Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73
§8544 Visiting fellows at National Weather Service
Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 111— - WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING INNOVATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - FEDERAL WEATHER COORDINATION › § 8544
Summary
The Director of the National Weather Service may set up a program to host postdoctoral fellows and academic researchers at any National Centers for Environmental Prediction. The program must let forecasters work directly with researchers from universities and the private sector to improve forecasting tools and techniques, and fellows must be chosen competitively for terms of no more than 1 year.
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Title 15, §8544
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(a)The Director of the National Weather Service may establish a program to host postdoctoral fellows and academic researchers at any of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction.
(b)This program shall be designed to provide direct interaction between forecasters and talented academic and private sector researchers in an effort to bring innovation to forecasting tools and techniques to the National Weather Service.
(c)Such fellows shall be competitively selected and appointed for a term not to exceed 1 year.
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15 U.S.C. § 8544
Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73