Resources

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1. Data

2012 California Household Transportation Survey

2. Software

scikit-learn: Machine Learning Python Library

BIOGEME: Open Source Discrete Choice Modelling Library

MATLAB Student Version

3. Funding

Transportation-related funding opportunities for faculty, researchers, and students (mostly found on PIVOT, http://pivot.cos.com/funding_main )April 2015

Below are short descriptions of funding opportunities and other opportunities. For more information, go to the website indicated.

New entries are in bold.

 TOOLS FOR GRADS

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TOOLS FOR FACULTY:

GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND AWARDS:

 The Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP)

I am writing to make you aware of a wonderful funding opportunity for graduate students interested in applied research that addresses airport and related air transportation system needs. Disciplines are wide ranging and include, but are not limited to, engineering, computer science, economics, psychology, human factors, safety, management, science, social science and mathematics. The goal of the research is to help the public sector continue to improve the quality, reliability, safety and security of the U.S. civil aviation system well into the foreseeable future.

The Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) of the National Academies’ Transportation Research Board offers $10,000 Graduate Research Awards that include mentoring by national experts assigned by the ACRP, facilitation of access to ACRP resources, a research presentation at the Transportation Research Board annual meeting in Washington, DC, and publication in the Transportation Research Record. Students must be supervised by a faculty member and be attending an accredited higher education institution in the U.S. or Canada. U.S. and Canadian citizens and permanent residents are eligible as are students who have an active student visa throughout the award period.

Application is made on-line with components including a research proposal, faculty advisor commitment, resume, transcripts, writing sample and other elements. Applications are due on May 15, 2015. Ten awards are anticipated for the 2015 – 2016 Academic Year.

For more information, visit http://www.trb.org/ACRP/ACRPGraduateAwardProgram.aspx. The program is managed for the Airport Cooperative Research Program by the Virginia Space Grant Consortium based in Hampton, VA.

Intelligent Transportation Society of California

$2,500 scholarship for full-time graduate students in any ITS-related field. Applicants must submit a 1500 word essay indicating career objectives and particular interests in ITS, two letters of reference, and other supporting materials.

Applications are due by June 1, 2015.

Send applications to ITS CA Awards and Scholarships Committee jeffspinazze [at] trafficware [dot] com

 National Planning Awards – Implementation

Recognition can be given to any plan, project, program, tool, process, report or ordinance that has been in continuous effect for a minimum of three years.

Due August 26, 2015 (Anticipated)

http://www.planning.org/awards/categories.htm#Implementation

 Civil Infrastructure Systems (CIS)

The Civil Infrastructure System program supports fundamental and innovative research necessary for designing, constructing, managing, maintaining, operating and protecting efficient, resilient and sustainable civil infrastructure systems. Topics pertaining to transportation systems, construction engineering, infrastructure systems and infrastructure management are a focus of this program.

Due September 15, 2015 (Confirmed)

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13352

 Computer and Network Systems (CNS): Core Programs

CNS supports ($500,000 to $3,000,000 over multiple years) research and education activities that invent new computing and networking technologies and that explore new ways to make use of existing technologies.

Due September 21, 2015 (Confirmed)

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12765

CUTU National Student Awards: Milton Pikarsky Memorial Award

A $1,500 to $2,000 award given annually to the graduate students in transportation for the best Ph.D. dissertation and the best M.S. thesis in the field of science and technology in transportation studies. The candidate’s GPA must be above 3.50.

Due September 30, 2015 (Anticipated)

http://mycutc.com/awards/

CUTU National Student Awards: Charley V. Wootan Memorial Award

A $1,500 to $2,000 award given annually to graduate students in transportation for the best Ph.D. dissertation and the best M.S. thesis in the field of policy and planning in transportation studies. The candidate’s GPA must be above 3.50.

Due September 30, 2015 (Anticipated)

http://mycutc.com/awards/

 Energy, Power, Control and Networks (EPCN)

Topics of interest include modeling, optimization, learning, and control of networked multi-agent systems, higher-level decision making, and dynamic resource allocation as well as risk management in the presence of uncertainty, sub-system failures and stochastic disturbances.

Due October 1 – November 1, 2015 (Confirmed)

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13380

American Association of University Women, American Dissertation Fellowships

A $20,000 fellowship to be used in the final year of writing a dissertation.

Due November 17, 2015 (Anticipated)

http://aauw-amdissert.scholarspply.org/

American Association of University Women, International Fellowships

An $18,000 to $30,000 fellowship to aid women who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents.

Due Dec 1, 2015 (Anticipated)

http://www.aauw.org/what-we-do/educational-funding-and-awards/international-fellowships/

 Selected Professions Fellowships (Women + Grad Student)

Fellowships are awarded to women in graduate programs seeking a Master’s degree, eligibility includes Engineering programs.

Due January 12, 2016

http://www.aauw.org/what-we-do/educational-funding-and-awards/selected-professions-fellowships/

 Cyber-Innovation for Sustainability Science and Engineering (CyberSEES) (NSF)

($400,000 to $1,200,000) The CyberSEES program aims to advance interdisciplinary research in which the science and engineering of sustainability require new advances in computing, and in which computational innovation is grounded in real-life, domain-specific challenges.

Due February 24, 2016 (Anticipated)

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504829

Critical Resilient Interdependent Infrastructure Systems and Processes (CRISP)

The CRISP solicitation seeks proposals with transformative ideas that will ensure interdependent critical infrastructure systems (ICIs) services are effective, efficient, dependable, adaptable, resilient, safe, and secure. Successful proposals are expected to study multiple infrastructures focusing on them as interdependent systems that deliver services, enabling a new interdisciplinary paradigm in infrastructure research.

Due March 20, 2016 (Confirmed)

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505180&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

 

Women in Transportation Scholarships

The WTS Foundation awards scholarships to women who are pursuing careers in transportation through undergraduate and graduate programs. The scholarships are competitive and based on the applicant’s specific transportation goals, academic record and transportation-related activities or job skills. Minority candidates are encouraged to apply. Local Chapters may have additional requirements (such as personal interviews or higher GPA). Please contact your local WTS chapter for more information. All applications are submitted through a chapter.

Due – varies, see local chapter for more information.

Homepage:   https://www.wtsinternational.org/about/

Local Chapter: http://www.wtsinternational.org/orangecounty/