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ORAU invites teachers to apply for STEM education grants
ORAU is now accepting applications for its annual Education Grants program for 2026, offering grant funding for teachers in Anderson, Campbell, Morgan, Roane and Scott counties.
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Podcast
Searching the cosmos for new planets: A conversation with Stela Silva, NASA NPP Fellow
Stela Silva, Ph.D., an astrophysicist in the NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, has her eye to the sky, sort of. Working with gravitational microlensing, which she says is "the physical phenomenon that happens when we're observing a star and then…
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Blog Post
From science fiction to reality: NASA researchers pioneering crop growth in space
Luke Fountain, Ph.D., a third-year NASA Postdoctoral (NPP) Fellow, is determining how astronauts can best grow food in space as part of the space crop production team at Kennedy Space Center.
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Podcast
‘My success is because of past generations:’ A Black History Month conversation with Myron Porter
Myron Porter is a section manager in ORAU’s Technical Solutions Group. In his role, he is a software developer working as part of the team that maintains and supports U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science web applications for the…
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News
National Supplemental Screening Program celebrates 20 years of service; eligible individuals encouraged to participate
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Supplemental Screening Program (NSSP), managed by ORAU, is celebrating 20 years of continued service and encourages those eligible to participate in the program.
