| ICMR | Indian Council for Medical Research (www.icmr.nic.in) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Medicine → Research policy → India | 
| ICPR | Indian Council of Philosophical Research (www.icpr.in) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Philosophy, psychology → Research policy → India | 
| ICSSR | Indian Council of Social Science Research (www.icssr.org) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Social sciences → Research policy → India | 
| IEIFC | Incubateur d'Entreprises Innovantes de Franche-Comté (www.incubateur-fc.fr) | In French | → Research policy | 
| IER | Inter–European Research | In English | → Research policy | 
| IFCPAR | Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research | In English | → Organizations and associations → Research policy → France | 
| IFR | Institut Fédératif de Recherche | In French | → Research policy | 
| IFR PPF | Institut fédératif de recherche Paris-Nord Plaine de France | In French | → Research institutes → Research policy → France | 
| IGERT | Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program | In English | → Research policy → Education | 
| IGF | Industrielle Gemeinschaftsforschung | In German | → Research policy → Engineering, technology | 
| IPCA | Integrated Projects Consortium Agreement | In English | → Research policy → Contract law | 
| IR&D | Independent Research and Development | In English | → Research policy → Engineering, technology | 
| IRANET | Iranian Research and Academic Network | In English | → Research policy → Education | 
| IRCCS | Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico | In Italian | → Research institutes → Research policy | 
| IRG | (Marie Curie) International Reintegration Grants | In English | → Research policy → Labour, labour economics | 
| IRI | Institut de Recherche et d'Innovation (www.iri.centrepompidou.fr) | In French | → Research institutes → Research policy → Civilization, culture, progress → France | 
| IRIS | Italian Research Interim Stage | In English | → Research policy → Italia |