| AHRQ | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
| AITRP | AIDS International Training and Research Program |
| AP MPH | Advanced Professional Masters of Public Health degree |
| ASPH | Association of Schools of Public Health |
| ASU | Account set up |
| AYA | Association of Yale Alumni |
| AYAPH | Association of Yale Alumni in Public Health |
| BA/BS-MPH | 5 year select degree for Yale College students |
| BIS | Biostatistics Department |
| BMS | Business Management System |
| BUG | Brio User Group | |
| CAHPS | Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems |
| C2S2 | Center for Statistics in Science |
| C3 | Dean's Community Connections Committee |
| CAHME | Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education |
| CARE | Community Alliance for Research and Engagement |
| CDE | Chronic Disease Epidemiology Department |
| CENTURY | Center for Nicotine and Tobacco Use Research at Yale |
| CEPH | Council on Education for Public Heath |
| CIRA | Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS |
| COA | Chart of Accounts | |
| COI | Conflict of Interest |
| CPPEE | Center for Perinatal, Pediatric & Environmental Epidemiology |
| CSS | College Scholarship Service Profile administered by the College Board | |
| CTSA | Clinical and Translational Science Award |
| DW | Data warehouse |
| D43 | International Training and Research Program (D43) administered by Fogarty International Center (FIC) |
| EEB | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Department | |
| EHS | Environmental Health Sciences Department |
| EIP | Emerging Infections Program |
| EMD | Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases Department |
| EMS | Expense Management System |
| EPH | Epidemiology and Public Health |
| F31 | Individual Predoctoral Fellows (F31) |
| F32 | Individual Postdoctoral Fellowships (F32) |
| F & A | Finance and Administration Cost (Also called Indirects) |
| FAS | Faculty of Arts & Sciences |
| FES | Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies |
| FMT | Financial Management Tool |
| FSR | Financial Status Report |
| GCA | Office of Grants and Contracts Administration |
| GCFA | Office of Grant and Contract Financial Administration |
| GA | General Appropriations |
| GHC | Global Health Concentration |
| GHI | Global Health Initiative |
| GHLI | Global Health Leadership Institute |
| GIS | Geographical Information Systems |
| HIC | Human Investigations Committee |
| HIPAA | Human Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
| HCM | Health Care Management Program (within HPM) |
| HP | Health Policy Program (within HPM) | |
| HPM | Health Policy and Management Department |
| HRPP | Human Research Protection Program |
| IACUC | Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee |
| ICOHRTA | International Clinical, Operational, and Health Services Research and Training Award |
| IOM | Institute of Medicine |
| ISP | Internal Service Provider | |
| JIT | Just in Time | |
| JPL | John Pierce Laboratory |
| JSA | Journal Staging Adjustment |
| LDA | Labor distribution adjustment |
| LEPH | Laboratory of Epidemiology and Public Health |
| LOI | Letter of Intent |
| NCE | No Cost Extension | |
| NCI | National Cancer Institute |
| NCS | National Children's Study (at CPPEE) |
| NGO | Non-governmental Organization |
| NIH | National Institutes of Health |
| NIMH | National Institute of Mental Health |
| OCH | Office of Community Health |
| OFA | Office of Finance and Administration |
| OGM | Oracle Grants Management |
| OMB | Office of Management and Budget |
| PA | Program Announcement or Physician's Associate |
| PCMID | PubMed Central reference number used for NIH public access policy compliance |
| PARTNRS | from partnership…through pregnancy…to parenthood study |
| PI | Principal Investigator | |
| PUBMED | a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 19 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals |
| PRC | Yale Griffin Prevention Research Center |
| PTAEO | Project, task, award, expense type, organization |
| R25 | Program Grant |
| RFA | Research Funding Announcement |
| RFO | Research Funding Opportunity |
| RFP | Request for Proposals |
| RIF | Receipts Identification Form |
| RIS | printing and graphic design services |
| R01 | Research Project Grant (Parent R01) |
| R03 | NIH Small Research Grant Program (Parent R03) |
| R21 | NIH Exploratory Developmental Research Grant Program (Parent R21) |
| RWJF | The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation |
| SAS | Statistical Analysis Software |
| SAYPH | Student Association of Yale School of Public Health |
| SBS | Social and Behavioral Sciences Division (within CDE) |
| Sci-quest | Yale's online catalog and ordering system |
| SFAS | Student Financial and Administrative Services |
| SHARRPP | Structures, Health and Risk among Re-Entrants, Probationers and Partners (Study) |
| SNAP | Streamline Non-competing Application Process | |
| SOM | Yale School of Management |
| SOW | Statement of Work | |
| STARS | Yale Job listings |
| T32 | Training Grant |
| TDC | Total Direct Cost | |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| YAMS | Yale Administrative Menu System |
| YARC | Yale Animals Resource Center |
| YCAS | Yale Center for Analytical Sciences |
| YCCI | Yale Center for Clinical Investigation |
| YCPHP | Yale Center for Public Health Preparedness (No longer exists) |
| YJHPLE | Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law and Ethics |
| YNHH | Yale New Haven Hospital |
| YMG | Yale Medical Group |
| YSM | Yale School of Medicine (or Music!) |
| YSN | Yale School of Nursing |
| YSPH | Yale School of Public Health |