The National Center for Sustainable Transportation supported graduate students by offering various funding and research opportunities to students studying at one of its consortium universities. 


Dissertation Grants

The National Center for Sustainable Transportation offered dissertation research grants for current doctoral students who have advanced to candidacy. 

NCST Dissertation Grant Projects


Graduate-led Research Projects

The NCST offered funding for graduate student-led research projects in sustainable transportation. 

NCST Graduate Research Projects


Transportation Technology and Policy Graduate Program at UC Davis

The Transportation Technology and Policy (TTP) Graduate Group, hosted by the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Davis, offers M.S. and Ph.D. degree programs that prepare students to play decisive roles in creating a sustainable transportation future. The interdisciplinary approach transcends the boundaries of traditional engineering-based studies and draws on a multitude of academic disciplines including social and behavioral sciences, ecology, and management.

Students in the TTP Graduate Group complete three core courses in technology, policy, and data science, and choose one of three tracks: vehicles and fuels, demand and behavior, or infrastructure and operations. Students who focus on transportation technology are usually trained in engineering and the physical sciences and are interested in systems-level planning, analysis, management, and design of advanced transportation energy and environmental technologies. Students with a transportation planning and policy aim come from a wider range of disciplines and are interested in the broader public policy issues concerning sustainable transportation systems.

In addition to coursework and research, students interact with researchers and leaders from industry, government, public interest groups, and academia through seminars, internships, and visiting lectures.

Learn more about the UC Davis Transportation Technology and Policy Graduate Group