| Acronym | Meaning |
| ATP | Advanced Technology Program |
| HICSS | Hawaii Intl. Conf. On Systems Sci. |
| ABIC | Agricultural Biotechnology Intl. Conf. |
| ERI | Eleanor Roosevelt Institute |
| PG | Plant Genome |
| ISTR | Institute For Science Training And Research |
| OHER | Office Of Health And Environmental Research |
| CEPH | Centre D'Etude Du Polymorphisme Humain |
| SCW | Single-chromosome Workshop |
| BACR | British Association For Cancer Research |