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MIT lingo

P

P&P

MIT Policies and Procedures

P3 Award

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's student design competition for sustainability focusing on People, Prosperity, and the OP

PANTHER

PAthogenic Notification for THreatening Environmental Releases

PARTNER

Partnership for AiR Transportation Noise and Emissions Reduction

PBE

Phi Beta Epsilon

PBK

Phi Beta Kappa

PCAST

President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (that's the President of the United States)

PC&T

Performance Consulting & Training (team)

PCLM

Picower Center for Learning and Memory (formerly CLM)

PDSI

A major building and renovation project of the Physics Department completed  Fall 2007 - bldg 6C

PDT

Phi Delta Theta

PECASE

Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the nation's highest honor for professionals at the outset of their independent research careers

PEER

Program for Environmental Education and Research

PEP

Professional Education Programs

PESO

Philippine Emerging Startups Open

P/F

Pass-Fail (grading system)

PFC

Plasma Fusion Center

PGD

Phi Gamma Delta

Ph.D.

Doctor of Philosophy (degree), also known as a doctorate

P.I.

Principal Investigator

PII

Personally Identifiable Information or Personally Identifying Information e.g. Social Security Number

PIB

Program in International Business (Center for International Studies)

PiKA

Pi Kappa Alpha

PILOT

Payment in Lieu of Taxes (MIT makes such payments to the City of Cambridge.)

PILMThe Picower Institute for Learning and Memory (formerly PCLM & CLM)

PIRN

Personal Information Requiring Notification if lost or stolen, e.g. Social Security Number see also WISP

PIRN

proposed interface revision notice (EAPS)

PIVoT

Physics Interactive Video Tutor

PKS

Phi Kappa Sigma

PKT

Phi Kappa Theta

PLOS

Public Library of Science (Biology Journal)

PLP

Pi Lambda Phi

PMD

People Making a Difference (projects)

PMG

Programming Methodology Group

PNAS

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

PO

Planning Office (old)

PO

Purchase order

PoET

Program on Emerging Technologies

POPI

Program on the Pharmaceutical Industry

Postdoc

Postdoctoral fellow

POWER

Program for Overcoming Worries: Energize and Relax, a health promotion program for students

PowerFAIDS

Power Financial Aid Information Data System, a computer system used to administer financial aid at MIT

PP

Physical Plant (Old name. Now known as the Department of Facilities.)

PPST

Program in Polymer Science and Technology

PROCEED

Program for Continuing Engineering Education

PROFIT

PROductivity From Information Technology (initiative based at the Sloan School of Management)

PRS

Public Relations Services

PSB

Publishing Services Bureau (closed December 2011; replaced by Communication Production Services)

PSC

Public Service Center

PSD

Production System Design (Laboratory)

PSFC

Plasma Science and Fusion Center

PSGs

Problem-Solving Groups, sponsored by the Administrative Advisory Council II

PSK

Phi Sigma Kappa

PSSC

Physical Sciences Study Committee (old)

PTS

Pi Tau Sigma (honorary mechanical engineering fraternity)

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