Who: US Dept. of Transportation - Federal Highway Administration - Center for Transportation Workforce Development - Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program (DDETFP)
The Center for Transportation Workforce Development manages activities that integrate transportation into college and university programs striving to increase the number of post-secondary students interested in pursuing transportation-related careers. The Center provides management, leadership, and coordination for student transportation education programs to support the development of highly skilled individuals for the transportation workforce.
What: The DDETFP Graduate Fellowship provides funding for students to pursue master’s or doctoral degrees in transportation-related disciplines. This program advances the transportation workforce by helping to attract the nation's brightest minds to the field of transportation, encouraging future transportation professionals to seek advanced degrees, and helping to retain top talent in the U.S. transportation industry.
From its initial support of graduate research fellowships in 1983, to the current program's inception in the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, the DDETFP has awarded over $50 million to the brightest minds in the transportation industry. From this investment, fellows have pushed for innovative change in multimodal areas from highway infrastructure to aviation to maritime, making the industry more effective and efficient. Fellows pursue careers in academia, private industry, and public service, becoming leaders across the nation.
Applicants are encouraged to read more information on the program in grants.gov under Opportunity Number 693JJ318NF5227-2019 including how to apply using the Transportation Fellows Interns and Contractor System(TFICS). The electronic application due date is April 8, 2019 at 4:00PM Eastern Time.
Please send any questions you may have about these opportunities to transportationedu@dot.gov
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