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List of Common Acronyms

Bussiness & Administrative
9/12

Faculty Payment Plan paying a 9 month salary contract in 12 months

9/9

Faculty Payment Plan paying a 9 month salary contract in 9 months

AIB

Activity Informed Budgeting

ASC

Administrative Service Charge

COC

Conflict of Commitment

COI

Conflict of Interest

DCC

Designated Campus Colleague

DV

Disbursement Voucher

ERE

Employee Related Expense

ETE

Extended Temporary Employment

F&A

Facilities and Administrative Cost

FLPR

Faculty List Payment Requisition

FSM

Financial Services Manual

FTE

Full-Time Equivalent

GA

Graduate Assistant/Graduate Associate

GRA

Graduate Research Assistant

GTA

Graduate Teaching Assistant

GTS

Graduate Tuition Scholarship

HERD

Higher Education Research and Development (Survey)

ICON

Independent Contractor Form

ICR

Indirect Cost Return

IDC

Indirect Costs

ITQ

International Tax Questionnaire

KPI

Key Performance Indicator

LTA

Limited-Term Adjunct

MSS

Manager Self Service portal in UAccess

NOA

Notice of Appointment (GA Electronic Contract)

OPS

Other Professional Services

P&T

Promotion & Tenure

PCard

Purchasing Card

PCI DSS

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard

PCN

Position Control Number

PD

Position Distribution

PEL

Payroll Expenditure Listing

PI

Principal Investigator (Primary person in charge of Grant)

PIF

Provost Investment Fund

PO

Purchase Order

RA

Research Assistant

RBC

Request for Budget Change

RCM

Responsibility Center Management

REQS

Requisitions

RFP

Request for Proposals

RII

Research Innovation and Impact

SET

Salary Expense Transfer

SME

Subject Matter Expert

SUPP COMP

Supplemental Compensation

TA

Travel Authorization

TE

Tenure Eligible

TT

Tenure Track

UAF

University of Arizona Foundation

UAR

UAccess Research

UCAP

University Career Architecture Project

Committees, Boards and Organizations
ABOR

Arizona Board of Regents

ADOA

Arizona Department of Administration

ASRS

Arizona State Retirement System

CABO

Council of Academic Business Officers

CSW

Commission on the Status of Women

DEI

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

FSO

Financial Services Office

NEH

National Endowment for the Humanities

NIH

National Institute of Health

SAC

Staff Advisory Council

UAF

UA Foundation

UFO

University Financial Officers

University Departments and Units
AA&&SS

Academic Affairs and Student Success

CALS

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

CAPLA

College of Architecture, Planning & Landscape Architecture

COM Phoenix

College of Medicine, Phoenix

COS

College of Science

FM

Facilities Management

HR

Division of Human Resources

LWC

Life & Work Connections

MARCOM

Marketing & Communications

ODI

Office of Diversity and Inclusions

OGC

Office of the General Counsel

OIA

Office of Instruction and Assessment

OIE

Office of Institutional Equity

PTS

Parking & Transportation Services

RII

Research, Innovation & Impact

SBS

College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

SBS Tech

SBS Technology Services

SUMC

Student Union Memorial Center

TLA

Tech launch Arizona

TRI-U

University of Az, Az State University, Northern Az University

UAHS

University of Arizona Health Sciences

UITS

University Information Technology Services 

Benefits
CTL

Compassionate Transfer of Leave

HR

Human Resources

ORP

Optional Retirement Plan

QLE

Qualified Life Event

QTR

Qualified Tuition Reduction

RASL

Retiree Accumulated Sick Leave

UHAP

University Handbook for Appointed Personnel

SBS Specific
AIS

American Indian Studies

ANTHRO

Anthropology

AZQ

Arizona Quarterly

BARA

Bureau Of Applied Research in Anthropology

CMES

Center for Middle Eastern Studies

COMM

Communication

ENGL

English

GWS

Gender and Women's Studies

HIST

History

HRTS

Human Rights Practices

JOUR

Journalism

JUS

Arizona Center for Judaic Studies

LAS

Latin American Studies

LING

Linguistics

LMRS

Late Medieval & Reformation Studies

MAS

Mexican American Studies

MENAS

Middle Eastern & North African Studies

PEMS

Political Economy & Moral Science

PHIL

Philosophy

SBS Tech

SBS Technology Services

SBSRI

Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Institute

SGDE

School of Geography, Development & Environment

SGPP

School of Government & Public Policy

SIROW

Southwest Institute for Research on Women

SOC

Sociology

SWC

Southwest Center

Other General Acronyms
BA

Bachelor of Arts

BS

Bachelor of Science

DRC

Disability Resource Center

GenEd

General Education

GRO

Grade Replacement Opportunity

MA

Master of Arts

MS

Master of Science

Pre-Rec

Prerequisite