Index of research terms and acronyms
This index covers research terms and acronyms that are specific to UniSA or have national or international scope where relevant, and links to further information. For terms specific to research education see the Research degrees index
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A
AARNet - Australia's Academic
and Research Network
ABS - Australian Bureau of
Statistics
ACGR
(DIISR website) - Australian Competitive Grants Register.
See also
Grants calendar: funding sources and key dates
ACSPRI - Australian Consortium
for Social and Political Research Inc
Affiliation Statement (UniSA) - RTF
(pc) and Word (Mac)
AHEC -
Australian Health Ethics Committee (NHMRC)
Animal Welfare Officer (AWO)
ANZCCART - Australian
and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching
APA -
Australian Postgraduate Awards. See also the
DEEWR website
APAI -
Australian Postgraduate Awards - Industry
AQIS - Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service
ARC -
Australian Research Council or see the Grants
website
ARMS - Australasian
Research Management Society
ATN - Australian Technology Network
ATN LEAP - ATN Learning
Employment Aptitudes Program
AUQA - Australian Universities
Quality Agency
Australian and New Zealand
Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)
Australian code for the responsible conduct of research
Australian
code of practice for the care and use of animals for scientific
purposes (NHMRC) (PDF file, 469kb)
Authorship - see Frequently
asked questions
AVCC - Australian
Vice-Chancellors' Committee, now called
Universities
Australia
AWO - Animal Welfare Officer
B
BAF - Our
Universities: Backing Australia's future (DEEWR website)
BDM
- Business Development Manager
BICC - Business Innovation and
Commercialisation Committee
BICS - Business Innovation and
Commercialisation Support
C
Categories - research
income
CELUSA - Centre for
English Language in the University of South Australia
Clinical
Drug Trials Notification Form (Therapeutic Goods Association) (PDF file, 136kb)
Commercialisation Training Scheme
Completion
Scholarships
Creating and
applying knowledge
(PDF file, 1.25mb) - information brochure on research at UniSA
CRICOS - Commonwealth Register
of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students
CRC - Cooperative Research Centre
CTS -
Commercialisation Training Scheme
CURFS - Confidentialised Unit Record Files
(Australian Bureau of Statistics)
D
DEC - Divisional Human
Research Ethics
Committee
DEEWR - Department of Education,
Employment and Workplace Relations (Australian Government)
Definition of research (HERDC)
Definitions: Research Data Collection
DFEEST - Department of
Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology (South Australian
Government)
DIAC - Australian Department of
Immigration and Citizenship
DIISR -
Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
Doctoral degrees by research
DRPF - Divisional/Centre For
Regional Engagement
Research Performance Fund. See also Divisional
Research Performance Funds guidelines
E
ECR - Early Career Researcher
ERA - Excellence in
Research for Australia. See also the
ARC website
F
FEE-HELP
(Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations) - a loan (made under the Higher Education Loans Program) to
assist eligible full fee paying students to pay their tuition fees
Field of research (FOR) codes
fIRST - for Improving Research
Supervision and Training
FOR - Field of research (FOR) codes
G
GAMS - Grant Application
Management System
GMOs - Genetically Modified
Organisms
Graduate Studies Office (GSO)
H
HECS-HELP
(Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations) - is only available to students in Commonwealth Supported
Places who are also Australian citizens or holders of a permanent
humanitarian visa
HERDC - Higher Education Research Data
Collection (DEEWR). See also the
DIISR
website
HREC - Human Research Ethics
Committee
I
IELTS
- International English Language Testing System test
IGS -
Institutional Grants Scheme (DEEWR)
IMVS - Institute of Medical and
Veterinary Science
International Research Scholars Scheme
IP - Intellectual
Property. See also Legal services
IPRS -
International Postgraduate Research Scholarship. See also the
DEEWR
website
ISO 9001:2000
or see Project and business
administration
ITEK Pty Ltd
J
JASON - Joint Academic
Scholarship Online Network
JRE (DIISR website) - Joint Research Engagement
K
L
M
Masters degrees by research
MTFP - Medium Term Financial Plan
N
National
Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research 2007
NHMRC - National
Health and Medical Research Council, or see
NHMRC information under Grants
NHMRC/AVCC Statement and Guidelines on Research Practice - replaced
by the Australian code for the responsible conduct of research
NPEG - National Partnerships Engagement
Group
O
OGTR - Office of the
Gene Technology Regulator
Organisational chart -
Research and Innovation Services (PDF file, 16kb)
OSHC -
Overseas Student Health Cover. See also
OSHC Worldcare
P
PORTIA (same
information for both staff and students)
PELS -
Postgraduate Education Loans Scheme
PI - Principal Investigator
PQS - Project Quality System
Professional doctorates
Publication coordinators (RTF
file)
Q
R
Register of
Postgraduate Research Degree Supervisors
ReNEW - Research Concentrations Strategy
REQUIEM (staff access only) - Research Quality, Innovation and
Engagement Metrics (Working Group)
Research
Degree Coordinators
Research Degree Graduate Qualities
Research Education Support
Activities
Research fields, courses and disciplines
classification (RFCD) Codes (old term). See FOR
Research income categories
ResearchMaster
Research
Marketing Toolkit (staff access only)
Research Performance Monitoring
(RPC)
Research Training
Scheme (DIISR website).
See also Fees and enrolment
(Research degrees)
Resources for Research Degree Graduate Qualities
Reviews of Progress
RDC - Research Degrees Committee
RFCD - Research fields, courses and disciplines classification Codes
(old term). See FOR
RIACC - Research Integrity,
Accountability and Compliance Committee
RIBG (DIISR
website) - Research Infrastructure Block Grants Scheme
RPC - Research Policy Committee
RTS (DIISR website) - Research Training Scheme. Current higher
degree by research students see also
Fees and
enrolment
S
SAI Global (website)
SAI Global Certificate (PDF
file, 238kb)
SEO - Socio-Economic Objective Classification Codes
SMG -
Senior Management Group
SPIN - Sponsored Program Information
Network
SRE (DIISR website) - Sustainable Research Excellence
Statement and Guidelines on Research Practice (NHMRC/AVCC)
- replaced by the Australian code for the responsible conduct of research
Statement of Agreement
Statement of Resources
for Research Degree Candidates studying in Australia
Strategies for Successful Research (Library)
Supervisor
Professional Development Program
Supported Researcher Scheme
T
TEQSA - Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (DEEWR
initiative)
Thesis allowance
Type of Research Activity (TOA)
U
UniSA Affiliation Statement - RTF
(pc) and Word (Mac)
UniSA
Indigenous Scholarship
Universities
Australia (formerly Australian Vice-Chancellors
Committee)
UPS -
UniSA President's Scholarship
UniSA HREC - University of South
Australia Human Research Ethics Committee
USAPA -
UniSA Australian Postgraduate Awards
V
W
X
Y
Z