Submission Deadline 09/30/2026
Fiscal Capacity $20,000,000
DOT-FAA-FAA COE-AJFE Grant — Key Facts
Opportunity Number FAA-COE-AJFE
Agency DOT-FAA-FAA COE-AJFE
Application Deadline 09/30/2026
Award Amount $20,000,000
Status Posted
Sector Default
Award Floor $1
Cost Sharing Required

Fiscal Parameters & Taxonomy

Authority DOT-FAA-FAA COE-AJFE
Status Posted

Who Can Apply

Private institutions of higher education

Eligibility Intelligence

The opportunity for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Center of Excellence for Alternative Jet Fuel and Environment (AJFE) was awarded in 2013 to the ASCENT cooperative aviation research organization. ASCENT is a coalition of 16 leading US research universities committed to improving the understanding of aviation noise and emissions and the modeling of aviation systems. ASCENT is co-led by Washington State University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (https://ascent.aero/). Any new grant opportunities under AJFE are open and available only to the university members of ASCENT."

Program Description

The opportunity for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Center of Excellence for Alternative Jet Fuel and Environment (AJFE) was awarded in 2013 to the ASCENT cooperative aviation research organization. ASCENT is a coalition of 16 leading US research universities committed to improving the understanding of aviation noise and emissions and the modeling of aviation systems. ASCENT is co-led by Washington State University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (https://ascent.aero/). Any new grant opportunities under AJFE are open and available only to the university members of ASCENT.”

CFDA Programs

20.109 Air Transportation Centers of Excellence

Agency Contact

Eleanor Mendelson Management Program Analyst 202-267-8016

✉ eleanor.s.mendelson@faa.gov

📞 202-267-3546

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