| Acronym | Meaning |
| SLU | Saint Louis University |
| USERC | United States Environmental And Resources Council |
| AA | Accountable/activity Area |
| ANEC | American Nuclear Energy Council |
| SPIRES | Stanford Physics Information Retrieval System |
| CARB | California Air Resources Board |
| GEWEX | Global Energy And Water Cycle Experiment |
| GEOSIF | Geoscientific Information Framework |
| HR | Human Resources |
| WICHE | Western Interstate Commission For Higher Education |