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To encourage and support innovative, advanced, and applied research and development in areas of potential benefit to the long-term growth of civil aviation.
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The FAA has awarded numerous grants this year. Several grants awarded this year are: “Probabilistic Finite Element Modeling of Oblique Impact Loading to the Lumbar Spine” Southwest Research Institute, “Further Airframe Usage and Operational Loads Monitoring of ASM/Lead Aircraft” Wichita State University, Statistical Need for Probability of Detection in Structural Health Monitoring” Iowa State University of Science and Technology, “Global Safety Information Project” Flight Safety and “Identifying CRM Approaches for Enhancing Flight crew Performance” University of Central Florida and “Probabilistic Modeling of Random Variables and K-Solution Developments for General Aviation – Extensions to the SMART/DT Software” The University of Texas San Antonio. The FAA has awarded numerous grants this year. Several grants awarded this year are: “Probabilistic Finite Element Modeling of Oblique Impact Loading to the Lumbar Spine” Southwest Research Institute, “Further Airframe Usage and Operational Loads Monitoring of ASM/Lead Aircraft” Wichita State University, Statistical Need for Probability of Detection in Structural Health Monitoring” Iowa State University of Science and Technology, “Global Safety Information Project” Flight Safety and “Identifying CRM Approaches for Enhancing Flight crew Performance” University of Central Florida and “Probabilistic Modeling of Random Variables and K-Solution Developments for General Aviation – Extensions to the SMART/DT Software” The University of Texas San Antonio.
Aviation research grant awarded to University of Oklahoma involving the Analysis of Human Behaviours and Strategies for Risk Reduction: Application of High Fidelity Virtual Reality Simulation of Real Airports, encompasses developing realistic high-fidelity virtual reality scenarios of actual airports and integrating the SA, visual scanning, and aircraft control strategies as a function of time. The research is expected to substantially influence FAA, Aviation and Aerospace domains, and Human Factors communities through increasing face validity and content validity.
Aviation Research Grant awarded to George Mason University to develop and apply finite element modeling and simulation analysis methods for the calibration of material models that will be applied in aircraft engine containment and aircraft level assessment of uncontained debris analyses.
Aviation research grant awarded to University of Iowa to explore prototype display systems and future sensor technologies to increase safety and operational efficiency for helicopters while enhancing the safety case for reduced visibility minima. This research will enable helicopters to conduct approaches in low visibility conditions in both VMC and IMC weather to VFR helipads. This research will also support the development of operational criteria and airworthiness guidance (a public purpose) for enabling the use of technology for helicopter operations in a high-risk low-altitude environment.
In Fiscal Year 2019 the FAA Aviation Research Grants Program continued to utilize research grant awards to support advanced research in areas of potential benefit to the long-term growth of civil aviation, and in areas related to the prevention of catastrophic failure of an aircraft, and to contribute to the FAA mission of improving aviation safety, capacity, efficiency, and security.
Examples of funded projects include: Specification for use of nonnuclear technology in measuring properties of unbound pavement material; Methodologies to model tail cutoff location for Smart-DT input random variables; Lighting and visual guidance research for airport applications; Gamification of visual scanning strategies for training; Lighting and visual guidance research for airport applications; ATO Alarm Management.
In Fiscal Year 2020 the FAA Aviation Research Grants Program continues to utilize research grant awards to support advanced research in areas of potential benefit to the long-term growth of civil aviation, and in areas related to the prevention of catastrophic failure of an aircraft, and to contribute to the FAA mission of improving aviation safety, capacity, efficiency, and security. Examples of funded projects include: Probabilistic Integrity and Risk Assessment of Turbine Engines; Visualization and Analysis of Rotorcraft Safety within a CAVE Virtual Reality Environment; Cabin Interior and Engine Related Impact and Failure Analysis Guidelines for Non-Linear Finite Element Modeling.
In Fiscal Year 2021 the FAA Aviation Research Grants Program continued to utilize research grant awards to support advanced research in areas of potential benefit to the long-term growth of civil aviation, and in areas related to the prevention of catastrophic failure of an aircraft, and to contribute to the FAA mission of improving aviation safety, capacity, efficiency, and security. Examples of funded projects include: Effective Integration of Human Factors Engineering into System Development Acquisition Programs; UAM eVTOL Ice Accretion Characterization; A Parametric Study of the Effect of SLD Ice Accretion on the Aerodynamic Performance of Swept Wings and the contributions of human operators to safety and risk mitigation: Implications for crew complements and automation/autonomy levels in commercial transport operations.
In Fiscal Year 2022 the FAA Aviation Research Grants Program plans to continue to utilize research grant awards to support advanced research in areas of potential benefit to the long-term growth of civil aviation, and in areas related to the prevention of catastrophic failure of an aircraft, and to contribute to the FAA mission of improving aviation safety, capacity, efficiency, and security. Examples of funded projects include: Human Factors Guidance for the Design, Implementation and Evaluation of AI/ML in the Human-Automation ATC Systems, Material Model Development and Its Application Using Finite Element Methods in Engine Failure Analysis, Probabilistic Integrity and Risk Assessment of Turbine Engines (PIRATE) Phase III.
In Fiscal Year 2023 the FAA Aviation Research Grants Program plans to continue to utilize research grant awards to support advanced research in areas of potential benefit to the long-term growth of civil aviation, and in areas related to the prevention of catastrophic failure of an aircraft, and to contribute to the FAA mission of improving aviation safety, capacity, efficiency, and security. Examples of funded projects include: Air Traffic Organization (ATO) Alarm Management, Simulation-Aided Design of Ductile Fracture Experiments for Aerospace Metals: Torsion, Tension-Torsion, and Compression-Torsion with Superposed Hydrostatic Pressure, and Human Factors Guidance for the Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of AI/ML in the Human-Automation ATC Systems.
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
