Highway Research & Development Program
Department Of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration
The objective is to carry out the highway research and development program as authorized by the FAST Act and conduct research needed to maintain and improve our vital transportation infrastructure. The FAST Act addresses the many challenges facing our transportation system today by providing funding for improving highway safety, improving infrastructure integrity, strengthening transportation planning and environmental decision making, reducing congestion, improving highway operations, enhancing
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Helps state and local governments improve highway safety and infrastructure. Provides funding for research and development activities related to transportation.
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What Is This Program?
What Benefits Are Offered?
Financial and technical assistance for State and local governments in the design, construction, and maintenance of the Nation’s highway system, supported by advanced research and data from the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center.
Who Is Eligible?
Industries: transportation, highway infrastructure
Region: United States
Other Criteria: State and local governments
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📋What Are the Application Steps & Timeline?
- 📝Steps to Apply
- Identify research needs
- Prepare proposal
- Submit proposal through designated portal
- Await review and feedback
- Receive funding decision
- 🌐Application Portal
- https://smartmdss.org
- 📤Submission Method
- online
- 🔄Intake Type
- fixed-deadline
📄What Documents Are Required?
- ✅Required Documents
- SF-424 (Application for Federal Assistance)
- SF-424A (Budget Information - Non-Construction)
- SF-424B (Assurances)
- Project Narrative
- Budget Narrative
- indirect cost rate agreement
- 📐Format Requirements
- PDF only, max 10MB
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💰What Expenses Are Eligible?
- 🧾Eligible Expenses
- Research and development costs
- Costs related to the development of AI models
- Training and validation of AI models
- Data analysis and decision-making costs
- Costs for cloud computing infrastructure
- 🚫Ineligible Expenses
- Costs unrelated to research and development
- Costs for commercial marketing
- Costs for personal use
- 📏Expense Caps
- Indirect costs limited to de minimis 10% MTDC
- 💳Payment Model
- mixed
- ⏪Retroactive Expenses Eligible
- No
🤝Is Matching Funding Required?
📊What Are the Reporting Requirements?
- 🗓️Reporting Frequency
- annual
- 📑Reporting Requirements
- SF-425 Federal Financial Report
- performance progress report
- 🔍Audit Requirements
- OMB Uniform Guidance Single Audit if the recipient expends $750,000 or more in federal awards.
- 📢Branding Requirements
- Acknowledgment of federal funding is required in all publications and presentations.
- 🗄️Record Retention Period
- 3 years post-final-report
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