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$93,653,482

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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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Funds program management and administration of NASA's postdoctoral fellowship program for early-career researchers.

Sub-sectors
nasa-postdoctoral-programworkforce-developmentprogram-management
Why this matters

Develops the next generation of aerospace scientists and engineers critical to maintaining U.S. space leadership and innovation capacity.

Supply-chain signal

Strengthens the talent pipeline for aerospace contractors and NASA centers by supporting postdoctoral researchers who transition into industry and government roles.

U.S.–China competition angle

Directly supports U.S. scientific workforce development in space technology, countering China's investments in aerospace talent and research capabilities.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002181.

Period of performance
Start
2022-01-30
End
2027-01-29
Status
activein 257 days
Sources

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