The definitions of the acronyms used in the CSIRO Annual Report 2011-12.
- AAHL
- Australian Animal Health Laboratory
- ACBRF
- Australian Animal Health Laboratory Collaborative Biosecurity Research Facility
- ACCESS
- Australian Community Climate and Earth System Simulator
- ADJR Act
- Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977
- AGP
- Australian Growth Partnership
- AIBL
- Australian Imaging, Biomarkers and Lifestyle
- ALA
- Atlas of Living Australia
- ANIC
- Australian National Insect Collection
- ANFC
- Australian National Fish Collection
- ANH
- Australian National Herbarium
- ANU
- Australian National University
- ANWC
- Australian National Wildlife Collection
- ASKAP
- Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder
- ATNF
- Australia Telescope National Facility
- CAC Act
- Act Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997
- CDSCC
- Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex
- CIE
- Centre for International Economics
- CO2
- Carbon dioxide
- CPGs
- Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines
- CRC
- Cooperative Research Centre
- CREST
- Creativity in Science and Technology
- CSIR
- Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
- CSIRO
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
- CSIROSEC
- CSIRO Science Education Centre
- DNA
- Deoxyribonucleic acid
- EA
- Enterprise Agreement
- EMC
- Executive Management Council
- EPBC Act
- Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
- ESD
- Ecologically Sustainable Development
- ESM
- Enterprise Strategy Measure
- ESS
- Environmental Sustainability Strategy
- ET
- Executive Team
- FCF
- Flagship Collaboration Fund
- FOI Act
- Act Freedom of Information Act 1982
- FTE
- Full-Time Equivalent
- GE
- General Electric
- GRA
- Global Research Alliance
- HSE
- Health, Safety and Environment
- HSMA
- Health and Safety Management Arrangements
- ICP
- Integrated Carbon Pathways
- IOCI
- Indian Ocean Climate Initiative
- IP
- Intellectual Property
- IPA
- Indigenous Protected Area
- IPS
- Information Publication Scheme
- KEA
- Key Executive Action
- LTIFR
- Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate
- MNF
- Marine National Facility
- MTFR
- Medical Treatment Frequency Rate
- NCRIS
- National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy
- NIS
- National Innovation System
- PCC
- Post-combustion capture
- PCT
- Patent Cooperation Treaty
- RAFT
- Reversible Addition-Fragmentation chain Transfer
- R&D
- Research and development
- SHO
- Super-high oleic
- SIEF
- Science and Industry Endowment Fund
- SIR Act
- Science and Industry Research Act 1949
- SKA
- Square Kilometre Array
- SMEs
- Small-to-medium enterprises
- START
- STroke imAging pRevention and Treatment
- WLAN
- Wireless Local Area Networks