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Acronyms

Acronym Description
AAFC Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
ACUIG Advisory Committee on University-Industry Grants
AECL Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
ARD Applied Research and Development Grants
ARTI Applied Research Tools and Instruments Grants
ATIP The Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act
CCAC Canadian Council on Animal Care
CCI Canadian Conservation Institute
CCI College and Community Innovation Program
CDE Chairs in Design Engineering
CFI Canada Foundation for Innovation
CFIA Canadian Food Inspection Agency
CFS Canadian Forest Service
CGS Canada Graduate Scholarships
CHRP Collaborative Health Research Projects
CIHR Canadian Institutes of Health Research
CMC Canadian Microelectronics Corporation
CMN Canadian Museum of Nature
CMOS Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
CPRC Canadian Poultry Research Council
CRC Canadian Research Chairs
CRD Collaborative Research and Development Grant
CREATE Collaborative Research and Training Experience Program
CSA Canadian Space Agency
CWSE Chairs for Women in Science and Engineering
DAS Discovery Accelerator Supplements
DFO Department of Fisheries and Oceans
DF Discovery Frontiers Grants
DG Discovery Grant
DND Department of National Defence
DRDC Defence Research and Development Canada
EA Environmental Assessment
EG Engage Grant
ESS Earth Sciences Sector
FQRNT Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la nature et les technologies
GEOIDE Geomatics for Informed Decisions
GSC Grant Selection Committee
HQP Highly Qualified Personnel
I2I Idea to Innovation
IC Industry Canada
iCORE Alberta Informatics Circle of Research Excellence
IDRC International Development Research Centre
IE Innovation Enhancement Grants
IF Innovation Frontiers
IIS Industrial Innovation Scholarship
IG Interaction Grants
IOF International Opportunity Fund
IPP Institute of Particle Physics
IPS Industrial Postgraduate Scholarship
IPY International Polar Year
IRC Industrial Research Chair
IRDF Industrial R&D Fellowship
JSPS Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
MITACS     Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems
MRS Major Resources Support
MSC Meteorological Service of Canada
MSFSS Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NCE Networks of Centres of Excellence
NFS New Faculty Support Grant
NISA NSERC Indigenous Student Ambassadors
NRC National Research Council
NRCan Natural Resources Canada
NRCP Northern Research Chairs Program
NRS Discovery Grant Northern Research Supplements
NRINT Northern Research Internships
NSERC Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
PDF Postdoctoral Fellowship
PGS Postgraduate Scholarship
PWP Partnership Workshops Program
R&D Research and development
RNG Research Network Grant
RPP Research Partnerships Program
RTI Research Tools and Instruments
SAP Subatomic Physics
SME Small and medium-sized enterprise
SNG Strategic Network Grant
SNG-SC Strategic Network Grant Supplemental Competition
SPARK Students Promoting Awareness of Research Knowledge
SPG Strategic Project Grant
SPG-SC Strategic Project Grant Supplemental Competition
SRO Special Research Opportunity
SSHRC Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
ST Ship Time
TAC Technology Access Centres Grants
USRA Undergraduate Student Research Award
VF Visiting Fellowships in Canadian Government Laboratories