Dissertation Fellowships

Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowships (up to $15,000) covered expenses for the PhD candidates at NITC partner campuses while working on a dissertation consistent with our focus onĀ improving the mobility of people and goods to build strong communities.

See our project database for theĀ projects funded under the Dissertation Fellowship program.


This NITC grant is part of the University Transportation Center program, funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation, and is a partnership between Portland State University (PSU), the Oregon Institute of Technology (Oregon Tech), University of Arizona (UA), University of Oregon (UO), University of Utah (UU), and University of Texas at Arlington (UTA).