EU Abbreviations
This page lists explanations for common acronyms and acronyms in EU research collaboration.
- AAL - Ambient Assisted Living Joint Program - EU R&D programme Support for the elderly
- CDE (EUA-CDE) - Council for Doctoral Education
- CIP - The Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme
- COST (FP7) - European Cooperation in Science and Technology
- CREST - The Scientific and Technical Research Committee (an advisory committee to the commission and the council of ministers on research questions)
- DG - Directorate - General for Research
- DG SANCO - Directorate General for Health and Consumer Affairs
- EARMA - The European Association of Research Managers and Administrators
- EARTO - European Association of Research and Technology Organizations
- EC - European Commission
- EIP - European Innovation Partnership
- e-IRG - The e-Infrastructure Reflection Group
- EMRC - European Medical Research Council
- EPSS - Electronic Proposal Submission Service
- ERA - European Research Area
- ERAC - As of mid-2010, CREST (see above) has a new name - ERAC (European Research Area Committee) and a new mandate to be an advisory body to the ERA on strategic issues.
- ERA-MIND - Mobile Researchers in Industry
- ERA-NET - European Research Area - Networking
- ERC - European Research Council
- ERIP - European Research and Innovation Plan
- ERSA - European Regional Science Association
- ERCEA - European Research Council Executive Agency, which is a component of the ERC and is responsible for promoting Frontier Research and establishing the Scientific Strategy
- ESF - European Science Foundation / European Social Fund
- ESFRI - European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures
- EURAXESS - Researchers in Motion
- Eureka - Raising the Competitiveness of European Businesses through Technology / A collaboration network for market research with 39 member states
- FAFB - Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology/Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
- HEI - Higher Education Institution
- HERA - Humanities in the European Research Area
- CPR - High Level Representatives
- IAPP (Marie Curie IAPP) - Marie Curie Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways
- IBSE - Inquiry-Based Science Education
- ICT - Information and Communication Technologies
- IMI - Internal Market Information System
- IOF (Marie Curie IOF) - Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowship
- IRSES - (Marie Curie IRSES) - Marie Curie International Research Staff Exchange Scheme within the EU Seventh Framework Programme supports individual researchers' careers; a support measure under Marie Curie - People.
- ITN (Marie Curie - ITN) - Initial Training Networks
- ITRE - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
- JP - Joint Programming
- JPI - Joint Programming Initiatives
- JRC - Joint Research Centre
- JRU - Joint Research Unit
- JTI - Joint Technology Initiatives
- KBBE - Knowledge-Based Bio-Economy
- KIC - Knowledge and Innovation Communities
- KSLLL - The European System for Lifelong Learning
- LEAR - Legal Entity Appointed Representative
- LERU - League of European Research Universities
- NCP - National Contact Point
- NCP PEOPLE - National Contact Point for the FP7 Specific Program "PEOPLE"
- NEF - Negotiations Form Facility by REA
- NMP (FP7) - Materials and new Production Technologies
- PPP - Public - Private - Partnership
- REA - Research Executive Agency (see also NEF - Negotiations Form Facility by REA) - The Executive Agency for Research (REA) was established in December 2007 and is based in Brussels. Since June 2009, REA is an independent body. REA manages a budget of just over EUR 6.5 billion and is responsible to the General Director for research, business, information society and media as well as energy and transportation
- R&D - Research & Development
- RI - Research Infrastructures
- RRI - Responsible Research and Innovation
- RTD - Research and Technological Development
- SIS - Science in Society
- SMINT - Feasibility study for SMEs for international technology collaboration
- SRA - Scientific Research Agenda
- SSH - Socio-economic Sciences and the Humanities / Social Sciences and the Humanities
- STREP - Small or medium-scale focussed research projects.
- UNICA - Network of Universities from the Capital Cities of Europe
