American Association For The Advancement Of Science

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), doing business as Aaas, is a tax-exempt non-profit scientific organization headquartered in Washington, DC that administers science and technology policy fellowships, conducts research and evaluation of STEM education initiatives, publishes scientific journals and resources, and provides scientific advisory services to federal agencies as a prime contractor—representing 100% of recent awards with no subcontractor footprint.

AAAS operates across a diverse federal customer base spanning 153 agencies, with deep concentration in fellowship program administration and scientific resource provisioning. The organization does not compete under set-asides and operates entirely as prime, with no federal sub-award activity recorded in the recent portfolio. The top five funding sources by combined potential value account for 61% of the recent award base: the Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations ($30.5 million across 22 awards), the Department of State Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs ($19.8 million across 32 awards), the NIH Office of the Director ($19.6 million across 20 awards), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center ($3.5 million across 27 awards), and the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters ($2.4 million across 17 awards). Activity volume has grown from 48 awards in 2022 to 66 in 2023 before moderating to 59 in 2024; eleven awards remain active in 2025 with only three recorded to date in 2026. Thirty-two awards carrying combined potential value of $12.7 million face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete exposure across fellowship programs and recurring subscription services.

AAAS holds four primary indefinite-delivery single-award vehicles: an IDC valued at $6.6 million with the Department of State Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (ultimate completion February 18, 2027) for science and technology fellowship placement and administration; a $610.8 thousand NIH IDC with the Professional & Organizational Development Office at ARPA-H (through August 31, 2028) supporting fellows and policy support services; a $3 million Federal Highway Administration IDC for the Science & Technology Policy Fellowships program (through December 21, 2027); and a $5.1 million IDC with the Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations at NIH (through August 31, 2026) for fellowship program administration and scientific advisory services. The top five parent vehicles across all award types generated 162, 37, 34, 32, and 6 task orders respectively, with the lead vehicle (19AQMM20D0063, an NIH IDC) accounting for $5.1 million in combined potential value.

Concrete representative work spans three primary capability areas. First, AAAS administers the Science & Technology Policy Fellowships (STPF) program, placing scientists and engineers in federal agencies for one-year assignments to provide technical expertise and inform policymaking—exemplified by a $837,086 delivery order from the NIH Office of the Director (awarded September 1, 2023), a $882,186 delivery order for renewing and new fellows from the NIH Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations (August 11, 2022), and a $841,531 task order from the Federal Highway Administration (August 17, 2023) for fellowship recruitment, selection, placement, orientation, and professional development. Second, AAAS publishes and distributes scientific journals, digital resources, and periodicals—including Science journal subscriptions valued at $72,067 from the Navy Bureau of Naval Personnel (December 7, 2023), a $221,455 perpetual license arrangement for selected AAAS journals to the USDA (March 15, 2024), and recurring EurekAlert! news service subscriptions ranging from $10,550 to $21,845. Third, AAAS conducts research, evaluation, and convening activities in STEM education and workforce development—including a $4.1 million NSF grant for the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program enhancement (October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2028), a $2.74 million NSF grant to lead the EPSCOR Hub initiative across 28 NSF jurisdictions (July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028), a $418,191 Census Bureau contract for the ADRM Scientist Fellows Recruitment program (September 28, 2022), and a $286,935 NASA grant for Earth Science Division fellowship administration (September 1, 2022).

Service Contract Inventory data covering federal services contracts above the $150,000 threshold shows SCI-reported invoicing of $6.1 million across FY2022–FY2024 (a partial view of the vendor's federal services footprint). In FY2024, AAAS invoiced $2.1 million across 3.2 full-time-equivalent personnel; FY2023 showed $2.2 million across 8.1 FTEs; FY2022 recorded $1.8 million across 4.0 FTEs. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, government-paid hourly rates ran median $152.22 per hour, with the spectrum ranging from a 10th percentile of $87.93 per hour to a 90th percentile of $1,151.33 per hour, reflecting a mix of administrative support labor and senior scientific advisory roles. AAAS self-performed 100% of reported SCI hours with zero subcontractor engagement on prime contracts covered by the SCI dataset.

The organization holds a single named subsidiary, Aaas Fellowship Programs, Inc. (for-profit), which likely houses administrative and logistical support for the organization's extensive fellowship portfolio. AAAS's federal footprint centers on science and technology policy fellowships as the dominant service line, with secondary revenue from scientific publishing, education research, and evaluation services. The vendor operates as sole-source and non-competitive prime across virtually all vehicles, reflecting its established market position as the federal government's primary administrator of the STPF program and curator of scientific resources and expertise for civilian agencies.