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TCRP Panel Nomination Solicitation
November 9, 2006
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DISTRIBUTION |
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Robert J. Reilly
Director, Cooperative Research Programs |
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Project Panel Nominations for the FY 2007 Transit Cooperative Research Program
Immediate Action Requested |
The purpose of this memorandum is to solicit nominations to serve on project
oversight panels for FY 2007 Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP)
research projects.
The TCRP is an applied research program that provides solutions to practical
problems faced by transit operators. The primary participants in the TCRP are
an independent governing board organized by the Transit Development Corporation
and designated the TCRP Oversight and Project Selection (TOPS) Committee; the
Transportation Research Board (TRB) as program manager and secretariat for the
TOPS Committee; the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) as a
vital link to the transit community; and the Federal Transit Administration
(FTA) as program sponsor.
The TOPS Committee met on October 19-20, 2006, and approved new research
projects for Fiscal Year 2007. Descriptions of the new research projects are
attached. The purpose of this memorandum is to solicit your nominations for new
project panels. We are asking you to nominate individuals with expertise
directly relevant to the research proposed, and we would particularly welcome
your help in identifying women and minority candidates. Your nominations would
be appreciated as soon as possible, but no later than January 12, 2007,
so that we may move the program forward in a timely manner. We will begin the
panel formation process on January 15, 2007. Nominations received after January
12th will not be guaranteed full consideration in the panel formation process.
To ensure proper consideration of your panel nominations, we need information
on each nominee's affiliation, title, address, approximate age, and, most
importantly, professional qualifications related to the particular project.
Contacts to determine an individual's interest in serving will be made from
this office after we have matched available expertise with that required by the
nature of the project. A panel nomination form is attached for your use if a
resume is not available. We also encourage submittals via e-mail, which can be
sent to bdouple@nas.edu.
Panels for the new research projects are scheduled to meet during March 2007.
Panel members are prohibited from submitting or participating in preparation of
proposals on projects under their jurisdiction. They serve on the panels
without compensation, but are reimbursed for travel and subsistence expenses.
Travel insurance is provided at no cost to the members. In many cases, only two
meetings are held in the life of a project, and these normally occur in
Washington, D.C. The first meeting is to develop a project statement that is
used to solicit proposals; the second meeting is to select a research
organization from among those submitting proposals. Other meetings may be
dictated by project circumstances; however, they are few and usually at least a
year apart. Membership for each panel will number approximately eight. Panels
operate under the guidance of a permanent chair, and there is liaison
representation from the FTA, APTA, and TRB; the TCRP staff serves as the
secretariat.
We are grateful for your ongoing support of the TCRP in providing nominees.
Typically, nominees for panels in the Cooperative Research Programs outnumber
the available positions by about four to one. As a result, we have been able to
establish panels truly outstanding in their ability to play a fundamental role
in the accomplishment of successful research.
Attachments: TCRP Panel Nomination Package (Adobe PDF or Microsoft Word DOC)
Please send comments on the Cooperative Research Programs
website to rderr@nas.edu.
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