Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer

Authority

• Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP): Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA), reauthorized in 1998 by the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21)
  Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP): Vision 100-Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act)
  
• National Cooperative Freight Research Program (NCFRP) and Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program (HMCRP): >SAFETEA-LU  P.L. 109-59

Description

• Cooperative Research Programs are applied, contract research programs that develop near-term, practical solutions to problems facing transportation agencies.

  Include:
  

  • National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)
  • Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) (Authority: Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) and reauthorized in 1998 by the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21)
  • Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) (Authority: Vision 100-Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act)
  • National Cooperative Freight Research Program (NCFRP) (Authority: SAFETEA-LU  PL 109-59)
  • Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program (HMCRP) (Authority: SAFETEA-LU  PL 109-59)

Features/Characteristics

• Annual solicitation process and a contract award.

I.P. and Resource Commitment

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