Sue Sillick Co-Chair, AASHTO RAC & TRB COR Committees
Coordination and Collaboration Task Force Montana Department of
Transportation June 11, 2012
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Search Research Needs Has the idea already been identified? TRB
RNS (rns.trb.org)
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Search Research Needs Has the idea already been identified?
Research Needs Meta Search (http://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=
006511338351663161139%3Avblegi9v 2au&hl=en)
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Search Research Needs Has the idea already been identified?
RPPM (www.transportation research.gov)
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Search Research Needs Has the idea already been identified?
RPPM (www.transportation research.gov)
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Search Research Needs Has the idea already been identified?
RPPM (www.transportation research.gov)
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Search Research Needs Has the idea already been identified?
Research Clusters (www.transportation research.gov)
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Search Research Needs Has the idea already been identified?
Communities of Practice/Interest (https://www.transportation
research.gov/dot/fhwa/ default.aspx)
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Search In-Progress and Completed Research Is/has the need
being/been addressed? TRB RIP - (rip.trb.org) TRB TRID -
(trid.trb.org) TRID Webinar TRB Databases Webinar
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Search In-Progress and Completed Research Is/has the need
being/been addressed? USDOT Research Hub
(rita.dot.gov/researchhub)
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Search In-Progress and Completed Research Is/has the need
being/been addressed? NTL Integrated Search
(ntlsearch.bts.gov)
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Search In-Progress and Completed Research Is/has the need
being/been addressed? TRIP (transport-research.info)
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Search In-Progress and Completed Research Is/has the need
being/been addressed? Transportation Libraries and Information
Centers
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Develop/Revise RNS Relate to active and completed research
Identify potential RNS co-sponsors Use guidance How to Write an
Effective Research Statement - written and webinar guidance
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Develop/Revise RNS Use format requirements of potential funding
programs to develop RNS Collaborate with co-sponsoring TRB
committees on RNS development/revision Vet RNS with TRB committees
sponsoring RNS Enter RNS into/Revise RNS in RNS database
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Funding Guidebook Know funding program process Submit RNS to
funding program(s)
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NCHRP Projects Example: Program Focus: Highways, including
intermodal & multimodal State funded program; state DOTs,
AASHTO committees, & FHWA can submit research ideas. Research
ideas are due September 15 th of each year. Research ideas are
reviewed by NCHRP staff, FHWA, AASHTO committees, and possibly
other groups.
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NCHRP Projects Example: Late Dec./Early Jan. research ideas and
reviews are sent for rating (due mid-Feb.) to: AASHTO Standing
Committee on Research (SCOR) AASHTO Research Advisory Committee
(RAC) Members of both of these groups can be found at
research.transportation.org. AASHTO SCOR makes project funding
recommendation (March) to the AASHTO Board of Directors (BOD).
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NCHRP Projects Example: Each projects requires a 2/3 BOD
approval (late spring/ early summer) Scope of work/RFP development
Proposal development & approval Conduct of research (RIP)
Completed research (TRID, NTIS, NTL, WorldCat)
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Share/Disseminate results TRB committees AASHTO committees
Communities of Practice/Interest (FHWA, Research Clusters) Meetings
Marketing efforts Other venues
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Support deployment and implementation RPPM Delivering
Results/Communicating Value NCHRP 20-93 Development of Guide for
Transportation Technology Transfer Support documentation of
research value RPPM Delivering Results/Communicating Value NCHRP
Report 610 & webinars Communicating the Value of Research NCHRP
20-63 Research Performance Measures
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Transportation Research Thesaurus (TRT) trt.trb.org Staff
Conduct of Research (COR) Committee Technology Transfer (T 2 )
Committee Library and Information Science for Transportation (LIST)
Committee