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FAA Aviation Research and Development Grants
Funding Opportunity number  12-01

The Aviation Research Programs covers two general categories: a) areas deemed by the Administrator to be required for the long-term growth of civil aviation; and b) areas related to research on the prevention of catastrophic failures.
These areas are:
1. Capacity and Air Traffic Control Technology
2. Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance
3. Aviation Weather
4. Airports
5. Aircraft Safety Technology
6. Human Factors and Aviation Medicine
7. Environment and Energy
8. Systems Science/Operations Research
9. Commercial Space Transportation