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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

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Contact Sue Sillick ssillick@mt.gov 406-444-7693