The list of research acronyms and abbreviations.

All research related acronyms and abbreviations.

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NIH:
National Institutes of Health(Sleep disorders, Prostate Cancer, SLEEP)
37
NSF:
National Science Foundation(Geological, Geology, Foundation)
27
JPL:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory(RESEARCH, Celestial objects, Astronomy)
11
NCAR:
National Center for Atmospheric Research(Meteorology, RESEARCH)
9
NRC:
National Research Council(Geological, Geology, CANADIAN)
5
OSTP:
Office of Science and Technology Policy(RESEARCH, Engineering, Computing)
4
EPRI:
Electric Power Research Institute(Power, Electrical Engineering, RESEARCH)
3
CSIRO:
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
2
NREN:
National Research and Education Network(Industrial networking)
1
R&D:
Research and Development(Firefighting, Accounting, RESEARCH)
0
AIST:
Agency of Industrial Science and Technology(RESEARCH, Engineering)
0
CAT:
Clear Air Turbulence(Air transport industry, Air Transport, RESEARCH)
0
CEDAR:
Center of Excellence for Document Analysis and Recognition
0
LEED:
Low-energy Electron Diffraction(Materials analysis, Microscopy)
0
R&E:
Research and Engineering(RESEARCH, Engineering, Telecom)
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