Guest Researchers

Domestic:
Our division on occasion makes its facilities available for limited periods of time to domestic guest researchers to collaborate with NIST on research and development projects of mutual interest or to transfer NIST "know-how," methodologies, procedures, and best practices. NIST provides neither direct salary nor subsistence support to a domestic guest researcher. In addition, in some cases, a NIST funding agreement (such as a contract, grant/fellowship, cooperative agreement, or simplified acquisition) with a U.S. organization (profit or nonprofit).

A domestic guest researcher is a technically qualified U.S. citizen who is not a NIST employee, who collaborates with NIST on research projects of mutual interest, or conducts research on behalf of NIST via a NIST funding agreement. A domestic guest researcher may be an employee of another federal agency, state or local government, profit or nonprofit organization, self-employed, or sponsored by an organization. Domestic guest researchers work at NIST under the auspices of Form NIST-1296, Domestic Guest Researcher Agreement.

Foreign:
A foreign guest researcher is any technically qualified person who is not a U.S. citizen; is not an employee of NIST; is sponsored by an organization or is self-employed; or is working at NIST under the auspices of a NIST funding agreement (contract, grant/fellowship, cooperative agreement, or simplified acquisition) with a U.S. university or U.S. company; and collaborates with NIST on research of mutual interest.

A foreign guest researcher may be an employee of a foreign government agency; U.S., state, or local government agency; industry, or nonprofit organization (including a university); a post graduate researcher; a graduate student; or be self-employed.

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