IPA commonly refers to: * India pale ale, a style of beer *

International Phonetic Alphabet The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is an alphabetic system of phonetic transcription, phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin script. It was devised by the International Phonetic Association in the late 19th century as a standa ...

, a system of phonetic notation * Isopropyl alcohol, a chemical compound IPA may also refer to:

Organizations

International

* Insolvency Practitioners Association, of the UK and Ireland *

Institute of Public Administration (disambiguation) Institute of Public Administration may refer to: *HCM Rajasthan State Institute of Public Administration *Indian Institute of Public Administration *Institute of Public Administration Australia *Institute of Public Administration (Ireland) * Instit ...

* International Permafrost Association * International Phonetic Association, behind the International Phonetic Alphabet *

International Play Association The International Play Association (IPA) is an international, non-governmental organization founded in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1961, with an original emphasis on adventure playgrounds. The organization gradually changed its focus to play and children ...

* International Police Association * International Polka Association * International Presentation Association, network of Presentation Sisters * International Psychoanalytical Association * International Publishers Association, representing book and journal publishing

Australia

Institute of Public Accountants The Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) is one of the three legally recognised professional bodies for accountants in Australia. The IPA represents more than 40,000 members and students working in industry, commerce, government, academia and ...

* Institute of Public Affairs

India

* Indian Pharmacist Association *

Indian Polo Association The Indian Polo Association (IPA) is the governing body for polo in India. Most of the IPA's major activities are executed by the 61 Cavalry Unit of the Indian Army. The IPA's registered office is co-located with the 61 Cavalry's B Squadron. His ...

United Kingdom

Infrastructure and Projects Authority The Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) is the United Kingdom government's centre of expertise for infrastructure and major projects. The IPA sits at the heart of government, reporting to the Cabinet Office and HM Treasury. The core tea ...

* Institute of Practitioners in Advertising *

Involvement and Participation Association {{unreferenced, date=July 2014 The Involvement and Participation Association (IPA) is an organisation in the United Kingdom that promotes employee involvement and voice in the workplace. History The first predecessor of IPA was known as the Labou ...

, for employee involvement in the workplace

United States

Independence Party of America The Independence Party of America (IPA) was a political party in the United States, founded on September 23, 2007 as a coalition of existing state parties bearing the Independence Party name. Its National Chairman was Frank MacKay, chairman of ...

* Independent Pilots Association * Independent practice association, of physicians *

Innovations for Poverty Action Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is an American non-profit research and policy organization founded in 2002 by economist Dean Karlan. Since its foundation, IPA has worked with over 400 leading academics to conduct over 600 evaluations in 51 c ...

* Innovative Products of America, a tool manufacturer * Institute for Propaganda Analysis * Island Pacific Academy, Hawaii

Other

* Independent Psychiatric Association of Russia * Institute of Public Affairs, Poland * Instituto Superior Autónomo de Estudos Politécnicos, Portugal

Science

3-Indolepropionic acid 3-Indolepropionic acid (IPA), or indole-3-propionic acid, is a potent neuroprotective antioxidant, plant auxin, and natural product in humans that is being studied for therapeutic use in Alzheimer's disease. It is endogenously produced by hum ...

, a biological substance * ''Ipa'' (spider), a genus of spiders

Technology

.ipa An .ipa file is an iOS and iPadOS application archive file which stores an iOS/iPadOS app. Each .ipa file includes a binary and can only be installed on an iOS, iPadOS, or ARM-based macOS device. Files with the .ipa extension can be uncompressed ...

, extension for Apple iOS applications * "Identity, Policy, and Audit", as in

FreeIPA FreeIPA is a free and open source identity management system. FreeIPA is the upstream open-source project foRed Hat Identity Management Overview FreeIPA aims to provide a centrally managed Identity, Policy, and Audit (IPA) system. It uses ...

Intermediate power amplifier An Intermediate power amplifier (IPA) is one stage of the amplification process in a radio transmitter In electronics and telecommunications, a radio transmitter or just transmitter is an electronic device which produces radio waves with an ...

of a radio transmitter * Software for biologists from

Ingenuity Systems QIAGEN Silicon Valley (formerly known as Ingenuity Systems, Inc) is a company based in Redwood City, California, USA, to analyze complex biological systems. QIAGEN Silicon Valley's first product, IPA, was introduced in 2003, and is used to help r ...

Other uses

* Important Plant Areas, a UK programme * Indigenous Protected Area, Australia * Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance, EU funding programme *

Interpretative phenomenological analysis Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) is a qualitative form of psychology research. IPA has an idiographic focus, which means that instead of producing generalization findings, it aims to offer insights into how a given person, in a given ...

to psychological qualitative research * Investigatory Powers Act 2016, a piece of UK legislation {{disambiguation