| 2D | two dimensional |
| ACMD | Applied Chemical and Materials Division |
| AI | artificial intelligence |
| ARMI | Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute |
| BBD | Biosystems and Biomaterials Division |
| BMD | Biomolecular Measurement Division |
| BMF | Boulder Microfabrication Facility |
| CAR T | chimeric antigen receptor T cell |
| CDCS | Configurable Data Curation System |
| ChiMad | Center for Hierarchical Materials Design |
| CMR | Construction and Major Renovations |
| CNN | convolutional neural network |
| COI | community of interest |
| CRADA | Cooperative Research and Development Agreement |
| CRF | Construction of Research Facilities |
| CRM | certified reference material; customer relationship management |
| CRISPR | Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats |
| cryo-EM | cryo-electron microscopy |
| CSD | Chemical Sciences Division |
| CTCMS | Center for Theoretical and Computational Materials Science |
| DARPA | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| DED | directed energy deposition |
| DEIA | diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility |
| EBSD | electron backscatter diffraction |
| EU | European Union |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| FIB | focused ion beam |
| FY | fiscal year |
| GBA | Global Biofoundry Alliance |
| GPCR | G protein-coupled receptor |
| HPC | high-performance computing |
| HQ | headquarters |
| IBBR | Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research |
| IE | invested equipment |
| IMS | Innovations in Measurement Sciences |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
| IT | information technology |
| ITL | Information Technology Laboratory |
| JPL | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| LC/MS | liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry |
| LGC | Laboratory of the Government Chemist |
| LIMS | Laboratory Information Management Systems |
| LNP | lipid nanoparticle |
| MEP | Manufacturing Extension Program |
| MGI | Materials Genome Initiative |
| MII | Manufacturing Innovation Institute |
| ML | machine learning |
| MML | Materials Measurement Laboratory |
| MMSD | Materials Measurement Science Division |
| MSED | Materials Science and Engineering Division |
| MTA | material transfer agreement |
| NASEM | National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
| NEST-R | NIST Educational STEM Resource Registry |
| NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| NIIMBL | National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals |
| NMR | nuclear magnetic resonance |
| NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NRC | National Research Council |
| NSLS-II | National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| NTRM | NIST traceable reference material |
| ODI | Office of Data and Informatics |
| OFPM | Office of Facilities and Property Management |
| OH | overhead |
| OISM | Office of Information Systems Management |
| ORM | Office of Reference Materials |
| PAO | Public Affairs Office |
| PAT | process analytical technology |
| PFAS | polyfluoroalkyl substance |
| PIF | Precision Imaging Facility (Boulder) |
| PML | Physical Measurement Laboratory |
| R&D | research and development |
| REFPROP | Reference Fluid Thermodynamic and Transport Properties Database |
| RGTM | research grade test material |
| RM | reference material |
| RMAT | Regenerative Medicine and Advanced Therapies |
| ROI | return on investment |
| SCMMR | Safety, Capacity, Maintenance, and Major Repairs |
| SD | Standards Development (program) |
| SEM | scanning-electron microscopy |
| SRD | standard reference data |
| SRM | standard reference material |
| SRMS | |
| STRS | Scientific and Technical Research and Services |
| TDE | ThermoDynamic Engine |
| TRC | Thermodynamic Research Center |
| UCONN | University of Connecticut |
| UGA | University of Georgia |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UW | University of Wisconsin |
| VLE | viscosity-liquid-equilibrium |
| WCF | Working Capital Fund |
| XEDS | X-ray energy dispersive spectrometer |