U.S. DOT Artificial Intelligence Activities – Funding Opportunities
The following U.S. DOT programs offer funding opportunities pertaining to Artificial Intelligence.
The following U.S. DOT programs offer funding opportunities pertaining to Artificial Intelligence.
U.S. DOT maintains several data resources that can be of use to the AI research community.
Unmanned Aircraft Systems Research and Development ActivitiesThe FAA collaborates internally and maintains extensive partnerships across government, industry, and academia to develop integrated research plans that support the development of regulations, policies, procedures, guidance, and standards for drone operations. Research activities such as flight tests, modeling and simulation,...
The U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) is committed to safety and innovation and sees artificial intelligence (AI) as a promising capability to help achieve these aims. While AI has applicability across many sectors of our economy, U.S. DOT’s activities focus on the following ways in which it may be applied within transportation:Enabling the safe integration of AI into the transportation system, including as a foundational technology in many...
On September 18, 2019, U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao announced $60 million in Federal grant funding to the selected award recipients for the Automated Driving Systems (ADS) Demonstration Grant Notice of Funding Opportunity. (Press Release)
The 73 proposals are linked below.
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On October 4, 2018, U.S. DOT published Preparing for the Future of Transportation: Automated Vehicles 3.0 (AV 3.0). The event was web casted live and a docket (Docket No. DOT-OST-2018-0149) has been opened so that stakeholders and the public can submit their comments on AV 3.0.
The pace of development and deployment of automated vehicle-related technology is expected to accelerate over the next decade. How might this new technology impact the transportation workforce?
The 2018 Consolidated Appropriations Act (Joint Explanatory Statement) provided up to $1.5 million to the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, to conduct a...
Preparing for the Future of Transportation: Automated Vehicles 3.0 (AV 3.0)
Preparing for the Future of Transportation: Automated Vehicles 3.0 (AV 3.0)