CFA may refer to: *

CFA franc The CFA franc (french: franc CFA, , Franc of the Financial Community of Africa, originally Franc of the French Colonies in Africa, or colloquially ; abbreviation: F.CFA) is the name of two currencies, the West African CFA franc, used in eight We ...

, a currency used by fourteen African countries *

Chartered Financial Analyst The Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) program is a postgraduate professional certification offered internationally by the American-based CFA Institute (formerly the Association for Investment Management and Research, or AIMR) to investment and fina ...

, an international investment professional designation * Chick-fil-A, US fast food chain

Agreements

Canadian Football Act The ''Canadian Football Act'' (1974), also known in its long title as ''An Act respecting Canadian Professional Football'', was a proposed Act by the Parliament of Canada in April 1974 designed to give a government-protected monopoly over profe ...

Ceasefire A ceasefire (also known as a truce or armistice), also spelled cease fire (the antonym of 'open fire'), is a temporary stoppage of a war in which each side agrees with the other to suspend aggressive actions. Ceasefires may be between state act ...

agreement *

Compact of Free Association The Compact of Free Association (COFA) is an international agreement establishing and governing the relationships of free association between the United States and the three Pacific Island sovereign states of the Federated States of Micronesia (F ...

, agreement between US, Micronesia, Marshall Islands, and Palau * Conditional fee agreement, a legal agreement also known as "no win no fee"

Medicine

Common femoral artery The femoral artery is a large artery in the thigh and the main arterial supply to the thigh and leg. The femoral artery gives off the deep femoral artery or profunda femoris artery and descends along the anteromedial part of the thigh in the fem ...

* Complete Freund's adjuvant, an immunopotentiator composed of inactivated and dried mycobacteria * Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis, an archaic term for

idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), or (formerly) fibrosing alveolitis, is a rare, progressive illness of the respiratory system, characterized by the thickening and stiffening of lung tissue, associated with the formation of scar tissue. It is ...

Organizations

California Faculty Association The California Faculty Association (CFA) is a labor union in California, United States. It represents lecturers, professors, counselors, librarians and coaches from the 23 campuses of the California State University (CSU). It is the exclusive co ...

, the union representing employees at California State University system *

Call For Action Consumer protection is the practice of safeguarding buyers of goods and services, and the public, against unfair practices in the marketplace. Consumer protection measures are often established by law. Such laws are intended to prevent business ...

, telephone help-lines of radio stations in the United States *

Campaign for Accountability Campaign for Accountability (CfA) is a liberal 501(c)(3) non-profit ethics watchdog group headquartered in Washington, D.C.Andy SherSen. Corker bites back at watchdog group's second ethics complaint against him ''Chattanooga Times Free Press'' ( ...

, a non-profit organization in the United States *

Consumer Federation of America The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) is a non-profit organization founded in 1968 to advance consumer interests through research, education and advocacy. According to CFA's website, its members are nearly 300 consumer-oriented non-profits, w ...

, consumer group *

Consumers' Federation of Australia The Consumers' Federation of Australia (CFA) is Australia's umbrella consumer advocacy group. History In the early 1960s the Australian Consumers Association unsuccessfully attempted to establish state and territory Branches. The first state or t ...

, consumer advocacy group * Campus Freethought Alliance, former name for Center for Inquiry On Campus, a skeptics' group *

CFA Institute The CFA Institute is a global, not-for-profit professional organization that provides investment professionals with finance education. The institute aims to promote standards in ethics, education, and professional excellence in the global investme ...

, formerly known as the Association for Investment Management and Research (AIMR) *

Canadian Forestry Association The Canadian Forestry Association (CFA) is Canada's oldest conservation organization. It was established on March 8, 1900 by a group of influential Canadians from government and industry, at the Canadian parliament buildings in Ottawa ON. The grou ...

* Canadian Fraternal Association *

Carinthian Farmers' Association The Carinthian Farmers' Association (german: Kärtner Bauernbund) was a political party in Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Easte ...

, a political party in Austria *

Carnegie Mellon College of Fine Arts The College of Fine Arts (CFA) at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania oversees the Schools of Architecture, Art, Design, Drama, and Music along with its associated centers, studios, and galleries. The Coll ...

, a college of Carnegie Mellon University * Cat Fanciers' Association, the world's largest registry of pedigreed cats * Catfish Farmers of America; see Catfish Dispute * Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, an American astronomy research and education institution * Country Fire Authority, a volunteer fire service in Victoria, Australia

Sports

* Championnat de France Amateur, a French football competition * Championnat de France Amateur (1935–1971), a French former football competition * College Football Association, a defunct group through which colleges negotiated American football TV contracts with networks * County football association, governing bodies for local football in England * Cyprus Football Association, the governing body of football in Cyprus * Chinese Football Association, the governing body of football in China * City Football Academy, part of Etihad Campus that is the training base for Manchester footballers in England

Science and technology

* Color filter array, a mosaic of tiny color filters placed over an image sensor to capture color information * CompactFlash Association, a mass storage device format used in portable electronic devices * Confirmatory factor analysis, statistical method used to explain variability among observed random variables * Continuous flight augering, a drilling method for concrete pilings * Continuous flow analysis, an automated analyzer using a special flow technique * Control flow analysis, in computer science * Crossed field antenna, a type of antenna for long and mediumwave broadcasting * Crossed-field amplifier, a specialized vacuum tube used as a microwave amplifier * Current-feedback operational amplifier, a type of operational amplifier * Component failure analysis, to determine the cause of a failure * .cfa, the file extension for an Adobe Premiere Pro computer audio file * Cfa, one of two symbols for the humid subtropical climate under the Köppen climate classification * CfA, the Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Center for Astrophysics , Harvard & Smithsonian

Transport

* Compagnie Française d'Aviation, a defunct French aircraft manufacturer * National Company for Rail Transport or ''Chemins de fer Algériens'', the former national railway of Algeria * Chemins de Fer Armoricains, a former railway in Brittany, France * ICAO airline code for China Flying Dragon Aviation

Arts and entertainment

* Canadian Film Awards * United States Commission of Fine Arts, an advisory agency of the United States Government

Other uses

* Call for abstracts, a method used in academic contexts to encourage researchers to submit abstracts for conferences * Cape Field Artillery, an artillery regiment of the South African Army * Court of Final Appeal (Hong Kong), the highest court of Hong Kong {{disambiguation