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Lists of Abbreviations Used in the CARDS Database

Activity Codes
Administering Organization Codes
Federal Agencies

Activity Codes

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B - Block/Formula Grants (e.g. B10)
C - Research Construction Programs (e.g. C06)
D - Training Projects (e.g. D43)
F - Fellowship Programs (e.g. F31, F32)
K - Research Career Programs (e.g. K08, K24)
M - General Clinical Research Centers Programs (e.g. M01)
N - Research and Development-Related Contracts (e.g. N01, N02)
P - Research Program Projects and Centers (e.g. P30, P50)
R - Research Projects (e.g. R01, R21)
S - Research-Related Programs (e.g. S10)
T - Training Programs (e.g. T32, T37)
U - Cooperative Agreements (e.g. U01, U09)
Y - Inter-Agency/Intra-Agency Agreements (e.g. Y01, Y02)
Z - Intramural Research (e.g. Z01)

Administering Organization Codes

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Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health

AA - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
AG - National Institute on Aging (NIA)
AI - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
AR - National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
AT - National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
CA - National Cancer Institute (NCI)
CN - NCI Division of Cancer Prevention and Control (DCPC)
CP - NCI Division of Cancer Etiology
DA - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
DC - National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
DE - National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
DK - National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
EB - National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
ES - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
EY - National Eye Institute (NEI)
GM - National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
HC - NHLBI Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications
HD - National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
HG - National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
HL - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
HO - NHLBI Office of the Director
MD - National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD)
MH - National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
NR - National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
NS - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
OB - Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)
OD - Office of the Director (OD)
OS - Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)
RR - National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
SC - NCI Clinical Sciences
TW - Fogarty International Center (FIC)

United States Department of Agriculture

UA - Agriculture Research Services (ARS)
UI - State Agricultural Research Services (SAES)
US - Southern Research Station (SRS)

United States Department of Defense

DO - Department of Defense

Federal Agencies

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DHHS - Department of Health and Human Services
DHHS/NIH - Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
DOD - Department of Defense
USDA - United States Department of Agriculture
USDA/ARS - United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service
USDA/ERS - United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service
USDA/SAES - United States Department of Agriculture, State Agricultural Experiment Stations
USDA/SRS - United States Department of Agriculture, Southern Research Station

Note: For National Institutes of Health institute and center codes, please refer to the Administering Organization Codes on this webpage.