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NEW FY 2020 AIRPORT COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM SYNTHESIS TOPICS: Nominate Topic Panel Experts, Principal Investigator Letters of Interest and Qualifications to Consult, And Propose New Topics for 2021 

You are invited to express interest to serve as an expert topic panelist, serve as a consultant principal investigator for a topic panel, or submit new ACRP Synthesis topics.


PANEL EXPERT

To nominate a panel expert you will be asked to submit an electronic resume for your nominee.  The deadline was extended and nominations are now due July 3, 2020.

NOMINATE A TOPIC PANEL EXPERT

CONSULTANT

To express your interest, please submit a Letter of Interest.  Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we have extended many of our deadlines. Consultant letters of interest are now due July 15, 2020. The letter of interest must be a single PDF, less than 10 MB, and comprised of a two-page letter and supporting principal investigator professional resume or CV. The new topic scopes are linked at the bottom of this page.

Please note the following information for consultants:

1. View a sample of our consultant contract. (There is a modified version of this for state entities.)
2. The nine-month contract period is based on the following milestones:
   1. TRB Notice to Proceed. All deliverables are electronic.
   2. Stage 1 Deliverable: Detailed Work Plan, Survey Questionnaire, and Report Outline- Due two weeks after Notice to Proceed.
   3. Stage 2 Deliverable: First Draft Report- Due four months after topic panel approval of work plan, questionnaire, proposed survey respondents, and report outline.
   4. Panel meeting to review first draft report - ACRP funds principal investigator's travel and panelists to meet at a pre-arranged date and location
   5. Stage 3 Deliverable: Second Draft Report- Due one month after consultant meeting with topic panel to review first draft report.
   6. Stage 4 Deliverable: Final Draft Report- Due one month after delivery of ballot comments on second draft report. Deliverable includes final consultant report, editing copy double spaced and stripped of figures and tables. Each figures, tables and appendices are in a discrete file.

TOTAL CONTRACT PERIOD: 9 Months

3. Principal investigators/consultant will be paid $45,000 on a fixed-fee basis. To propose, please send a single PDF file containing a one-to-two page letter of interest, a resume providing your qualifications, and a statement that you can comply with the terms of our contract. This is the only requirement for expression of consultant interest. 
4. For further information on the ACRP synthesis program and processes, see the Overview section of this website and the Information for Principal Investigators Preparing Synthesis. If you require further information please contact Kerry L. Ahearn at 202-334-2427, or by e-mail at kahearn@nas.edu

New topics for FY 2021 will be selected in October 2020. New topics are accepted at any time, and are gathered in the fall for selection by the ACRP Synthesis Oversight Panel 11-03.  To submit a new topic go to ACRP IdeaHub. The following factors are considered in the selection process for synthesis topics:

1. The topic should address a problem that is widespread enough to generate broad interest in the synthesis.
2. The topic should be timely and critical for expediting delivery, improving the quality, or lowering the cost of transportation programs.
3. The topic is appropriate if current practice is non-uniform or inconsistent from agency to agency, or if the validity of some practices appears to be questionable.
4. The quality and quantity of useful available information should indicate a need to organize and compress that which has already been learned and written on the topic.
5. The topic should not be one where ongoing research or other activities in progress might be expected to render the synthesis obsolete shortly after completion.

For further information on the ACRP synthesis program and processes, please see the Overview section of this Web site.