Per Casey Grant,  Director of the Fire Protection Research Foundation, the Electrical Advisory Committee voted last month to rank research priorities as shown in the link below:

FINAL NFPA Research Fund (2016) – Electrical (3)

Keep in mind that these projects that are funded.   Our priority project — the Electrical Feeder and Branch Circuit Study — is still on the FPRF list but is still seeking funding for the remaining $7000 needed to get it started.