FAA Aviation Research Grants Program

The FAA Aviation Research Grants Program encourages and supports innovative, advanced research of potential benefit to the long-term growth of civil aviation and commercial space transportation. The program seeks proposals that embrace the entire spectrum of physical, chemical, biological, medical, psychological, mathematical, and engineering sciences. Eligible applicants include colleges, universities, and other non-profit research institutions. The program will provide funding for research grants and cooperative agreements, with a maximum award ceiling of $6,000,000. • Topics of interest include: Capacity and Air Traffic Control Technology, Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance, Aviation Weather, Airports, Aircraft Safety Technology, Human Factors and Aviation Medicine, Systems Science/Operations Research, and Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM), Class E Upper Airspace Traffic Management (ETM), and Urban Air Mobility (UAM) • The program does not require immediate application to Research and Development (R&D) programs • Proposals should be submitted through Grants.gov • The program encourages applied research and development to enhance technology assimilation, transfer, and development in the FAA