Broad Agency Announcement: Research to Support FHWA’s Office of Infrastructure Research and Development

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is soliciting research proposals to support the strategic objectives of the Office of Infrastructure Research and Development. The research areas of interest include advanced digital construction, transportation resilience and safety, enhanced pavement management, bridge preservation and management, highway construction safety, and pavement modeling and performance. The FHWA is looking for proposals that address the current strategic goals and objectives of the agency, which include safety, economic strength and global competitiveness, equity, climate and sustainability, transformation, and organizational excellence. The proposals should include a project concept paper and a full proposal, and the evaluation process will consist of two phases. The first phase will evaluate the technical merit of the project concept paper, and the second phase will evaluate the full proposal. The FHWA reserves the right to fund all, some, or none of the proposals received, and the awards will be subject to the availability of funds. • The research areas of interest include advanced digital construction, transportation resilience and safety, enhanced pavement management, bridge preservation and management, highway construction safety, and pavement modeling and performance. • The proposals should include a project concept paper and a full proposal. • The evaluation process will consist of two phases. • The awards will be subject to the availability of funds.