The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety sponsors research and education leading to real-world improvements in traffic safety.

Proposals to evaluate traffic safety interventions are welcome if they include a rigorous, independent evaluation component. The AAA Foundation is interested in a broad spectrum of traffic safety issues; priority areas include: Aging and Mobility, Child Passenger Safety, Teen Driver Safety, Truck Safety, Distracted Driving, and Impaired Driving. Proposals to evaluate existing traffic safety initiatives are preferred over proposals to test abstract research hypotheses. As a matter of policy, the Foundation does not fund research to develop new devices nor to evaluate proprietary technologies. Nor does it make grants for community "action initiatives" or other purely local traffic safety programs. Full guidelines for submitting pre-proposals are available on-line at http://www.aaafoundation.org/resources/index.cfm.