SPF may refer to:

Science and technology

Sun protection factor Sunscreen, also known as sunblock, sun lotion or sun cream, is a photoprotective topical product for the skin that helps protect against sunburn and prevent skin cancer. Sunscreens come as lotions, sprays, gels, foams (such as an expanded foa ...

, of sunscreen *

Specific-pathogen-free Specific-pathogen-free (SPF) is a term used for laboratory animals that are guaranteed free of particular pathogens. Use of SPF animals ensures that specified diseases do not interfere with an experiment. For example, absence of respiratory path ...

, laboratory animals known to be without pathogens *

Superplastic forming In materials science, superplasticity is a state in which solid crystalline material is deformed well beyond its usual breaking point, usually over about 400% during tensile deformation. Such a state is usually achieved at high homologous temper ...

, of sheet metal * Space Power Facility, a NASA test facility * S-phase-promoting factor, in biology * Formal spectrum of a ring, a construction in algebraic geometry * Spray polyurethane foam, a building insulation material *

Spruce-pine-fir Spruce-pine-fir (SPF) is a classification of lumber that can be traded on commodities exchanges. In Canada, and parts of the United States, most of the spruce tree species, pine tree species, and fir tree species share similar physical and ...

, mixed softwood timber * Spot 42 RNA, a small regulatory RNA found in some Gammaproteobacteria

Computing

Sender Policy Framework Sender Policy Framework (SPF) is an email authentication method that ensures the sending mail server is authorized to originate mail from the email sender's domain. This authentication only applies to the email sender listed in the "envelope from ...

, for email authentication * Shortest Path First, or Dijkstra's algorithm * IBM Structured Programming Facility, later ISPF

Organizations

* , the oldest poetry society in France * , the Argentine Federal Penitentiary Service * (Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei), Greek terrorist organization

Police

Scottish Police Federation The Scottish Police Federation (SPF) is an organisation representing Scottish police officers. It has approximately 18,500 members across the Police Service of Scotland. It campaigns on issues that affect pay and conditions though police officer ...

Singapore Police Force The Singapore Police Force (SPF) is the national and principal Police, law enforcement agency responsible for the prevention of crime and law enforcement in the Republic of Singapore. It is the country's lead agency against organised crime; hum ...

Somali Police Force The Somali Police Force (SPF; (CBS); ) is the national police force and the main civil law enforcement agency of Somalia. As with most other police forces in the world, its duties include crime fighting, traffic control, maintaining public safe ...

Special Police Force Special police usually describes a law enforcement agency or unit within a such an agency whose duties and responsibilities are significantly different from other forces in the same nation, jurisdiction, or from other personnel within the same agen ...

, a unit within a police force

Economics

Survey of Professional Forecasters The Survey of Professional Forecasters (SPF) is a quarterly survey of macroeconomic forecasts for the economy of the United States issued by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. It is the oldest such survey in the United States. The survey ...

, US macroeconomic forecasts survey *

ECB Survey of Professional Forecasters The ECB Survey of Professional Forecasters, simply called the Survey of Professional Forecasters (SPF), is a quarterly survey of macroeconomic forecasts for the euro area issued by the European Central Bank (ECB). History The ECB Survey of Pro ...

, macroeconomic forecasts

Other uses

* Security Policy Framework, UK *

Social protection floor The social protection floor (SPF) is the first level of protection in a national social protection system. It is a basic set of social rights derived from human right treaties, including access to essential services (such as Universal health care, ...

* Annual Summer Play Festival, New York City, US * Black Hills Airport (IATA airport code), South Dakota, US *

Sherwood Park Freeway Sherwood Park Freeway is a freeway that connects east Edmonton to Sherwood Park in Alberta, Canada. It begins in the Gainer Industrial area, where Argyll Road and 82 (Whyte) Avenue merge, before it intersects 50 Street. It then curves slig ...