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5/30/2024
Government and education officials were on hand yesterday to mark the opening of the National University Rail Center of Excellence (NURail CoE) on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
The NURail CoE is a consortium of nine universities and is the first academic research and education center to be supported by Federal Railroad Administration
Last year, the FRA awarded a $5 million grant to UIUC as the lead institution for the fiscal-year 2022-2023 Rail Research and Development Center of Excellence program. The funds supported the opening of NURail CoE.The center's mission is to "develop solutions that will lead to a safer, more efficient, sustainable, equitable and reliable rail transportation system in the United States and advance U.S. Department of Transportation goals," according to a UIUC press release.
NURail CoE comprises a consortium of University of Illinois Chicago; University of Delaware; Kansas State University; Michigan Technological University; Morgan State University; Rutgers University; University of Texas at Austin and Tuskegee University.
Under the NURail CoE program, the FRA provided up to 50% of the cost of establishing and operating the center and supporting research activities. Each of the nine universities will contribute a portion of the total nonfederal match.