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Acronyms and Abbreviations


ACMP

applied computational mathematics programs (DOD)

AHCs

academic health centers

AMS

American Mathematical Society

ASM

American Society for Microbiology


BAA

broad agency announcement

BMS

Board on Mathematical Sciences (NRC)


CAM

Center for Scientific Applications of Mathematics

CDC

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CNRS

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

CSGF

Computational Science Graduate Fellowship

CSR

Center for Scientific Review (NIH)

CT

computer-assisted tomography


DARPA

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DIMACS

Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science

DOD

Department of Defense

DOE

Department of Energy

DSO

Defense Sciences Office (DOD)


ETO

Electronics Technology Office (DOD)


GFD

Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Program (WHOI)


HPCC

high-performance computing and communications


IGERT

Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training

IMA

Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications

IOM

Institute of Medicine

IRG

initial review group


JPBM

Joint Policy Board for Mathematics


MERC

Molecular Engineering and Research Center

MRI

magnetic resonance imaging

MSED

Mathematical Sciences Education Board (NRC)

MSRI

Mathematical Sciences Research Institute


NAE

National Academy of Engineering

NAS

National Academy of Sciences

NCSA

National Center for Supercomputing Applications

NIGMS

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH)

NIH

National Institutes of Health

NIST

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NRC

National Research Council

NSF

National Science Foundation


OMA

Office of Multidisciplinary Activities (NSF)

ONR

Office of Naval Research


PET

positron emission tomography

Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2000. Strengthening the Linkages Between the Sciences and the Mathematical Sciences. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9813.
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PMMB

Program in Mathematics and Molecular Biology


RFA

request for application


SIAM

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

SPE

special emphasis panel (NIH)

SPECT

single photon emission tomography

SPRT

Sequential Probability Ratio Test

SRA

scientific review administrator

STCs

science and technology centers (NSF)


TICAM

Texas Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics


WHOI

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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Over three hundred years ago, Galileo is reported to have said, "The laws of nature are written in the language of mathematics." Often mathematics and science go hand in hand, with one helping develop and improve the other. Discoveries in science, for example, open up new advances in statistics, computer science, operations research, and pure and applied mathematics which in turn enabled new practical technologies and advanced entirely new frontiers of science. Despite the interdependency that exists between these two disciplines, cooperation and collaboration between mathematical scientists and scientists have only occurred by chance.

To encourage new collaboration between the mathematical sciences and other fields and to sustain present collaboration, the National Research Council (NRC) formed a committee representing a broad cross-section of scientists from academia, federal government laboratories, and industry. The goal of the committee was to examine the mechanisms for strengthening interdisciplinary research between mathematical sciences and the sciences, with a strong focus on suggesting the most effective mechanisms of collaboration. Strengthening the Linkages Between the Sciences and the Mathematical Sciences provides the findings and recommendations of the committee as well as case studies of cross-discipline collaboration, the workshop agenda, and federal agencies that provide funding for such collaboration.

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