AISI Standards Council Announces Winning Proposals for 2023 Small Project/Fellowship Program
The American Iron and Steel Institute Standards Council has selected four winning research proposals for its 2023 Small Project/Fellowship Program. Launched in 2014, the program identifies and provides funding for research projects that will significantly impact the reliability, performance and cost-competitiveness of cold-formed steel in construction. It provides a streamlined mechanism for AISI’s standards development committees (the Committee on Specifications, the Committee on Framing Standards and the Committee on Energy Standards), industry stakeholders, academics and students to collaborate on relatively short-term, highly focused and mutually beneficial projects.
The small project and fellowship requests are developed and submitted by project teams. Each team includes a student, an academic advisor from the student’s academic institution and an industry advisor. Project selections are based on several factors, including the potential for long-term impact on the industry; steel industry engagement and co-funding; and anticipated results for the AISI standards development committees, the students and the academic institutions.