Center of Excellence for Alternative Jet Fuels and Environment
Last verified by NonDilute: 2026-06-08. Official notice and agency instructions control.
If your university is part of ASCENT, access up to $20M in FAA funding for alternative jet fuel and aviation environmental research.
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What this is
The FAA's Center of Excellence for Alternative Jet Fuels and Environment (AJFE) funds cutting-edge research into sustainable aviation fuels, noise reduction, and emissions modeling. Led jointly by Washington State University and MIT, ASCENT brings together 16 top U.S. research institutions to advance aviation sustainability. This is a highly competitive, university-only program with significant funding potential for teams focused on aviation environmental science and engineering.
Who can apply
Eligibility is restricted exclusively to the 16 member universities of the ASCENT coalition (led by Washington State University and MIT). Non-member institutions, private companies, and solo researchers are ineligible. Research must address alternative jet fuels, aviation noise, emissions, or aviation systems modeling.
Eligible applicant types
- Private institutions of higher education
Full description — from the agency
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.”
Topics: alternative jet fuels · aviation emissions · sustainable aviation · aviation noise · center of excellence · aviation research
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