FAA Aviation Research Grants Program
Dept. of Transportation
Grants under this program are awarded for the conduct of research for the long-term growth of civil aviation. Research topics may include, but are not limited to, air traffic control automation, aviation applications of artificial intelligence, aviation training technologies and techniques, human factors in highly automated environments, and aircraft safety. Further, grants are awarded under this program for the conduct of research relating to the development of technologies and methods to assess the risk and prevent defects, failures, and malfunctions of products, parts, processes, and articles manufactured for use in aircraft, aircraft engines, propellers, and appliances that could result in a catastrophic failure of an aircraft.