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gov Maintenance Calendar FHWA 2018 Exploratory Advanced Research Broad Agency Announcement Department of Transportation DOT Federal Highway Administration Document Type:Grants Notice Funding Opportunity Number:693JJ3-18-BAA-0001 Funding Opportunity Title:FHWA 2018 Exploratory Advanced Research Broad Agency Announcement Opportunity Category:Discretionary Opportunity Category Explanation: Funding Instrument Type:Cooperative Agreement Category of Funding Activity:Science and Technology and other Research and Development Expected Number of Awards:8 Assistance Listings:20.
200 -- Highway Research and Development Program Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:Yes Original Closing Date for Applications:Mar 27, 2018 Current Closing Date for Applications:Mar 27, 2018 Archive Date:Apr 26, 2018 Estimated Total Program Funding:$ 7,000,000 Eligible Applicants:Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" Additional Information on Eligibility: ## Additional Information Agency Name:DOT Federal Highway Administration Description:This is a cross posting for the FHWA 2018 Exploratory Advanced Research Program Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) which is posted at https://www.
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Legislation established the Exploratory Advanced Research (EAR) Program that addresses longer-term, higher risk research and strives to develop partnerships with public and private sector entities.
The Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) identifies and scopes topics through extensive initial-stage investigation and engages national and international experts to assure use of the most recent advances in science and engineering.
FHWA is soliciting for proposals under its EAR Program for research projects that could lead to transformational changes and truly revolutionary advances in highway engineering and intermodal surface transportation in the United States.
This program shall support scientific investigations and studies to advance the current knowledge and state-of-the-art in the sciences and technologies employed in the planning, design, construction, operation, maintenance and management of the nation’s highways.
Strategically, this research will enable and expedite the development of revolutionary approaches, methodologies, and breakthroughs required to drive innovation and greatly improve the efficiency of highway transportation. FHWA may award either contracts or assistance agreements as a result of this BAA. For more information, please refer to the Federal Business Opportunities EAR Program BAA posting at the link provided.
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