Important Changes are coming to the NCHRP Synthesis Program
13 December 2024
NCHRP is changing who is eligible to submit Topics, the annual schedule for receiving and selecting Synthesis Topic Statements, and how topics are submitted using a new topic submittal portal.
- While anyone can write or contribute to preparing a Topic Statement, submittals will only be accepted from the following sources:
- Employees of state departments of transportation
- AASHTO staff on behalf of AASHTO committees or councils
- Employees of the Federal Highway Administration
- Topic Statements will be due on June 2, 2025. (This is a change from the previous years’ due dates in mid-February)
- We expect the new topic submittal portal to be open in early May. As usual, a link to the portal will be found on the NCHRP home page and on the Synthesis Program home page when the portal is open. NCHRP will also send email alerts to all its listservs.
- Submitters will use their MyTRB credentials to login to the online submittal system. If you do not have a MyTRB account, you will be prompted to create one.
- Instead of uploading a document, the submitter will fill in an online form; text can be either typed directly into the form or can be cut and pasted from a document.
- Topic submittals that propose going beyond the scope of an NCHRP Synthesis will not be accepted or forwarded to the NCHRP Synthesis oversight panel for consideration.
The problem statement outline is available now: Topic Statement Outline
(Clicking on the above links will open the document in a new window. If you do not see the document in a new window, please check your Downloads folder)
Please direct any questions you may have to NCHRP@nas.edu.