FY 2013 Grant Solicitation For Regional Centers in Federal Regions 3 and 10

FY 2013 Grant Solicitation

The Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) of the U.S. Department of Transportation (US DOT) is seeking applications from non-profit institutions of higher education1 to operate National, Regional and Tier 1 University Transportation Centers (UTCs or Centers). The purpose of...

Questions and Answers about 2013 UTC Program Competition (Final)

(3/15/2013)Question:  Is an itemized budget justification required in addition to the "Explanatory Notes" contained in Exhibit B, Center Budget Plan?  Also, should a budget justification be included for each subawardee included in our...

University Transportation Centers Program 2013 Grant Competition

The Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) of the U.S. Department of Transportation (US DOT) will be seeking applications from non-profit institutions of higher education, located in the United States or its territories, to operate University Transportation Centers.  The...

Questions and Answers about Competition for Regions 3 and 10

(1/27/2014)Question:  Would be possible to use the unrecovered indirect costs from our matching funds as a portion of the match requirement?  Essentially, the indirect that we would not be requesting on our matching funds; could those funds be used as a...

Assessing Driving of Older Adults: Perspectives of Michigan Vision Care Providers

UTC(s): University of Michigan

Publication Date: January, 2012

Despite the relationship between vision, aging, and driving, there is little research on the role that vision care providers (VCPs) play in assessing older patients' driving abilities. A multidisciplinary study...

Development of UAV-Based Remote Sensing Capabilities for Highway Applications

UTC(s): West Virginia University

Publication Date: February, 2012

Researchers from West Virginia University (WVU) have successfully demonstrated that a low-cost, remotely controlled (R/C) aircraft can provide a stable aerial platform with the...

Researchers Develop Handheld Tool to Collect and Map Wildlife-Vehicle Collision Data

UTC(s): Montana State University

Publication Date: March, 2012

Thanks to ongoing support from the UTC program and other partners, Western Transportation Institute (WTI) researchers at Montana State University have created a fully functional tool that makes it easy...

Use of Center Line Rumble Strips to Improve Safety on Two-Lane Highways

UTC(s): Kansas State University

Publication Date: April, 2012

According to National Highway Administration, crashes caused by vehicles leaving their travel lanes led to more than 18,000 of the 33,808 motor vehicle traffic fatalities recorded in 20091—53 percent of all...

CMU-Penn T-SET UTC Researcher Creates Smarter Parking in Pittsburgh

UTC(s): Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and the University of Pennsylvania

Publication Date: May, 2012

The Technologies for Safe and Efficient Transportation (T-SET) UTC, a partnership between Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and the University of Pennsylvania, is working...