<html><head><base href="x-msg://12/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Colleagues,<div><br></div><div>For those interested in aerospace, this is a good funding opportunity.</div><div><br></div><div>Debbie Douglas</div><div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><h1 style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; page-break-after: avoid; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(54, 95, 145); "><span style="font-variant: small-caps; ">Announcement: Airport Cooperative Research Program<span style="text-transform: uppercase; "><o:p></o:p></span></span></h1><h1 style="margin-top: 24pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; page-break-after: avoid; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(54, 95, 145); "><span style="text-transform: uppercase; ">GRADUATE RESEARCH AWARD PROGRAM ON PUBLIC SECTOR AVIATION ISSUES<o:p></o:p></span></h1><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(79, 129, 189); letter-spacing: 0.75pt; font-style: italic; "><b>Project</b>: ACRP11-04<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(79, 129, 189); letter-spacing: 0.75pt; font-style: italic; "> <b><o:p></o:p></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">The Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), National Academies, is pleased to announce the Graduate Research Award Program on Public-Sector Aviation Issues for the 2012/2013 academic year. This program, sponsored by the U.S. DOT Federal Aviation Administration and administered by the ACRP, is designed to encourage applied research on airport and related aviation system issues and to foster the next generation of aviation community leaders. Under the program, up to 10 awards of $10,000 each will be made to full-time graduate students for successful completion of a research paper on public-sector airport-related aviation issues during the upcoming academic year. Candidates must be full-time students enrolled in a graduate degree program at an accredited North American institution of higher learning during the 2012/2013 academic year. Successful papers will be presented at the January 2014, TRB Annual Meeting; and exceptional papers could be published in a subsequent TRB<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><u>Transportation Research Record</u>. Details on the award program, including eligibility requirements and application materials, are available online:<o:p></o:p></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center; "><a href="http://www.trb.org/ACRP/ACRPGraduateAwardProgram.aspx" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.trb.org/ACRP/ACRPGraduateAwardProgram.aspx</a>.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center; "><b><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Applications must be received no later than May 18, 2012</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">A flyer is attached that can be posted to help notify prospective students of the program. Also attached is a PDF version of<i>Research Results Digest 14</i>, a summary of the program over the past four years. If you have any questions, please contact me.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Larry Goldstein<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(212, 117, 0); ">__________________________________________________</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(152, 72, 6); "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Senior Program Officer<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Cooperative Research Programs<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Transportation Research Board<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">The National Academies<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">500 Fifth Street, NW<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Washington, DC 20001<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">202.334.1866 Voice<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">202.334.2006 Fax<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><a href="mailto:lgoldstein@nas.edu" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; ">lgoldstein@nas.edu</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><a href="http://www.trb.org/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; ">www.trb.org</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><a href="http://www.trb.org/ACRP/Blurbs.aspx?fields=PublicationType|ACRP" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; ">http://www.trb.org/ACRP/Blurbs.aspx?fields=PublicationType|ACRP</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div></div></span></blockquote></div></div></body></html>