NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

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The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP)

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August 11, 2025

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Description

Financial Benefits

The Program Covers:

  • Stipend Starts from $70,000
  • Health Insurance
  • Professional Travel Allowance
  • Relocation to/from the Posting Country
  • Temporary Housing
  • Per Diem

Types of NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP)

    • NASA Postdoctoral Research Program
    • NASA Postdoctoral Management Program
    • Read more about Each Program .
Postdoctoral opportunities
  • Technology Development
  • Planetary Science
  • Planetary Science
  • Aeronautics and Engineering

NASA NPP Fellows will engage in a wide range of ongoing NASA research projects. These include fields like astrophysics, Earth science, aeronautics, biology and astrobiology, cosmochemistry, heliophysics, planetary science, and technology development.

Eligibility Criteria

  • The NASA Postdoctoral Program is open to all Nationals.
  • Open to U.S. citizens, U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents (LPR), and foreign nationals.
  • All applicants must hold a Ph.D. or an equivalent doctoral degree.
    • Postdoctoral Fellows: Your doctoral degree must have been awarded within the last five years at the time you apply.
    • Senior Fellows: Your doctoral degree must have been awarded more than five years before your application, and you need to show significant professional achievements in your field.

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The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP)

Oranisation Overview

The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) offers unique research opportunities to highly-talented U.S. and non-U.S. scientists to engage in ongoing NASA research projects at a NASA Center, NASA Headquarters, or at a NASA-affiliated research institute. These fellowships, awarded annually up to three years, are competitive and are designed to advance NASA’s missions in space science, Earth science, aeronautics, space operations, exploration systems, and astrobiology.

Annual NASA Postdoctoral Program application deadlines are March 1, July 1, and November 1. Scientists within five years of receiving their degrees are eligible to apply as a postdoctoral Fellow; scientists who have received their doctorates more than five years previously may apply as a Senior Fellow. After the first year as a Postdoctoral Fellow, scientists interested in management may apply to the Postdoctoral Management Program at NASA Headquarters.