| Acronym | Meaning |
| EURESCO | European Research Conferences |
| OAINN | Ohio Aerospace Institute Neural Networks |
| NORD | National Organization For Rare Disorders |
| IBC | International Business Communications |
| SIAM | Society For Industrial And Applied Mathematics |
| IARC | International Agency For Research On Cancer |
| HUGO | Human Genome Organisation |
| CATCMB/CUA | Center For Advanced Training In Cell And Molecular Biology/Catholic Univ. Of America |
| EUCIB | European Collaborative Interspecific Backcross |
| ORNL | Oak Ridge National Laboratory |