Opportunity Information: Apply for 693JJ318NF5229
The Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program (DDETFP) Grants for Research Fellowship (GRF) is a discretionary grant opportunity run by the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), specifically the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). It is designed to support individual students pursuing advanced degrees in transportation-related fields, with the broader goal of strengthening the overall knowledge base and talent pipeline of the U.S. transportation community. In practical terms, the program helps graduate students build deeper expertise in transportation while also connecting them directly to real-world research and technology work happening inside USDOT.
The program is built around three core objectives. First, it aims to attract top students into transportation as a discipline and career path, essentially widening the pool of high-performing talent entering the field. Second, it seeks to help current and future transportation professionals advance their careers by encouraging and enabling them to pursue graduate-level education. Third, it focuses on retaining highly skilled people in the U.S. transportation sector over the long term, recognizing that the industry benefits when trained experts stay and grow within it rather than leaving for unrelated fields.
A defining feature of the GRF version of DDETFP is its emphasis on hands-on exposure to federal transportation research, development, and technology transfer. Rather than funding study in the abstract, the fellowship is structured to acquaint graduate students with work conducted at USDOT facilities and within USDOT Program Offices. The intent is to give students practical experience with federally relevant transportation challenges, research approaches, and implementation pathways, including how innovations move from research into practice. It is also explicitly framed as a workforce-development tool, with USDOT offices using the fellowship structure to engage and potentially cultivate “workforce-ready” students.
Applicants do not propose completely open-ended topics; instead, students apply to work on specific proposed projects that USDOT makes available. Those assignments are listed in an attachment called the “DDETFP GRF Assignment Announcement” (Attachment 1), which functions as the menu of research opportunities for that cycle. This approach helps ensure the fellowship activities align closely with current federal priorities and the needs of participating USDOT offices.
From the opportunity details provided, the funding instrument is a grant, the activity category is education, and the eligible applicants are individuals (not universities or organizations applying on someone’s behalf). The opportunity is identified by Funding Opportunity Number 693JJ318NF5229 and CFDA number 20.215. For the referenced cycle, the award ceiling is $60,000, with an expectation of four awards. The posting lists a creation date of April 27, 2018 and an original closing date of June 22, 2018, indicating a competitive application window tied to that specific funding round.Apply for 693JJ318NF5229
- The Department of Transportation, DOT Federal Highway Administration in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program (DDETFP) Grants for Research Fellowship (GRF)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 20.215.
- This funding opportunity was created on Apr 27, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 22, 2018. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $60,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 4 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Individuals.
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