Providing Pioneers for the Future
The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) offers unique research opportunities to highly talented national and international individuals to engage in ongoing NASA research programs at a NASA Center, NASA Headquarters, or at a NASA-affiliated research institution. These one- to three-year Fellowship appointments are competitive and are designed to advance NASA's missions in space science, earth science, aeronautics, space operations, exploration systems, and astrobiology.
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Who knew the open road could one day lead to outer space? That’s the response former professional truck driver Dr. Ryan Milligan gives when asked if he ever thought he would someday work for NASA.
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Dr. Dennis Bodewits, working with the Swift team at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, is studying comets using data from Swift’s Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) and X-Ray Telescope (XRT).
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Dr. Chris Wohl, an NPP Fellow at NASA’s Langley Research Center, describes the strong support he received from his colleagues at Langley while working on the lunar dust mitigation project, in spite of personal health challenges.
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Useful Information
- End-of-year tax information
- For the latest on U.S. airport security procedures, visit the Transportation Security Administration Web site.
- NASA Postdoc Program postcard (pdf)
- Annual application deadlines: March 1, July 1, and November 1.
- BlueCross BlueShield health insurance benefits: updated annually on July 1.