| Acronym | Sense | Language | Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| A2LA | American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (www.a2la.org) | In English | → Associations → United States |
| AALA | American Association for Laboratory Accreditation | In English | → Associations → United States |
| AARC | Assassination Archives and Research Center (www.aarclibrary.org) | In English | → Criminology |
| ABLE | Association for Biology Laboratory Education (www.ableweb.org) | In English | → Associations → Education → Biological sciences |
| ACCI | Ape Cognition and Conservation Initiative (http://http://apeinitiative.org/) | In English | → Psychology → Zoology |
| ACCM | Austrian Center of Competences in Mechatronics (www.accm.co.at) | In English | → Mechanical engineering → Electronics → Austria |
| ACEL | Air Crew Equipment Laboratory | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ACIAR | Australian Center for International Agriculture Research (www.aciar.gov.au) | In English | → Agricultural sciences → Australia |
| ACRI | Atlantic Cancer Research Institute (https://www.atlanticcancer.ca) | In English | → Oncology → Canada |
| ADL | Advanced Development Laboratory | In English | |
| ADL | Avionics Development Laboratory | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ADLNB | Association of Designated Laboratories and Notified Bodies | In English | → Associations |
| ADRC | Emory Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center | In English | → Neurology → Gerontology |
| AEDC | Arnold Engineering Development Center | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics → United States |
| AETL | Approved Engineering Test Laboratory | In English | |
| AFAL | Air Force Astronautics Laboratory | In English | → Astronautics → 358 → United States |
| AFAL | Air Force Avionics Laboratory | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft → 358 → United States |
| AFAPL | Air Force Aero Propulsion Laboratory | In English | → 358 → Aeronautics, aircraft → United States |
| AFATL | Air Force Armaments Test Laboratory | In English | → 358 → Military engineering → United States |
| AFFDL | Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory | In English | → 358 → Aeronautics, aircraft → United States |
| AFGL | Air Force Geophysics Laboratory | In English | → 358 → Geophysics → United States |
| AFML | Air Force Materials Laboratory | In English | → 358 → Military engineering → United States |
| AFRPL | Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory | In English | → 358 → Astronautics → United States |
| AFRRI | Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (www.afrri.usuhs.mil) | In English | → Biological sciences → Military affairs |
| AFWAL | Air Force Weapons Analysis Laboratory | In English | → 358 → Military engineering → United States |
| AFWAL | Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratory | In English | → 358 → Aeronautics, aircraft → United States |
| AFWL | Air Force Weapons Laboratory | In English | → 358 → Military engineering → United States |
| AFWPAL | Air Force Wright-Patterson Aeropropulsion Laboratory | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft → 358 → United States |
| AIAA | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (https://www.aiaa.org) | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics → United States |
| AIL | Avionics Integration Laboratories | In English | → Astronautics |
| AIMS | Australian Institute of Marine Science (www.aims.gov.au) | In English | → Marine research, oceanography → Australia |
| ALL | Airborne Laser Laboratory | In English | |
| ALL | Alkalmazott Logikai Laboratórium = ALL | Applied Logic Laboratory | In English |
In Hungarian | → Computer science |
| ALL | Applied Logic Laboratory = (look above) |
In English | → Computer science |
| AMAL | Aeronautical Medical Acceleration Laboratory | In English | → Medicine → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AMAL | Aviation Medical Acceleration Laboratory | In English | → Medicine → Transport and postal services |
| AMFL | Aeromedical Field Laboratory | In English | → Medicine → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AMMRC | Army Material & Mechanics Research Center | In English | → Mechanical engineering → Military engineering |
| APCC | APEC Climate Center (www.apcc21.net) | In English | → Meteorology, climatology |
| APDRC | Asia-Pacific Data-Research Center (http://apdrc.soest.hawaii.edu) | In English | |
| APL | Applied Physics Laboratory | In English | → Physics |
| ARC | Austrian Research Centers (www.arcs.ac.at) | In English | → Research policy → Engineering, technology → Austria |
| ARC | Ames Research Center | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics → United States |
| ARI | Army Research Institute | In English | → Military affairs |
| ARIEM | Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine | In English | → Military affairs → Medicine |
| ARIES | Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences | In English | → Mathematics and natural sciences |
| ARL | Army Research Laboratory | In English | → Military affairs |
| ARRI | Automation and Robotics Research Institute | In English | |
| ARTeHiS | Archéologie, Terre, Histoire, Sociétés | In French | → Archeology → History |
| ASC | African Studies Centre | In English | → Area studies |
| ASPR | Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution (www.aspr.ac.at) | In English | → Polemology → Austria |
| ASPSL | ASPP Sortie Laboratory | In English | |
| ASRC | Australian Stuttering Research Centre | In English | → Medicine → Australia |
| ASRC | Atmospheric Sciences Research Center (www.asrc.albany.edu) | In English | → Meteorology, climatology |
| ASTF | Aeropropulsion System Test Facility | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft → United States |
| ATL | Advanced Technology Laboratories | In English | |
| ATL | Avionics Test Laboratory | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ATLAS | Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science | In English | → Meteorology, climatology |
| AVL | Avionics Verification Laboratory | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| BBRI | Belgian Building Research Institute | In English | → Construction → Belgium |
| BERPC | Bureau d'Évaluation des Risques des Produits et agents Chimiques (www.berpc.fr) | In French | → Accidents, risks, safety → Chemicals → Chemistry |
| BfEL | Bundesforschungsanstalt für Ernährung und Lebensmittel (www.bfel.de) | In German | → Nutrition → Beverage industry → Food technology → Germany |
| BGI | Beijing Genomics Institute (https://www.bgi.com/) | In English | → Genetics → China |
| BII | Bioinformatics Institute | In English | → Computer science → Construction |
| BIO | Bedford Institute of Oceanography (www.bio.gc.ca) | In English | → Marine research, oceanography → Canada |
| BMRC | Buffalo Materials Research Center | In English | → Nuclear technology |
| BNI | Bernhard-Nocht-Institut für Tropenmedizin (www.bni.uni-hamburg.de) | In German | → Medicine → Germany |
| BRDC | Belvoir Research and Development Center | In English | → Military affairs |
| BRDL | Bio-engineer Research and Development Laboratory | In English | → Biotechnology |
| BRL | Ballistic Research Laboratory | In English | → Military engineering |
| BSDL | Biotechnological Sciences Delft Leiden (www.bsdl.bt.tudelft.nl) | In English | → Higher education, universities → Biological sciences → Biotechnology → Netherlands |
| BSI | Behavioural Science Institute | In English | → Psychology → Social sciences → Neurology |
| BTAE | Bilişim Teknolojileri Araştırma Enstitüsü | In Turkish | → Computer science |
| BTI | Bautechnisches Institut | In German | → Civil engineering → Construction |
| BVFS | Bautechnische Versuchs- und Forschungsanstalt Salzburg | In German | → Civil engineering → Construction → Austria |
| CABBT | Center for Advanced Biomedical and Bioengineering Technology | In English | → Biological sciences → Biotechnology → Medicine |
| CAEM | Center for Antarctic Environment Monitering | In English | → Earth sciences → Antarctica |
| CAL | Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| CALST | Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory Shock Tunnel | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| CAMBI | Center for Advanced Molecular Biology and Immunology | In English | → Biochemistry, biophysics → Immunology and allergy |
| CAORC | Council of American Overseas Research Centers | In English | → Organizations and associations |
| CAOS | Center for Atmospheric and Oceanic Studies (http://caos-a.geophys.tohoku.ac.jp) | In English | → Meteorology, climatology → Marine research, oceanography → Japan |
| CAPE | Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics | In English | → Optics → Electromagnetism → Mechanical engineering |
| CAPEM | Center for Advanced Photonic and Electronic Materials | In English | → Electronics |
| CAPHRI | Care and Public Health Research Institute (www.caphri.nl) | In English | → Public health and hygiene → Netherlands |
| CAPS | Compilation, Architectures Parallèles et Systèmes | In French | → Computer science |
| CARE | Centre d'Anthropologie Religieuse Européenne (http://care.ehess.fr) | In French | → Anthropology → Religion, theology → France |
| CARIM | CArdiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (www.carim.unimaas.nl) | In English | → Cardiology → Netherlands |
| CAT | Center for Assistive Technology | In English | |
| CATE | Center for Applied Technologies in Education | In English | → Education |
| CATIE | Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (www.catie.ac.cr) | In Spanish | → Agricultural sciences |
| CBS | Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures (www.cbs.knaw.nl) | In Dutch | → Biological sciences → Netherlands |
| CCP | Center for Computational Pharmacology | In English | → Pharmacology, toxicology → Computer-based techniques → United States |
| CCR | Center for Computational Research | In English | → Computer science |
| CCRS | Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (www.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca) | In English | → Astronautics → Earth sciences → Canada |
| CCSR | Center for Climate System Reseach (www.ccsr.u-tokyo.ac.jp) = CCSR | 東京大学の『気候システム研究センタ | In Japanese |
In English | → Meteorology, climatology → Japan |
| CCSR | 東京大学の『気候システム研究センタ (www.ccsr.u-tokyo.ac.jp) = (look above) |
In Japanese | → Meteorology, climatology → Japan |
| CCSR | Centre for Communication Systems Research | In English | → Telecommunications |
| CDC | Computer Development Center | In English | → Computer hardware |
| CDDET | Center for Drug Discovery and Experimental Therapeutics | In English | → Pharmacology, toxicology |
| CDEX | Center for Deep Earth Exploration | In English | → Earth sciences |
| CDI | Center for Defense Information (www.cdi.org) | In English | → Military affairs |
| CDIAC | Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center | In English | → Meteorology, climatology |
| CDSL | Computer Data System Laboratory | In English | → Data |
| CEA | Center for Extreme Ultraviolet Astrophysics | In English | → Astronomy → Optics → Astronautics |
| CEA | Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique (www.cea.fr) | In French | → 5931 → Energy economics → Nuclear technology → France |
| CEAA | Centre d'Études Africaines, Arabes et Asiatiques | In French | → Area studies |
| CEAA | Centro de Estudios de Asia y África | In Spanish | → Area studies |
| CEBTP | Centre Expérimental du Bâtiment et des Travaux Publics | In French | → Civil engineering → Construction |
| CECOS | Centre d'Étude et de Conservation des Oeufs et du Sperme | In French | → Reproductive biology |
| CEDAR | Center of Excellence for Document Analysis and Recognition | In English | → Documentation |
| CEDEM | Center for democracy and human rights = CEDEM | Centar za demokratiju i ljudska prava | In Serbian |
In English | → Democracy → Human rights |
| CEDEM | Centar za demokratiju i ljudska prava = (look above) |
In Serbian | → Democracy → Human rights |
| CEDIM | Centro de Estudios sobre Derecho Internacional y Mundialización (www.cedim.uqam.ca) = CEDIM | Centre d'Études sur le Droit International et la Mondialisation | In French |
In Spanish | → Trade → International law → Canada |
| CEDIM | Centre d'Études sur le Droit International et la Mondialisation (www.cedim.uqam.ca) = (look above) |
In French | → Trade → International law → Canada |
| CEDRE | Centre de Documentation, de Recherche et d'Expérimentations sur les pollutions accidentelles des eaux | In French | → Documentation → Environmental protection → Threats to the environment → Hydrology |
| CEEETA | Centro de Estudos em Economia da Energia, dos Transportes e do Ambiente | In Portuguese | → Environmental protection → Energy economics → Applied sciences, technology |
| CEESAR | Centre Européen d'Études Socio-économiques et Accidentologiques des Risques | In French | → Accidents, risks, safety |
| CEGELY | Centre de Génie Électrique de Lyon | In French | → Electrical engineering → France |
| CEIAS | Centre d'Études de l'Inde et de l'Asie du Sud | In French | → Area studies |
| CEMEF | Centre de Mise en Forme des Matériaux (www.cemef.mines-paristech.fr) | In French | → Materials science → France |
| CEMES | Centre d'Élaboration de Matériaux et d'Études Structurales (www.cemes.fr) | In French | → Materials science → France |
| CEMETE | Centre d'Essais des Matériaux et d'Études sur les Techniques d'Exécution | In French | → Materials science |
| CEMLA | Centre d'Études Monétaires Latino-Américaines (www.cemla.org) = CEMLA | Centro de Estudios Monetarios Latinoamericanos | In Spanish = CEMLA | Centro de Estudos Monetários Latino-americanos | In Portuguese |
In French | → Finance |
| CEMS | Centre d'Étude des Mouvements Sociaux | In French | → Sociology |
| CEN | Centre d'Études Nucléaires | In French | → Nuclear, atomic, and molecular physics → Nuclear technology |
| CENG | Centre d'Études Nucléaires de Grenoble | In French | → Nuclear, atomic, and molecular physics → Nuclear technology |
| CENIDET | Centro Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico (www.cenidet.edu.mx) | In Spanish | → Research policy → Engineering, technology → Mexico |
| CEPE | Centre d'Étude de la Performance des Entreprises | In French | → Economics |
| CEPEL | Centre d'Études Politiques de l'Europe Latine (www.cepel.univ-montp1.fr) | In French | → Politics → France |
| CEPH | Centre d'Études du Polymorphisme Humain | In French | → Genetics |
| CEPMMT | Centre Européen de Prévision Météorologique à Moyen Terme (www.ecmwf.int) |
In French | → Meteorology, climatology |
| CEPREMAP | Centre d'Études Prospectives d'Économie et de Mathématiques Appliquées à la Planification | In French | → Economics → Mathematics |
| CERB | Centre de Recherches Biologiques (www.cerb.fr) | In French | → Biological sciences → France |
| CERC | Centre d'Études des Revenus et des Coûts | In French | → Labour, labour economics → Prices |
| CERCHAR | Centre d'Études et de Recherches des Charbonnages | In French | → Mining |
| CEREM | Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur les Matériaux | In French | → Materials science |
| CEREN | Centre d'Études et de Recherche sur les Énergies | In French | → Energy economics |
| CEREQ | Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur les Qualifications (www.cereq.fr) | In French | → Education → France |
| CERHIC | Centre d'Études et de Recherche en Histoire Culturelle | In French | → History → Civilization, culture, progress |
| CERIB | Centre d'Études et de Recherches de l'Industrie du Béton | In French | → Civil engineering → Construction |
| CERMO | Centre d'Études et de Recherches de la Machine-Outil | In French | → Mechanical engineering |
| CERSA | Centre d'Études et de Recherches de Sciences Administratives | In French | → Public administration, government |
| CERT | Centre d'Études et de Recherche de Toulouse | In French | |
| CERT | Center for Education Resources and Technology | In English | → Education |
| CERTU | Centre d'Études sur les Réseaux, les Transports, l'Urbanisme et les constructions publiques | In French | → Civil engineering → Transport and postal services → Construction |
| CESCM | Centre d'Études Supérieures de Civilisation Médiévale (www.mshs.univ-poitiers.fr/cescm) | In French | → History |
| CESCM | Centre d’Études Supérieures de Civilisation Médiévale | In French | → History |
| CETEA | Centro de Tecnologia de Embalagem | In Portuguese | |
| CETEM | Centro de Tecnologia Mineral (www.cetem.gov.br) | In Portuguese | → Mining → Brazil |
| CETIOM | Centre Technique Interprofessionnel des Oléagineux Métropolitains | In French | → Agricultural sciences |
| CETU | Centre d'Études des Tunnels | In French | → Civil engineering |
| CfA | Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/) | In English | → Astronomy → United States |
| CFAR | Center for Functional Assessment Research | In English | |
| CFI | Chemisches Forschungsinstitut der Wirtschaft Österreichs | In German | → Chemistry → Chemical technology → Austria |
| CFMN | Centre de Fabrication Mécanique pour la Neurophysiologie | In French | → Mechanical engineering → Physiology → Neurology |
| CGAM | Centre for Global Atmospheric Modelling (www.cgam.nerc.ac.uk) | In English | → Meteorology, climatology → United Kingdom |
| CH&D | Center for Hearing and Deafness | In English | → Pathology |
| CHAR | Centre d'Histoire de l'Art de la Renaissance | In French | → Arts → History |
| CHAVI | Center for HIV-AIDS Vaccine Immunology | In English | → Immunology and allergy → Infectious diseases |
| CHEAM | Centre des Hautes Études sur l'Afrique et l'Asie modernes | In French | → Area studies |
| CHEAr | Centre des Hautes Études de l'Armement | In French | → Military engineering |
| CICESE | Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (www.cicese.mx) | In Spanish | → Research policy → Higher education, universities → Mexico |
| CICP | Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace (www.cicp.org.kh) | In English | → Democracy → Internal policy → International relations |
| CIDEC | Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios Culturales | In Spanish | → Civilization, culture, progress |
| CIESIN | Center for International Earth Science Information Network | In English | → Earth sciences |
| CIHAM | Centre Interuniversitaire d'Histoire et d'Archéologie Médiévales | In French | → Archeology → History |
| CIHEAM | Centre International des Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (www.ciheam.org) | In French | → Agricultural sciences |
| CIHR | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (www.cihr.ca) = IRSC | Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada | In French |
In English | → Biological sciences → Medicine → Canada |
| CIIT | Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology | In English | → Pharmacology, toxicology → Chemical technology |
| CIMR | Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk) | In English | → Medicine → United Kingdom |
| CINVESTAV | Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (www.cinvestav.mx) | In Spanish | → Specialized or polytechnical colleges → Mexico |
| CIRA | Centre International de Recherches sur l'Anarchisme | In French | → Anarchist organizations |
| CIRED | Centre International de Recherches sur l'Environnement et le Développement | In French | → Environmental protection → Agricultural sciences |
| CIRHAC | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Histoire de l'Art Contemporain | In French | → History → Arts |
| CIRIEC | Centre International de Recherches et d'Information sur l'Économie Publique, Sociale et Coopérative = IFIG | Internationales Forschungs- und Informationszentrum für öffentliche Wirtschaft, Sozialwirtschaft und Genossenschaftswesen | In German |
In French | → Libraries → Economics |
| CIRIMAT | Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche et d'Ingénierie des Matériaux (www.cirimat.cnrs.fr) | In French | → Materials science → France |
| CIS | Centrum für Informations- und Sprachverarbeitung (www.cis.uni-muenchen.de) | In German | → Computer-based techniques → Linguistics → Germany |
| CITI | Centre d'Innovation en Télécommunications et Intégration de services | In French | → Telecommunications |
| CITIC | Centro Andaluz de Innovación y Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones (www.citic.es) | In Spanish | → Computer science → Telecommunications → Spain |
| CITO | Centraal Instituut voor Toetsontwikkeling | In Dutch | → Education |
| CLAEH | Centro Latino-Americano de Economía Humana (www.claeh.org.uy) = CLAEH | Centre Latino-Américain d'Économie Humaine | In French = CLAEH | Centro Latino-americano de Economia Humana | In Portuguese |
In Spanish | → Economics |
| CLAEH | Centre Latino-Américain d'Économie Humaine (www.claeh.org.uy) = (look above) |
In French | → Economics |
| CLAEH | Centro Latino-americano de Economia Humana (www.claeh.org.uy) = (look above) |
In Portuguese | → Economics |
| CLB | Centraal Laboratorium voor de Bloedtransfusiedienst | In Dutch | → Blood and circulatory system |
| CLEAR | Computational Language and Education Research (https://www.colorado.edu/lab/clear/) | In English | → Computer-based techniques → Linguistics → United States |
| CLGE | Central Laboratory of General Ecology | In English | → Ecology |
| CLPP | Central Laboratory for Parallel Processing | In English | → Computer science |
| CMBI | Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck (https://www.uibk.ac.at/cmbi/) | In English | → Biochemistry, biophysics → Austria |
| CMC | Canadian Meteorological Center | In English | → Meteorology, climatology → Canada |
| CMENAS | Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies | In English | → Area studies |
| CMENAS | Center for Middle East and North African Studies | In English | → Area studies |
| CMISS | Carnegie Mellon Institute for Survivable Systems | In English | → Electronics |
| CMM | Centre for Molecular Medicine | In English | → Medicine |
| CMM | Center for Molecular Medicine | In English | → Biochemistry, biophysics → Medicine |
| CMMPE | Centre of Molecular Materials for Photonics and Electronics | In English | → Optics → Electromagnetism → Mechanical engineering |
| CMSRSC | China Maritime Silk Roads Study Centre | In English | → Transport and postal services → China |
| CNES | Centre National d'Études Spatiales (www.cnes.fr) | In French | → Astronomy → Astronautics → France |
| CNG | Centre National de Génotypage (www.cng.fr) | In French | → Genetics → France |
| CNI | Centre National de l'Influenza | In French | → Infectious diseases |