George Mason University | School of Public Policy

Center for Aerospace Policy Research

Director
Kenneth J. Button
kbutton@gmu.edu

Website
http://www.gmupolicy.net/aerospace/

Center Description
The Center for Aerospace Policy Research conducts sponsored research, independent research, conferences, seminars, and short courses. Many of the programs examine data about space exploration, recommend policies to further space research and promote a better understanding of possibilities for the private and public sectors.

Housed in the School of Public Policy's Center for Transportation, Logistics and Operations, the Aerospace Center draws substantially on SPP faculty expertise in aerospace, aviation, technology policy, governance, and international commerce.

Quick Facts

Ranked, by the National Science Foundation, as the number one program in its field for federal and total research expenditures.

Faculty have received grants from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and are Fulbright Scholars and Mellon Fellowship recipients.

In 2007 and 2008, The School’s 45 faculty produced 21 books, 61 book chapters, 14 edited volumes, and 75 refereed journal articles.

For 2007 and 2008 The School’s sponsored research expenditures totaled $17 million, faculty submitted 179 proposals, and The School supported 43 doctoral students.

Research per full-time faculty member for FY 07-08 totaled $123,030, making SPP among the largest funded in the university.

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