AISI Seeks Cold-Formed Steel Research Proposals for 2024 Small Project/Fellowship Program
The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) Standards Council is seeking research proposals for its 2024 Small Project/Fellowship Program. Launched in 2014, AISI’s Small Project/Fellowship Program identifies and provides funding for research projects that will significantly impact the reliability, performance and cost-competitiveness of cold-formed steel products. The program 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 research generated through AISI’s Small Project/Fellowship Program has significantly advanced the understanding of cold-formed steel behavior and established improved design methods for a variety of cold-formed steel applications,” said Jay Larson, P.E., F.ASCE, managing director of AISI’s Construction Technical Program. “These findings have been incorporated into recent AISI design standards. The program has also helped to transition several talented cold-formed steel research students into successful research professionals who are continuing to contribute to our understanding of cold-formed steel behavior.”