RPA may refer to:

Companies

RPA (Rubin Postaer and Associates) RPA is a full-service American advertising and marketing agency headquartered in Santa Monica, California. It was founded in 1986 by Gerry Rubin and Larry Postaer and currently employs more than 700 associates. The agency has regional offices in ...

, advertising agency, Santa Monica, California, US * Republic Airways, ICAO code: RPA

Political groups

Republican Party of Arkansas The Republican Party of Arkansas (RPA), headquartered at 1201 West 6th Street in downtown Little Rock, is the affiliate of the Republican Party in Arkansas. It is currently the dominant party in the state, controlling all four of Arkansas' U.S ...

, the affiliate of the Republican Party in Arkansas *

Republican Party of Armenia The Republican Party of Armenia (RPA, hy, Հայաստանի Հանրապետական Կուսակցություն, ՀՀԿ; ''Hayastani Hanrapetakan Kusaktsutyun'', ''HHK'') is a national-conservative political party in Armenia led by the thir ...

, a national conservative political party in Armenia *

Republican Party of Australia The Republican Party of Australia was a minor Australian political party dedicated to ending the country's links with the United Kingdom and establishing a republic. It was formed in 1982 and registered by the Australian Electoral Commission on ...

, a minor political party * Revolutionary Proletarian Army, a militant communist organization in the Philippines * Richmond Progressive Alliance, Contra Costa County, California, US *

Rural Payments Agency The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is an executive agency of the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). Prior to Brexit, the RPA delivered the European Union (EU) Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) payments to farmers and trad ...

of the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs * Rwandan Patriotic Army, predecessor of the

Rwandan Defence Forces french: Forces rwandaises de défense sw, Nguvu ya Ulinzi ya Watu wa Rwanda , image = Rwanda Defense Force emblem.png , alt = , caption = , image2 = , alt2 = , caption2 ...

Organizations

* Railway Procurement Agency, Ireland * Rajasthan Police Academy, India *

Regional Plan Association The Regional Plan Association is an independent, not-for-profit regional planning organization, founded in 1922, that focuses on recommendations to improve the quality of life and economic competitiveness of a 31-county New York–New Jersey– ...

, New York, US *

Register of Professional Archaeologists The Register of Professional Archaeologists (RPA) is a professional organization of (primarily American-based) archaeologists headquartered in Baltimore, MD. Members of the RPA agree to follow a standard code of research ethics and conduct and must ...

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (abbreviated RPAH or RPA) is a major public teaching hospital in Sydney, Australia, located on Missenden Road in Camperdown. It is a teaching hospital of the Central Clinical School of the Sydney Medical School a ...

, Sydney, Australia * Rugby Players' Association, England

Media

* ''RPA'' (TV series), Australia * RPA & The United Nations of Sound, a UK band * Radio del Principado de Asturias, the public radio station of Asturias, Spain

Science and technology

Random phase approximation The random phase approximation (RPA) is an approximation method in condensed matter physics and in nuclear physics. It was first introduced by David Bohm and David Pines as an important result in a series of seminal papers of 1952 and 1953. For deca ...

, a method in physics *

Remotely piloted aircraft An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without any human pilot, crew, or passengers on board. UAVs are a component of an unmanned aircraft system (UAS), which includes adding a ground-based controlle ...

* Replication protein A *

Recombinase polymerase amplification Recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) is a single tube, isothermal alternative to the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). By adding a reverse transcriptase enzyme to an RPA reaction it can detect RNA as well as DNA, without the need for a separa ...

, isothermal alternative to the

polymerase chain reaction The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a method widely used to rapidly make millions to billions of copies (complete or partial) of a specific DNA sample, allowing scientists to take a very small sample of DNA and amplify it (or a part of it) ...

(PCR) * Robotic process automation, a form of business process automation technology

Other uses

Real Property Administrator __NOTOC__ The Real Property Administrator (RPA) designation is a professional designation for commercial property managers awarded to people with years of experience after completing the Building Owners and Managers Association advanced study prog ...

* Registered physician assistant * Registered Professional Archaeologist * Request for Public Assistance, a

Federal Emergency Management Agency The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), initially created under President Jimmy Carter by Presidential Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 and implemented by two Ex ...

(FEMA) program *

Representation of the People Act Representation of the People Act is a stock short title used in Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Mauritius, Pakistan, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, ...