Education

Application Information

Download a copy of the Five Year Retrospective of the September 11th Memorial Program for Regional Transportation Planning

Overview

The New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC) established the September 11th Memorial Program for Regional Transportation Planning to honor the memory of Ignatius Adanga, Charles Lesperance, and See Wong Shum, the three employees it lost during the attack on the World Trade Center. The program was established to educate and motivate people interested in transportation technology and planning and to encourage innovations in planning activities throughout the NYMTC region. The Program's Academic Initiative is designed to foster the academic and professional development of students by providing them with opportunities to participate in innovative research and planning projects. It is administered by the University Transportation Research Center (UTRC).

• Internship Option – The student can pursue a project in the offices of NYMTC or a NYMTC Member Agency. The internships will challenge students to develop creative solutions to difficult problems, providing a benefit to the region while enhancing their educational experiences.
  
  A list of available internships for the coming year appears on Page 2 of the application. Applicants should specify which internships they wish to apply for. Brief descriptions of these projects appear on Page 3. Additional information is available in NYMTC’s Unified Planning Work Program (available here). There may also be additional internships available that have not been identified at this time. If you are interested in working at a particular NYMTC Member Agency, please indicate this on the application form.

Under either of these options, it is estimated that students will invest approximately 1,000 hours of effort over a 12-month calendar year. For this work, graduate students will receive a $2,000 per month stipend over 12 months, and up to $10,000 in tuition assistance. Undergraduate students will receive a $1,000 per month stipend over 12 months, and up to $5,000 in tuition assistance.

Together with a full class schedule, this program constitutes a full-time commitment. Students may not have any other employment obligations while participating in this program.

Over the course of the year, students will also be invited to participate in other activities aimed at promoting their development as transportation professionals, including a potential mentorship program, and opportunities to attend research and professional conferences. At the end of the year, graduate students will be asked to make a public presentation on the results of their projects.

Eligibility

Program participants must be enrolled full-time at one of the UTRC Member Universities. Applicants for the Research Option must be enrolled as graduate students; upper-level undergraduate students and graduate students are both eligible for the Internship Option. Prospective students not yet enrolled in graduate school may apply to the September 11th Memorial Program concurrently with their application to any of these schools. Additionally, the following restrictions apply to students’ eligibility for this program:

Students from all academic disciplines are encouraged to apply, as long as their studies relate in some way to transportation planning. Fields that are especially relevant include Transportation Planning and Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Operations Research, City and Regional Planning, Architecture, and Public Policy, but applicants need not be limited to these fields.

Participants