Cooperative Agreement DTOS5906G00039

This federal Project Grant award of $500,000, provided by the Federal Railroad Administration (CFDA 20.313 - Railroad Research and Development), is intended to support research proposals that aim to improve safety and performance in railroad systems. The objective of the program is to fund innovative projects across areas such as safety, environmental impact, human factors, rolling stock, track, grade crossings, hazardous materials transportation, train occupant protection, signaling and train...

The National Academy of Sciences was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant by the Federal Railroad Administration (CFDA 20.313 - Railroad Research and Development) on September 1, 2025. The grant supports the administration of a program at the Keck Center of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Washington, D.C. The program will focus on advancing railroad safety, performance, and technological innovation through targeted research and development initiatives. Individual...

This $250,045 National Science Foundation project grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on developing technologies and policies to enable remote operation of long-distance trucks. The research team will develop data-driven systems to continuously monitor challenging traffic conditions for remote operators. They will also develop safety filters mediating commands between autonomous systems and remote operators. The project will...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $806,380 Project Grant to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation to support research titled "CAREER: Marketplace Design for Freight Transportation and Logistics Platforms" from January 15, 2022 through December 31, 2026. The grant is part of NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), which seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength through engineering research and education that enables innovation. Under this award, the Georgia Tech...

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) was awarded a $400,000 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration under the Railroad Research and Development program (CFDA 20.313). The objective of this grant is to attract research proposals that are intended to improve safety and performance in railroad systems, including areas such as safety, environmental impact, human factors, rolling stock and components, track and structures, track-train interaction,...

The Minnesota Department of Transportation was awarded a $375,000 Project Grant from the Federal Highway Administration on August 4, 2021. The grant was awarded under the Highway Research and Development Program (CFDA 20.200) to support the STATEWIDE: NATIONAL ROAD RESEARCH ALLIANCE- NRRA (PHASE II) project. The project aims to carry out highway research and development to maintain and improve transportation infrastructure, as authorized by the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act....

The National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute a $341,000 project grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to conduct research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: URBAN GOODS MOVEMENTS, PRICING, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE" from May 1, 2021 to April 30, 2024. The grant will support research examining pricing strategies and their social impacts related to urban goods movement and delivery. The...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $599,672 Project Grant under its Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) to support research into computational methods for managing traffic more efficiently during disruptions. The objective of this "BRITE PIVOT: QUANTUM ALGORITHMS FOR NONEQUILIBRIUM TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT IN CONNECTED TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS" project is to integrate quantum computing with classical methods to build systems that can...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $367,616 to the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) will fund research to establish a theoretical framework for evaluating and optimizing data acquisition in transportation networks. The research project aims to quantify the value of data from various sources to help transportation network operators, such as the California Department of Transportation, make more informed decisions about which data to...

The Nebraska Department of Transportation was awarded a $100,000 Project Grant from the Federal Highway Administration's Highway Research and Development Program (CFDA 20.200) on March 6, 2023. The grant funds the PILOT HYPERFLOW: ONLINE DASHBOARD FOR SYSTEM-WIDE SIGNALIZED CORRIDOR project. This project will develop an online dashboard to monitor and analyze traffic flow across Nebraska's signalized highway corridors. As the direct recipient, the Nebraska Department of Transportation will...