| Subject | English | Thesaurus |
| abbr., astronaut. | Application Development and Research Opportunity Programme | ADRO (RADARSAT) |
| abbr., scottish | Co-operative Research And Development Agreement | CRADA |
| interntl.trade., abbr. | European Strategic Program for Research and Development in Information Technologies | ESPIRIT |
| IT, abbr. | European Strategic Program of Research and Development in Information Technology | ESPRIT (EU) |
| comp., abbr. | European Strategic Programme for Research and development in Information Technology | ESPRIT |
| abbr., O&G, sakh. | Far-Eastern Research and Development Hydrometeorological Institute | FERHRI |
| abbr., avia. | Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development | PCRD (французская аббревиатура bonly) |
| immunol., abbr. | National Center for Health Services Research and Development | NCHSRD |
| immunol., abbr. | National Center for Health Services Research and Development | NCHSR&D |
| transp., abbr. | National Cooperative Transit Research and Development Program | NCTRP |
| mil., abbr. | NATO - Multilateral Research and Development Production Program | NATO-RDPP |
| energ.ind., abbr. | Program Research and Development Amendment | PRDA |
| ecol., abbr. | Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program | SERDP |
| abbr. | 7 th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development | F7 (Lena Nolte) |
