NIST Office of Academic Affairs
Program OverviewAcademic Affairs (AA) serves as the focal point for the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) cooperation with academic institutions, and coordinates all academic affairs of NIST. In particular AA administers the NIST/National Research Council (NRC) Postdoctoral Research Associateships Program, coordinates NIST unpaid High School Internship Program, assists staff of the technical Operating Units (OU's) in identifying and promoting research collaboration efforts with universities on scientific and technical research projects of mutual interest, interacts with committees within NIST, with outside organizations and other government agencies, and serves as an academic related resource at NIST. NIST Postdoctoral Research Associateships ProgramNIST's Postdoctoral Program supports a nationwide competitive postdoctoral program administered in cooperation with the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council. The postdoctoral program brings research scientists and engineers of unusual promise and ability to perform advanced research related to the NIST mission, introduces the latest university research results and techniques to NIST scientific programs , strengthens mutual communication with university researchers, shares NIST unique research facilities with the U.S. scientific and engineering communities, and provides a valuable mechanism for the transfer of research results from NIST to the scientific and engineering communities. Activities
and duties include administering the NIST/NRC Postdoctoral Research
Associateships Program (contracts, adviser nominations, applications,
lab/center reviews, allocation process of positions, award and rejection
notifications, final reports from associates and evaluation reports
from advisers), conducting entrance meetings with new associates,
providing networking opportunities for associates, updating yearly
the book on Opportunities for Research, arranging and participating
in NRC staff meetings with NIST advisers and associates, and participating
in the NRC Laboratories representatives meetings. For more information regarding the Postdoctoral Research Associateships Program.
NIST High School Internship Program
NIST Outreach to Minority Serving Institutions (MSI)
OAA
coordinates the collection of information on the status of outreach
activities to minority serving institutions (MSI) by NIST staff members.
These outreach activities include:
but excludes information on grants, contracts, fellowships, and scholarships which are collected by the NIST Civil Rights Office. Liaison and Collaboration with Universities
Interactions with Committees and Programs within NISTMembers of AA interact, assist, and collaborate on educational matters with the NIST Student Programs, Educational Clearinghouse, Civil Rights Office, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Committee, Association of NIST African American Staff, Association of NIST Asian Pacific Staff, Committee for Women, Sigma Xi Scientific Honor Society. Interactions with Outside Organizations and Government AgenciesExtramurally, members of this office represent NIST on academic related matters, interacting with Committee on Women, Maryland Suburban High Technical Council, Association of American State Colleges and Universities, National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, National Physical Science Consortium, American Association of Engineering Education, National Science Foundation, and the Department of Education. Academic Resource
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Updated: January 5, 2005 |