Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP): Accepting Applications for Graduate Research Award Program
ACRP is accepting applications through May 18 for the 2012-2013 academic year. Program provides stipends for applied research on topics of interest to the U.S. public sector airport/aviation community. Applicants select the topics to be researched under the supervision of faculty members at their institutions.
See also these recent ACRP publications:
Report 37A: Guidebook for Measuring Performance of Automated People Mover Systems at Airports
Report 65: Guidebook for Airport Irregular Operations (IROPS) Contingency Planning
http://www.faa.gov/airports/acrp/