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AARG Aids and Anthropology Research Group ABS Chartered Association of Business Schools ACM Association for Computing Machinery AERA American Educational Research Association AHI Arts and Humanities Institute AHRC Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK) AI Artificial intelligence AIRO All-Island Research Observatory AIT Athlone Institute of Technology AMR Antimicrobial Resistance AMSI Association of Medical Students in Ireland AoIR Association of Internet Researchers AOM Academy of Management AONTAS Aos Oideachais Náisiúnta Trí Aontú Saorálach (National Adult Education Through Voluntary Unification) (National Adult Education Agency) AOPC Atmospheric Observation Panel for Climate APC Alimentary Pharmabotic Centre ASD Autism Spectrum Disorder ASG Architecture & Standards Group ASSA Anthropology of Smartphones and Smart Ageing AULC Association of Language Communities in the UK and Ireland BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BIC Business Incubation Centre BIM Building Information Modelling BPD Bardic Poetry Database BRP Business Research Project CEDRA Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Area CEFR Common European Framework of Reference CLIL Content and Language Integrated Learning CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italian National Research Council) COER Centre for Ocean Energy Research COGG An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta COST Cooperation in Science and Technology CPD Continuing Professional Development CPEP Centre for Public Education and Pedagogy CPS Cyber Physical Systems CRALE Centre for Research in Adult Learning and Education CRT Centre for Research Training CSO Central Statistics Office CUP Cambridge University Press CWI Community Work Ireland DAFM Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine DCEDIY Department for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth DCU Dublin City University DEIS Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools DES Department of Education and Skills DIAS Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies DIB Dictionary of Irish Biography DISCs Disciplines Inquiring into Societal Challenges DkIT Dundalk Institute of Technology DPER Department of Public Expenditure and Reform DRI Digital Repository Ireland EA Enterprise Architecture EAD East Africa District EAFM The Enterprise Architecture and Formal Modelling ECML European Centre for Modern Languages ECMWF European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts EI Enterprise Ireland EPA Environmental Protection Agency EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (UK) ERC European Research Council ESA European Space Agency ESAI Educational Studies Association of Ireland ESREA European Society for Research on the Education of Adults ESRI Economic Social Research Institute ETBI Education and Training Boards Ireland eucen European University Continuing Education Network EUSIPCO European Signal Processing Conference FACSP Faculty of Arts, Celtic Studies & Philosophy FET Further Education & Training FLAG Foreign Languages Advisory Group FTE Full time equivalent GA Geographical Association GCOS Global Climate Observing System GDPR General Data Protection Regulation GIS Geographical Information Systems GMIT Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology HE Higher Education HEA Higher Education Authority HEAR Higher Education Access Route HEI Higher Education Institution HI Hamilton Institute HIQA Health Information Quality Authority HPV Human papillomavirus HRB Health Research Board HRM Human Resource Management HRTF Head-Related Transfer Function HSE Health Service Executive IAC Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd

IADT Institute of Art, Design and Technology ICA Irish Country Women’s Association ICARUS Irish Climate Analysis and Research UnitS ICC International Conference on Communications ICI Institute of Chemistry Ireland ICT Information and Communications Technology IDEA Irish Development Education Association IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) IFAC International Federation of Automatic Control IMMA Irish Museum of Modern Art INGENIC Irish Network for Gender Equality in Computing IoT Internet of Things IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IRC Irish Research Council IRDG Industry Research & Development Group IS Information Systems ISO International Organization for Standardization IVI Innovation Value Institute IZA Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (Institute of Labor Economics) KTI Knowledge Transfer Ireland LGBTQI+ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, plus MA Master of Arts MACMORRIS Mapping Actors and Contexts: Modelling Research in Renaissance Ireland in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century MAP Maynooth University Access Programme MaREI Marine and Renewable Energy Ireland MERITS Mid-East Region Innovation Think Space METLA Mediation in Teaching, Learning and Assessment Mi:Lab Maynooth Innovation Lab MIC Mary Immaculate College MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology MPE Meaningful Physical Education MSc Master of Science MUSSI Maynooth University Social Science Institute NALA National Adult Literacy Agency NATDaP National Autonomous Technologies Data Platform NCCA National Commission for Curriculum and Assessment NCG National Centre for Geocomputation NGO Non-Governmental Organisation NIBRT National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training NIRSA National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis NPC National Parents Council NPHET National Public Health Emergency Team NSAI National Standards Authority of Ireland NSCAN National Supply Chain Academic Network NSF National Science Foundation (USA) OSA The Optical Society OSI Ordnance Survey Ireland PaCSI Patient Centred Service Improvement PACT Programming Algorithms Computational Thinking PDST Professional Development Service for Teachers PI Principal Investigator PME Professional Master of Education PPI Public and Patient Involvement QUB Queen’s University Belfast RAY Research-based Analysis and Monitoring of European Youth Programmes REACH Research, Engagement & Capacity Hub SAR Scholars at Risk SATLE 19 Strategic Alignment of Teaching and Learning Enhancement Findings in Higher Education 2019 SCE Societas Celtologica Europaea SCUTREA Standing Conference on University Teaching and Research in the Education of Adults SDAP Secondary Data Analysis Projects SDG Sustainable Development Goals SECO Software Ecosystems SFI Science Foundation Ireland SME Small and Medium-sized Enterprises SMLLC School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures SMS Strategic Management Society SOLAS An tSeirbhís Oideachais Leanúnaigh agus Scileanna (Further Education and Skills Service) SOS Suicide or Survive SPUR Summer Program for Undergraduate Research SSPC Solid State Pharmaceutical Centre STEM Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics TCD Trinity College Dublin TEG Teastas Eorpach na Gaeilge TII Transport Infrastructure Ireland TL21 Teaching and Learning for the 21st Century TUD Technological University Dublin UCC University College Cork UCD University College Dublin UCL University college London UGV Unmanned Ground Vehicles UL University of Limerick WMO World Meteorological Organisation