List of Common Acronyms

• AAMC: Association of American Medical Colleges
• ​ACTS: Advanced Clinical Training and Service (part of SDM)
• AEF: Academic Enrichment Fund
• AHEC: Area Health Education Center
• AHEC: Auraria Higher Education Center
• AHWC: Anschutz Health and Wellness Center
• AP: Accounts Payable
• ARC: Altitude Research Center
• ARTS: Addiction Research and Treatment Services
• ASA: Academic and Student Affairs
• ASF: Assignable Square Feet
• AVC: Associate Vice Chancellor (also Assistant Vice Chancellor)
• AVCAF: Associate Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance
• AY: Academic Year

• ​BDC: Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes
  
• BJE: Budget Journal Entry
• BPC: Budget Priorities Council
• BUS: Business School
  

C

• CAIANH: Centers for American Indian & Alaska Native Health
• CAM: College of Arts and Media
• CAP: College of Architecture and Planning
• CAPE: Center for Advancing Professional Excellence
• CAPER: Center for Advancing Practice, Education and Research​​​​​​​​
• CBT: Computer Based Training
• CC&W: Center for Colorado and the West
• CCCD: Colorado Center for Community Development
• CCD: Community College of Denver
• CCHE: Colorado Commission on Higher Education
• CCM: Center for Computational Mathematics
• CCMB: Center for Computational and Mathematical Biology
• CCTSI: Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute
• CEAS: College of Engineering and Applied Science
• CEBPEL: Center for Evidence Based Practices in Early Learning
• CeDAR: Center for Dependency, Addiction and Rehabilitation
• CEPA: Center for Education Policy Analysis
• CePOR: Center for Pharmaceutical Outcomes
• CGH: Center for Global Health
• CGMA: Center for Gait & Movement Analysis
• CHA/PA: Child Health Associate/Physician Assistant
• CHCRI: Children's Hospital Colorado
• CHN: Center for Human Nutrition
• CIBER: Center for International Business Education and Research
• CIM: Center for Integrative Medicine
• CITI: Center for Information Technology Innovation
• CITT: Center for Innovations in Training Technology
• CIW: Central Information Warehouse
• CLAS: College of Liberal Arts and Science
• CLoGRT: Center for Local Government Research and Training
• CME: Continuing Medical Education
• CNOHR: Center for Native Oral Health Research
• CNS: Center for NeuroScience
• COA: Chart of Accounts
• COE: Fiscal Code of Ethics
• COF: College Opportunity Fund
• COMIRB: Colorado Multiple Institutional Review Board
• CON: College of Nursing
• CoPR: Center of Preservation Research
• CPB: Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
• CPE: Continuing & Professional Education
• CRPE: Denver: Center on Reinventing Public Education
• CRUE: Center for Culturally Responsive Urban Education
• CSA: Central Services & Administration
• CSEFEL: Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning
• CSIS: Center for Sustainable Infrastructure Systems
• CSPH: Colorado School of Public Health
• CSTLI: Center for Surgical Treatment of Lung Infections
• CTLT: Center for Transforming Learning and Teaching
• C-TRIC: Colorado Translational Research Imaging Center
• CUAC: CU Aging Center
• CU-CVI: The University of Colorado Cardiovascular Institute
• CWHR: Center for Women's Health Research
• CWS: College Work Study
• CYE: Children, Youth and Environments Center for Community Engagement
  

D

• DCS: Delaware Cost Study
• DEF: Department Enrichment Fund
• DES : Division of Extended Studies
• DHE: Department of Higher Education
• DHMC: Denver Health Medical Center
• DTI: Denver Transfer Initiative
  

E

• EPC: Expense Purpose Code
• ESAC: Extended Studies Advisory Committee
• ESS: Enrollment and Student Services
  

F

• F&A: Facilities and Administrative Costs (same as ICR)
• FAST: Facility for Advanced Spatial Teachnology
• FCQ: Faculty Course Questionnaire
• FE: Fundraising Event
• FERPA: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
• FICA: Federal Insurance Compensation Act
• FLSA: Fair Labor Standards Act
• FMG: Fiscal Managers Group
• FOPPS: Fund, Organization, Program/Project, SubClass
• FRA: Fitzsimmons Redevelopment Authority
• FRGP: Front Range GigaPOP Network
• FSEOG: Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (internally referred to as SEOG)
• FTE: Full Time Equivalent
• FY: Fiscal Year
  

G

• GAR: General Administrative Recharge
• GF: General Fund
• GIR: General Infrastructure Recharge
• GIRs: General Institutional Requirements
• GL: General Ledger
• GME: Graduate Medical Education
• GPTI: Graduate Part-Time Instructor
• GRA: Graduate Research Assistant
• GS: Graduate School (the Anschutz Medical Campus)
• GSL: Guaranteed Student Loans

• HC: Headcount
• HP: Hiring Packet
• HR: Human Resources
• HRAM: Human Resources Area Manager
• HRC: Human Resources Coordinator
• HRKU: Human Resources Key Users
• HRMS: Human Resources Management System
• HSC: Health Sciences Center

I

• IBB: Incentive Based Budget
• ICCA: Inter Campus Cost Allocation
• ICR: Indirect Cost Recovery (same as F&A)
• ID: Interdepartmental
• IDDRC: Colorado Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities Research Center
• IN: Interdepartmental Invoice
• IPEDS: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• IR: Institutional Research (short for OIRPA)
• IRMS: Integrated Resource Management Strategy
• ISC: Internal Service Center
• ISP: International Student Program
• ITI: Information Technology Initiative
• ITS: Information Technology Services
• IUCA: Inter-Unit Contractual Agreement

J

• JBC: Joint Budget Committee (of the state legislature)
• JE: Journal Entry

L

• LEARN: The Laboratory for Educational Assessment, Research and InnovatioN
• LIB: Auraria Library
• LRPC: Latino Research and Policy Center
• LSC: Lawrence Street Center
• LWOP: Leaves Without Pay
• LWP: Leaves With Pay

M

• MOU: Memorandum of Understanding
• MSU: Metropolitan State University
  

• NACUBO: National Association of College and University Budget Officers
• NCA: North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
• NCCFC: National Center for Children, Families and Communities
• NCMF: The National Center for Media Forensics (College of Arts & Media)
• NRA: Non-Resident Alien
• NRC: National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education
• NTTF: Non-tenure-track faculty
• NVTI: National Veterans Training Institute

• OAA: Office of Academic Affairs
• OAPER: Office of Academic Program Evaluation and Reporting
• OGC: Office of Grants and Contracts
• OIE: Office of International Education
• OIRPA: Office of Institutional Research Planning and Analysis (see IR)
• OIT: Office of Information Technology
• OLAR: Office of Laboratory Animal Resources
• ORG: Organization
• ORS: Office of Research and Scholarship (College of Nursing)
• OSCAR: Office of Student Creative Activities and Research
• OTP: One-Time Payment

P

• P Card: Procurement Card
• PAR: Personnel Action Request Form
• PBS: Payroll & Benefit Services
• PCDP: Pre-Collegiate Development Program
• PCHCP: Pre-Collegiate Health Careers Program
• PCMSAP: Pre-Collegiate Middle School Academic Program
• PDA: Professional Development in Autism Center
• PDQ: Position Description Questionnaire
• PELE: Positive Early Learning Experiences Center
• PERA: Public Employees' Retirement Association of Colorado
• PET: Payroll Expense Transfer
• PI: Principal Investigator
• PIE: Pooled Investment Earnings
• PO: Purchase Order
• PPP: Pay for Performance Program
• PRA: Professional Research Assistant
• PRC: The Department of Pediatrics Prevention Research Center for Family and Child Health
• PS: People Soft
• PS FIN: People Soft Finance
• PS HR: People Soft Human Resources
• PSC: Procurement Service Center

Q

• QIS: Quality Indicator Standards

R

• R&R: Renewal and Replacement (this usually refers to a renewal and replacement Plant Fund FOPPS)
• RA: Research Assistant
• RES: Resident
• RFP: Request for Proposal
• RIA: Research Incentive Award
• RMPRC: Rocky Mountain Prevention Research Center
• RTP: Retention, Tenure and Promotion

S

• SAF: Salary Adjustment Form
• SAMs: Strategic Allocation Models
• SCH: Student Credit Hours
• SCUP: Society of College and University Planners
• SDM: School of Dental Medicine
• SEHD: School of Education and Human Development
• SEOG: Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (see FSEOG)
• SFTE: Student Full Time Equivalent
• SOM: School of Medicine
• SPA: School of Public Affairs
• SPO: Standing Purchase Order
• SRECNA: Statement of Revenues, Expenses, and Changes in Net Assets (a.k.a. SRECNP)
• SRECNP: Statement of Revenues, Expenses, and Changes in Net Position
• SSOP: Skagg's School of Pharmacy
• ST: Speedtype

T

• TA: Teaching Assistant
• TABOR: Taxpayer Bill of Rights
• TACSEI: Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Interventions
• TCFIM: The Center for Integrative Medicine
• TCH: The Children’s Hospital
• TCO: Total Cost of Ownership
• TOP: Transparency Online Project
• TRC: Technology Review Committee
• TRC: Transportation Research Center
• TSS: Technology Support Services

U

• UBIT: Unrelated Business Taxable Income
• UCB: University of Colorado at Boulder
• UCCS: University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
• UCH: University of Colorado Hospital
• UCHTC: The Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center at the University of Colorado Denver
• UG: Undergraduate
• UIS: University Information Systems
• ULDI: University Leadership Development Institute
• UPI: University Physicians, Inc.
• UROP: Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

V

• VAMC: Veterans Affairs Medical Center
• VCAF: Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance
• VCASA: Vice Chancellor of Academic and Student Affairs