Project Grant SBAHQ11J0014

The Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Eastern Region awarded Colorado State University a $5 million Project Grant under the Aircraft Pilots Workforce Development Grant Program (CFDA 20.111) for the period of March 1, 2023 through March 1, 2024. The goal of the grant program is to support the creation and delivery of curriculum designed to provide high school students with aircraft pilot education in accordance with the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018. Under this award,...

The Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Eastern Region awarded a $339,000 Project Grant to Florence School District 1 through the Aircraft Pilots Workforce Development Grant Program (CFDA 20.111). The goal of this January 2022 award is to support the creation and delivery of curriculum to provide high school students with aircraft pilot education in accordance with the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018. Specifically, the funding will allow Florence School District 1 to...

The Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Eastern Region awarded a $135,000 Project Grant to Harrisburg University of Science & Technology on January 18, 2022 through the Aircraft Pilots Workforce Development Grant Program (CFDA 20.111). The grant is intended to support the creation and delivery of curriculum designed to provide high school students with aircraft pilot education in accordance with the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018, with activities to be completed...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program ($307,706) will support Johnson College's development and implementation of an FAA-approved Aviation Technology associate degree program from May 2022 to April 2025. The program aims to recruit and train students to fill the regional and national workforce need for aviation technicians, which is projected to grow faster than average and result in over 14,000 annual openings through 2030 according to BLS. Key...

The County of Scottsbluff School District 16 was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Eastern Region. The grant was awarded under the Aircraft Pilots Workforce Development Grant Program (CFDA 20.111) on January 18, 2022 for the period through July 19, 2023. The goal of this program is to support the creation and delivery of curriculum designed to provide high school students with aircraft pilot education. It can be inferred that...

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) awarded $156,250 to the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) on November 6, 2025, under the Technology & Innovation Deployment Program (CFDA 20.227). This Project Grant funds the launch of TDOT's remote pilot training program, which aligns with the program's core objective of accelerating the implementation and deployment of innovative technologies and research results in highway transportation. The project is scheduled for completion by...

Elizabeth City State University received a $269,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Eastern Region on January 18, 2022 to support curriculum development under the Aircraft Pilots Workforce Development Grant Program (CFDA 20.111). The grant aims to create and deliver curriculum through July 19, 2023 designed to provide high school students with aircraft pilot education in accordance with the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018, with the goal...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Award: Safety-Aware Learning and Assured Autonomy for Aviation Applications (24-ULI STEP-B-0049) Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Inc. received a $1.73 million Cooperative Agreement from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center under the Aeronautics program (CFDA 43.002) to develop safety-aware learning systems and assured autonomy technologies for aviation applications. The four-year award, effective August 1,...

St. Philip's College, operating under the Alamo Community College District in San Antonio, Texas, received a $475,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) awarded August 1, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2028. The award funds the development of a comprehensive Career and Technical Education (CTE) pathway in Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS), addressing the Federal Aviation Administration's projection of 1.9 million UAS units entering...

This $300,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research by the University of Maryland, College Park to enhance pilot training through the development of methods for optimizing sensory-motor interactions. The goal is to reduce training duration and improve safety by leveraging secondary sensory cues, such as touch and audition, and insights into pilot neurophysiology. The research involves creating a pilot training...