PROPOSE NEW TOPICS FOR THE 2019 NCHRP SYNTHESIS PROGRAM
You are invited to submit a new NCHRP Synthesis topic. Submissions are due by February 18, 2019. Click on the link below to create and submit a topic.
SUGGEST A TOPIC
New topics for 2019 will be selected and posted on this website in May 2019.
The following factors are considered in the selection process for synthesis topics:
- The topic should address a problem that is widespread enough to generate broad interest in the synthesis.
- The topic should be timely and critical for expediting delivery, improving the quality, or lowering the cost of transportation programs.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 NCHRP synthesis program and processes, please see the Overview section of this Web site. Click on the following links to view NCHRP Synthesis topics currently under study or completed.
Current Studies
Completed Studies
The following also shows titles of all completed studies and a detailed index of topics covered by these studies.
Full Program Summary, RRD 402.
If you require further information please contact Jo Allen Gause by email at jagause@nas.edu.
CONSULTANTS
After the 2019 topics are selected, if you would like to be considered as a consultant for any of these, there will be a portal on this website for your submission.