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National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration

to OAK RIDGE ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES, INCORPORATED

aerospaceactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2022 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2022-01-30·LATEST ACTION2026-03-17·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_80HQTR21CA005_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OF THE NASA POSTDOCTORAL PROGRAM 2

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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In plain English

Manages NASA's postdoctoral fellowship program, supporting early-career researchers in space science and engineering disciplines.

Sub-sectors
nasa-postdoctoral-programworkforce-developmentstem-talent-pipeline
Why this matters

Postdoctoral programs are critical to sustaining U.S. aerospace competitiveness by developing the next generation of space scientists and engineers.

U.S.–China competition angle

Developing domestic STEM talent through postdoctoral pathways strengthens U.S. aerospace workforce capacity against international competition.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-29. Cost: $0.002804.

Period of performance
Start
2022-01-30
End
2027-01-29
Status
activein 200 days
Sources

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