NCHRP Project 20-123 makes funding available to any AASHTO committee or council that requires support for advancing and implementing the vision, mission, and strategic goals of the committee or council.

AASHTO councils or committees may apply for NCHRP 20-123 funds provided that the task scope meets the task selection criteria described below. Requests will be reviewed periodically by an officially appointed NCHRP 20-123 Oversight Panel composed of members of committees and/or councils. Oversight Panelists appointed to the panel will be responsible for reviewing and approving task applications, program administration, and selecting a short list of consultants that may conduct the approved individual tasks and activities.

Individual tasks that have been approved by the Oversight Panel will be sequentially numbered and assigned to an NCHRP Senior Program Officer charged with project oversight. Task Panelists will be selected by the responsible staff officer to provide technical oversight of the consultants’ work.

Application Criteria

Eligible tasks or activities must address a research-related need identified by an AASHTO committee and council.

Tasks may include:

Developing or updating research roadmaps or prioritized lists of specific research needs.
Updating committee or council strategic plans that include a research component to research scoping studies for a narrow research topics.
Development activities to update specifications and manuals maintained by a committee or council, using previously conducted research and/or convening experts to arrive at a consensus.
Convening peer exchanges.

Tasks should also:

Result in, or contribute to, the development of high-quality research problem statements that can be submitted to or pursued by NCHRP, individual state transportation research programs, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) pooled fund program, or by other interested entities.
Have widespread benefit to AASHTO member states
Be completed within 18 months
Have a budget less than $250,000
Have no other available funding source.

Please find additional resources to aid in the development of your application here.

If your task description meets the above criteria, Click here to Apply

Projects

For a full list of projects under NCHRP 20-123, please click here.

Contact

Roberto Barcena
Senior Program Officer, NCHRP
Email: rbarcena@nas.edu
Phone: 202-334-2544

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