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For this reason, they intend to encourage middle school, high school, and community college students that engaging in the field of transportation can actually benefit them in the long run.

Furthermore, the FHWA also seeks to promote career awareness and stimulate timely preparation. With this, they hope that the students in middle school, high school, and community colleges will realize that transportation-related careers are challenging and nonetheless rewarding.

In fact, they believe that can successfully pass on this message by using the electronic medium, such as social media and several other facets of the world wide web.

The Federal Highway Administration will enter into a cooperative agreement with eligible applicants and will award funds amounting to $200,000.

The institutions and organizations that will be permitted to submit an application under the Enhancing Awareness of Transportation and Transportation Careers Program are the following:

1) Higher Education Institutions such as Public/State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education and Private Institutions of Higher Education

2) Hispanic-serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions

The United States Department of Transportation, the primary agency that is funding the Enhancing Awareness of Transportation and Transportation Careers Program, is the country's leading agency that is consistently working towards the achievement of a fast, safe, efficient, accessible, and convenient transportation system that will contribute to the acquisition of a better way of life.

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