Grants Alert

• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/fgc.30155
• Published date: 16 November 2017
• Date: 16 November 2017

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Drone Integration Pilot

Program announced

President Donald J. Trump recently directed

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao

to launch an initiative to safely test and validate

advanced operations for drones in partnership with

state and local governments in select jurisdictions.

The Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration

Pilot Program will be used to accelerate the safe

integration of UAS into the national airspace and to

realize the benets of unmanned technology in our

economy, the Department of Transportation (DOT)

said in a release.

“This program supports the President’s

commitment to foster technological innovation

that will be a catalyst for ideas that have the

potential to change our day-to-day lives,” said

Secretary Chao in a statement. “Drones are proving

to be especially valuable in emergency situations,

including assessing damage from natural disasters

such as the recent hurricanes and the wildres in

California.”

The program will help tackle the most signicant

challenges in integrating drones into the national

airspace, the department said, while reducing risks

to public safety and security by:

• helping DOT and the Federal Aviation

Administration develop a regulatory framework

that will allow more complex low-altitude

operations;

• identifying ways to balance local and national

interests;

• improving communications with local, state

and tribal jurisdictions;

• addressing security and privacy risks; and

• accelerating the approval of operations that

currently require special authorizations.

Once all of the applications have been evaluated,

DOT will invite a minimum of ve partnerships.

Prospective local governments are encouraged to

partner with the private sector to develop pilot

proposals.

To learn more, visit https://www.transportation.

gov/UAS-integration-pilot-program. ■

Grants alert

Study of the U.S. Institutes for Secondary

Educators Program (DOS)

Scope: The State Department’s Bureau of Educational

and Cultural Affairs seeks applications for the FY2018

Study of the U.S. Institutes for Secondary Educators

Program for the design and implementation of three

institutes for secondary educators to take place over

the course of five weeks beginning in June 2018.

Deadline: Dec. 22, 2017.

Funds: One cooperative agreement (one base

year plus two noncompetitive continuations) for an

estimated total of $3.15 million.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities and nonprofit

organizations.

Areas: DOS said the program should provide

multinational groups of experienced secondary educators

(administrators, curriculum developers, education ministry

officials, teachers, teacher trainers and textbook writers)

with a deeper understanding of U.S. society, education,

culture, values and institutions. Two of the institutes will be

for teachers; one institute will be for secondary educator

administrators and other educational professionals,

including but not limited to curriculum developers, ministry

of education officials, teacher trainers and textbook writers.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# ECA-ECAAE-18-009

TechGirls Program (DOS)

Scope: The State Department’s Bureau of Educational

and Cultural Affairs seeks applications for the FY2018

TechGirls Program to conduct a three- to four-week

exchange program in the United States in the summer

of 2018.

Deadline: Dec. 27, 2017.

Funds: $990,000 total for one cooperative agreement

(one base year plus two noncompetitive continuations).

Eligibility: Colleges and universities and nonprofit

organizations.

Areas: DOS said the program will provide an exchange

of academic study of applied technology for girls who

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