To download a pdf copy: CALS Acronyms.pdf
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AccessPlus |
ISU’s web-based system where employees and students access important and confidential information related to employment, u-bills, and university business. |
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ACVB |
(City of) Ames Convention & Visitor’s Bureau |
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AES |
Agricultural Experiment Station (a.k.a. IAHEES) |
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AFRI |
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative – a USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) competitive grant program |
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AFSCME |
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, collective bargaining union for merit employees. |
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AgMRC |
ISU Agricultural Marketing Resource Center |
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ANR |
Agriculture and Natural Resources |
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APLU |
Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (formerly NASULGC) |
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AREERA |
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (federal) |
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BAC |
Budget & Advocacy Committee of APLU’s Board on Agriculture Assembly |
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BLS |
Bachelor of Liberal Studies |
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BOB |
Basic Operating Budget |
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BOR |
Board of Regents, State of Iowa |
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CAED |
County Agricultural Extension District |
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CALS |
ISU College of Agriculture and Life Sciences |
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CARD |
ISU Center for Agricultural and Rural Development |
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CARET |
Council For Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching |
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CCUR |
ISU Center For Crops Utilization |
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CED |
Communities and Economic Development |
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CFR |
Code of Federal Regulations |
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CIRAS |
ISU Center for Industrial Research and Services |
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CPM |
Conference Planning and Management |
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CRIS |
Current Research Information System (USDA) |
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CSRL |
ISU Center for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods |
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CVC |
Community Vitality Center (ISU Extension) |
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ECOP |
Extension Committee on Organization & Policy (APLU) |
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EFNEP |
Expanded Foods and Nutrition Education Program |
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EPA |
Electronic Personnel Action |
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ESCOP |
Experiment Station Committee on Organization and Policy (APLU) |
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F&A |
Facilities and Administrative Cost (a.k.a. IDC) |
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FAPRI |
ISU Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute |
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FERS |
Federal Employment Retirement System |
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FSQA |
Food Safety & Quality Assurance |
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GIS |
Geographic Information Systems |
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HRS |
Human Resource Services – ISU’s centralized HR team located in Beardshear |
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I-9 |
Federal employment document that must be completed on or before the first day of employment |
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IECA |
Iowa Extension Council Association |
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IAHEES |
Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station |
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IDALS |
(State of) Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship |
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IDC |
Indirect Cost Recovery |
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IDEA |
Information Development ~ Expanding Awareness |
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IDOM |
(State of) Iowa Department of Management |
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IMEP |
Iowa Manufacturing Extension Partnership |
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IP |
Intellectual Property |
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ISSO |
ISU International Students & Scholars Office |
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ISUCEP |
Iowa State University Cooperative Extension Professionals |
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KFS |
ISU Kuali Financial Systems & eData |
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LAS |
ISU College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
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LOI |
Letter of Intent |
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MANRRS |
Minorities in Agriculture Natural Resources & Related Sciences |
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Merit |
Employees covered by the collective bargaining agreement. |
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MTA |
Material Transfer Agreements |
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MTDC |
Modified Total Direct Cost |
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NACCA |
National Association of County Agricultural Agents |
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NIFA |
(USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture |
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NIMSS |
National Information Management and Support System |
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NIST |
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
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NOV |
Notice of Vacancy, electronic form used to advertise positions at ISU |
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OIG |
(USDA) Office of Inspector General |
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OSPA |
ISU Office of Sponsored Programs Administration |
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PD |
Position Description, term used for the online job description. |
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PD or PI |
Project Director, principal investigator on an experiment station project |
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PIF |
Personnel Information Form |
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PIQ/PDQ |
Position Information Questionnaire/Position Description Questionnaire |
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PRS |
Position Responsibility Statement |
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PSA |
Professional Services Agreement |
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P&S |
Professional & Scientific, employees who are exempt from overtime. |
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P&T |
Promotion and Tenure |
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REED |
Regional Extension Education Director |
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REEport |
USDA-NIFA grant and formula project reporting system, eventually will replace CRIS web forms system |
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RFA/RFP |
Request for Applications; Request for Proposal |
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RMM |
Resource Management Model (university budgeting) |
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RRC |
Resource Responsibility Center (university budgeting – CALS is a RRC) |
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RREA |
Renewal Resources Extension Account (used for Animal Ecology or Forestry) |
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SPA |
ISU Sponsored Programs Accounting |
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TDC |
Total Direct Cost |
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WOI |
ISU Radio/TV Station – 640 AN; 90.1FM; ABC |
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A Base |
12 month faculty appointment |
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B Base |
9 month faculty appointment |
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C Base |
Graduate student appointments, governed by the Graduate College |
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D Base |
Pre/post doc appointments, governed by the Graduate College |
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E base |
Merit employee |
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P Base |
P&S employee |
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M Base |
Post graduate appointment for recently graduated masters or PHD students who need to continue involvement in a graduate project for a limited duration. |
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S/C |
Supervisory/confidential employee – a subset of merit employees exempt from coverage by the collective bargaining contract |
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XH |
Temporary hourly employees |