Center of Excellence for Alternative Jet Fuels and Environment
Federal funding opportunity FAA-COE-AJFE from FAA-COE-AJFE (Department of Transportation).
Apply on Grants.gov →Application closes September 30, 2026
- Posted
- November 13, 2023
- Closes
- September 30, 2026
- Award ceiling
- $20,000,000
- Award floor
- $1
- Expected awards
- 200
- Cost sharing
- Yes
- Instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Assistance listing
- 20.109
- Archives
- October 31, 2026
Program funding history
Awards made under Assistance Listing 20.109 across FY2024–FY2026, from public federal spending records.
- FY2024 obligated
- $61.1M
- FY2025 obligated
- $20.9M
- FY2026 (to date) obligated
- $21.8M
- Awards in window
- 65
Top recipients: Wichita State University, Georgia Tech Research Corp, Mississippi State University, The Pennsylvania State University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed July 2026
Synopsis
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.”
Who can apply
- Private institutions of higher education
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.”
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