| ABS: | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ADR: | Associate Dean of Research |
| ARC: | Australian Research Council |
| ARMS: | Australasian Research Management Society |
| ARROW: | Australian Research Repositories Online to the World |
| ARWU: | Academic Ranking of World Universities |
| AQIS: | Australian Quarantine Inspection Service |
| BDM: | Business Development Manager |
| BIS: | Business Intelligence Service |
| CURFs: | Confidentialised Unit Record Files |
| DVCR: | Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) |
| ERA: | Excellence in Research Australia |
| ERAMIS: | Excellence in Research Australia Management Information System |
| FRM: | Faculty Research Managers |
| GMO: | Genetically Modified Organisms |
| Go8: | Group of Eight |
| HERDC: | Higher Education Research Data Collection |
| HR: | Human Resources |
| IBC: | Institutional Biosafety Committee |
| IE&C: | Industry Engagement & Commercialisation |
| MRO: | Monash Research Office |
| MU: | Monash University |
| MUHREC: | Monash University Human Research Ethics Committee |
| NHMRC: | National Health and Medical Research Council |
| PDO: | Performance Development Online (HR's application) |
| PUP: | Publications Upload Program |
| R&R (Hubs) | Research & Revenue (Hubs) |
| RCMF: | Research Contract Management Framework |
| RGMS: | Research Grants Management System (NHMRC) |
| RM: | ResearchMaster |
| RMENet: | ResearchMaster Enterprise Net application |
| RMEWin: | ResearchMaster Enterprise Windows application |
| RMF: | Research Managers' Forum |
| RMS: | Research Management System (ARC) |
| ROPES: | Researcher's Online Project Enquiry System |
| RP: | Research Professional (search for news and funding opportunities) |
| RQF: | Research Quality Framework (no longer current, replaced by ERA) |
| RSE: | Research Services Enhancement |
| SAP: | Systems, Applications, and Products in Data Processing |
| TARDIS: | Total Access Research Data Information System |
| USO: | University Solicitors Office |
