Index of research terms and acronyms
This index covers research terms and acronyms that are specific to UniSA or have national or international scope where relevant, and links to further information.
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A
AARNet - Australia's Academic
and Research Network
ABS - Australian Bureau of
Statistics
ACGR
(DIISR website) - Australian Competitive Grants Register.
See also
Grants calendar: funding sources and key dates
ACSPRI - Australian Consortium
for Social and Political Research Inc
Affiliation Statement (UniSA) (Word)
AHEC -
Australian Health Ethics Committee (NHMRC)
Animal Welfare Officer (AWO)
ANZCCART - Australian
and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching
AQIS - Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service
ARC - Australian
Research Council
ARMS - Australasian
Research Management Society
ATN - Australian Technology Network
AUQA - now the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA)
Australian code for the responsible conduct of research
Australian
code of practice for the care and use of animals for scientific
purposes (NHMRC) (PDF file, 469kb)
Authorship
AVCC - Australian
Vice-Chancellors' Committee, now called
Universities
Australia
AWO - Animal Welfare Officer
B
BAF - Our
Universities: Backing Australia's future (DEEWR website)
BDM
- Business Development Manager
Block grants - Research block grants
C
Categories - research
income
CELUSA - Centre for
English Language in the University of South Australia
Clinical
Drug Trials Notification Form (Therapeutic Goods Association) (PDF file, 136kb)
Commercialisation Training Scheme
Creating and
applying knowledge
(PDF file, 1.25mb) - information brochure on research at UniSA
CRICOS - Commonwealth Register
of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students
CRC - Cooperative Research Centre
CTS -
Commercialisation Training Scheme
CURFS - Confidentialised Unit Record Files
(Australian Bureau of Statistics)
D
DEC - Divisional Human
Research Ethics
Committee
DEEWR - Department of Education,
Employment and Workplace Relations (Australian Government)
Definition of research (HERDC)
Definitions: Research Data Collection
DFEEST - Department of
Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology (South Australian
Government)
DIAC - Australian Department of
Immigration and Citizenship
DIISR -
Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
Doctoral degrees by research
DRPF - Divisional/Centre For
Regional Engagement
Research Performance Fund. See also
Divisional
Research Performance Funds guidelines
E
ECR - Early Career Researcher
ERA - Excellence in
Research for Australia. See also the
ARC website
F
Fellowships Strategy and Travel Awards
Field of research (FOR) codes
fIRST - for Improving Research
Supervision and Training
FOR - Field of research (FOR) codes
G
GAMS - Grant Application
Management System
GMOs - Genetically Modified
Organisms
H
HERDC - Higher Education Research Data
Collection (DEEWR). See also the
DIISR
website
HREC - Human Research Ethics
Committee
I
IGS
- Institutional Grants Scheme - is now Joint Research Engagement
IMVS - Institute of Medical and
Veterinary Science
International Research Collaboration Support Program
IP - Intellectual Property
ITEK Pty Ltd
J
JASON - Joint Academic
Scholarship Online Network
JRE - Joint Research Engagement
K
L
M
MTFP - Medium Term Financial Plan
N
National
Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research 2007
NHMRC - National
Health and Medical Research Council
NHMRC/AVCC Statement and Guidelines on Research Practice - replaced
by the Australian code for the responsible conduct of research
NPEG - National Partnerships Engagement
Group
O
OGTR - Office of the
Gene Technology Regulator
P
PELS -
Postgraduate Education Loans Scheme
PI - Principal Investigator
PQS - Project Quality System
Publication coordinators (PDF
file)
Q
R
ReNEW - Research Concentrations Strategy
REQUIEM (staff access only) - Research Quality, Innovation and
Engagement Metrics (Working Group)
Research fields, courses and disciplines
classification (RFCD) Codes (old term). See FOR
Research income categories
Research block grants
Research
Marketing Toolkit (staff access only)
Research
Training Scheme (DIISR website)
RFCD - Research fields, courses and disciplines classification Codes
(old term). See FOR
RIACC - Research Integrity,
Accountability and Compliance Committee
RIBG (DIISR
website) - Research Infrastructure Block Grants Scheme
RPC - Research Policy Committee
RTS
- Research Training Scheme
S
SAI Global (website)
SEO - Socio-Economic Objective Classification Codes
SMG -
Senior Management Group
SPIN - Sponsored Program Information
Network
SRE (DIISR website) - Sustainable Research Excellence
Statement and Guidelines on Research Practice (NHMRC/AVCC)
- replaced by the Australian code for the responsible conduct of research
Strategies for Successful Research (Library)
Supported Researcher Scheme
T
TEQSA - Tertiary Education
Quality and Standards Agency
Twenty/Ten Really Good Grants Schemes: ARC and
NHMRC (TRGGS)
Type of Research Activity (TOA)
U
UniSA Affiliation Statement (Word doc)
Universities
Australia (formerly Australian Vice-Chancellors
Committee)
UniSA HREC - University of South
Australia Human Research Ethics Committee
V
W
X
Y
Z