Office of STEM Engagement (OSTEM) — CFDA 43.008

OSTEM obligations at $747,295,987.13

USAspending.gov records $747,295,987.13 in obligations under CFDA 43.008. Six hundred fifty-seven awards produce that stock. A simple average is about $1,137,437 per award. That average is a quotient of two packet totals, not a typical Space Grant invoice and not a cost per intern. Other NASA education or research listings tagged under different CFDA numbers are not mixed into the $747,295,987.13.

The assistance-listing title is OFFICE OF STEM ENGAGEMENT (OSTEM). CFDA 43.008 is the identifier. Combining 43.008 with NASA research or aeronautics codes would invent a combined NASA total this packet does not contain. Read the $747,295,987.13 as the obligation book tagged 43.008 only.

217 recipients across 54 jurisdictions

Two hundred seventeen recipients share 657 awards, or about 3.0 award records per recipient on average. Splitting $747,295,987.13 evenly would assign about $3.44 million per recipient. That density is a university-and-consortium pattern: a moderate named-institution headcount carrying a few assistance rows. The packet does not list the 217.

Fifty-four jurisdictions in the geographic count cover states plus territories and other coded entities. OSTEM dollars follow funded Space Grant and engagement partners, not equal shares. Place-of-performance amounts are on the program table. Recipient count is organizational, not a census of STEM students.

Award rows are not a student census

Among NASA listings, 43.008 is a mid-row engagement file: 657 awards against 217 recipients. Award count is a weak proxy for “number of STEM programs” and a worse proxy for people trained. Recipients (217) tell you how many named organizations sit on the extract; awards (657) tell you how many assistance rows were stored.

The packet does not report internships, teacher workshops, or flight-opportunity seats. Citing 657 as students would be a unit error. Keep the units straight: dollars, awards, recipients, jurisdictions. The $747,295,987.13 stock is the obligation figure from USAspending.gov.

Obligations versus OSTEM outlays

The $747,295,987.13 is an obligation total from USAspending.gov. Outlays — cash paid against Office of STEM Engagement awards — are not in the packet. An engagement file can show a large obligation stock while universities draw against academic-year agreements. Deobligations and upward adjustments both move the total.

Use CFDA 43.008 to size this OSTEM listing in the assistance file. Do not use it as an internship dashboard. Those series live elsewhere. This page reports the obligation book tagged 43.008.

What the 43.008 tables omit

The program hub lists award-backed obligations from USAspending.gov. It is not a student roster, not a curriculum catalog, and not a mission-staffing file. Series that never appear as assistance awards will not show up in the $747,295,987.13. That omission is definitional rather than a gap in the 657 award rows.

Place-of-performance on 54 jurisdictions is a coding field. Read the program page before treating those cells as equal shares of STEM-engagement funding. Recipient dollars, if shown on the hub, are still obligation amounts, not cash already paid to Space Grant consortia.

Where the 43.008 table lives

The program page overlays these four facts. The all-programs index ranks 43.008 among other assistance listings. Agency pages show awarding-agency rollups that may include this CFDA among other NASA listings. For 43.008 only, start on the program page.

CFDA 43.008’s 657 awards spread $747,295,987.13 across 217 recipients and 54 jurisdictions. Quote award count as a record count, recipient count as the organizational headcount, and dollars as obligations from USAspending.gov. About 3.0 award records per recipient is the density story. Outlays remain a separate column. Source: USAspending.gov assistance awards.

A researcher comparing 43.008 with other NASA research or aeronautics codes should keep CFDA numbers separate. The 217-recipient headcount on 54 jurisdictions is a Space Grant and engagement map. Quote $747,295,987.13 as the USAspending obligation stock for Office of STEM Engagement only. About 3.0 award records per recipient is the density story on 657 awards. Internship counts, teacher workshops, and flight-opportunity seats remain outside the packet. Outlays are a separate column.

Questions

How much is obligated for NASA Office of STEM Engagement?

USAspending.gov records $747,295,987.13 in obligations for CFDA 43.008. SpendingVault indexes 657 awards, 217 recipients, and 54 jurisdictions. The figure is an obligation sum from assistance awards, not an outlay and not a student count. CFDA 43.008’s $747,295,987.13 is the USAspending obligation stock.

How many awards does CFDA 43.008 carry?

The listing shows 657 awards against 217 recipients, or about 3.0 award records per recipient. A simple average is about $1,137,437 per award. Award count is not a count of internships or educators trained. Recipient dollars are on the program page.

How many organizations receive 43.008 awards?

The extract lists 217 recipients. Those are organizational recipients on assistance awards tagged 43.008, not a census of STEM students. Geographic coding covers 54 jurisdictions. The packet does not name the 217 or publish internship totals. The packet reports obligations from USAspending.gov, not outlays.

Is $747,295,987.13 already paid for OSTEM grants?

Not necessarily. Obligations are commitments. Outlays are payments. CFDA 43.008’s indexed total is the obligation stock from USAspending.gov. This page does not report cash drawn, remaining balances, or students served. The $747,295,987.13 on 657 awards is the obligation figure. The packet reports obligations from USAspending.gov, not outlays.