Noise Reduction for New Aircraft
• Examine the potential noise reduction benefits of an over-wing jet engine design concept:
$300,000 to Georgia Institute of Technology.
• Simulate sonic booms in realistic environments to inform the development of noise certification standards for future low-boom supersonic aircraft:
• $220,000 to Pennsylvania State University.
• Develop improved supersonic aircraft noise prediction methods:
• $850,000 to Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Illinois, Pennsylvania State University, Stanford University.

Noise and Advance Air Mobility Aircraft, Drones and Rotorcraft
• Develop noise models for different types of Advanced Air Mobility vehicles:
• $315,000 to Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
• Develop acoustic modeling for Urban Air Mobility vehicles with low noise operations:
• $280,000 to Pennsylvania State University.
• Evaluate the noise exposure that could result from large numbers of commercial and private UAS vehicles:
• $300,000 to Georgia Institute of Technology.
• Develop noise abatement procedures for helicopters in various phases of flight through computer modeling:
$170,000 to Pennsylvania State University.

Noise and Communities
• Assess and quantify if any correlation exists between aircraft noise, sleep, cardiovascular health and mental health: $1,999,608 to Boston University.
• Investigation of the effects of aviation noise on sleep disturbance: $1,077,621 to University of Pennsylvania.
• Estimate if any housing value loss has occurred due to aircraft noise exposure: $300,000 to Massachusetts Institute of Technology.