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NEW FY 2017 TRANSIT COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM SYNTHESIS TOPICS:

Potential Consultants and Topic Panel Members Sought

You are invited to express your interest in being a consultant or topic panel member for FY 2017. TCRP synthesis topics. Expressions of interest for topic panel membership are due by July 7, 2017.  Expressions of interest by consultants are due by August 25, 2017. Please submit to the Letters of Interest Web Portal.

Topic Panel Member Expressions of Interest and Qualifications

New topics for 2017 are posted below. To express interest in serving as a topic panel member or to nominate an expert to serve as a topic panel member, please submit directly to our Topic Panel Web Portal. You will be asked to submit an electronic resume for your nominee.
 

Consultant Expressions of Interest and Qualifications

New topics for 2017 are posted below. We are continuing a substantially shortened schedule for TCRP synthesis studies. Please note the following information for consultants.  

1. View a sample of our consultant contract. (There is modified version of this for state entities.)
2. The nine-month contract period is based on the following milestones:
   1. TRB Notice to Proceed.
   2. Detailed Work Plan, Survey Questionnaire, and Report Outline- Due two weeks after Notice to Proceed.
   3. Report First Draft- Due 5 months after topic panel approval of work plan, questionnaire, and report outline.
   4. Report Second Draft- Due 1 month after Consultant meeting with topic panel to review first draft.
   5. Report Final Draft- Due 1 month after comments are received on second draft.

TOTAL CONTRACT PERIOD: 9 Months

   3.   Consultants will be paid $40,000 on a fixed-price basis. Approved travel to meetings is reimbursed. If the terms of the contract are met, including delivery of a publishable Report Final Draft within the proposed nine-month contract period (adjusted, as necessary, for any review delays), an additional payment of $5,000 will be provided.

   4.   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. The file containing consultant letters of interest, resumes, and statements of compliance are to be submitted electronically by 12:00 p.m. Noon EDT, Friday, September 1, 2017. Please submit to the Letters of Interest Web Portal.

For further information on the TCRP synthesis program and processes, see the Overview section of this Web site and the Instructions for Consultants Preparing Syntheses. If you require further information please contact Mariela Garcia-Colberg at 202-334-2361, or by e-mail at mgcolberg@nas.edu.

PROPOSE NEW TOPIC FOR FY 2018   

New topics for FY 2018 will be selected in May 2018. 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 TCRP synthesis program and processes, please see the Overview section of this Web site.