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National Research Council

The National Research Council (NRC) conducts the Research Associateship Programs in cooperation with sponsoring federal laboratories and research organizations approved for participation. The objectives of the program are: to provide postdoctoral scientists and engineers of unusual promise and ability, opportunities for research on problems, largely of their own choice that are compatible with the interests of the sponsoring laboratories, and to contribute thereby to the overall efforts to the federal laboratories. NRC through its Associateship Programs Office conducts a national competition to recommend and make awards to outstanding scientists and engineers at recent postdoctoral and experienced senior levels for tenure as guest researchers at participating laboratories. Indirectly, Associateships also makes available to the broader scientific and engineering communities the excellent and often unique research facilities that exist in federal laboratories.