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U.S. DOT
Seeks Innovative Research Proposals from Small Businesses to Solve Multimodal
Transportation Challenges
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Kim Riddle
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Friday, April 18, 2008 - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT)
Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) announced the first of
two Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program solicitations for 2008,
inviting small businesses to submit innovative research proposals that address
high priority national transportation goals. RITA has set a new strategic direction
for the program this year, with a heightened emphasis on proposals that would
provide cost-effective, multi-modal solutions to the nation’s most pressing
transportation challenges in areas such as bridge condition monitoring
technology and data collection, hazardous materials tracking and incident
response, adaptive traffic signal control, and rail, motorcycle and pedestrian
safety research. The SBIR program is administered by RITA’s Volpe National
Transportation Systems
Center on behalf of DOT’s Office of
Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization. Proposals are due by June 3, 2008. The solicitation is
available online at http://www.volpe.dot.gov/sbir/current.html.
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