This document describes the processes related to implementation of research results and innovations at the Montana Department of Transportation. It includes the following sections: Introduction, Implementation Integration in the Research Process, Beyond MDT Research: Implementing the Research Results and Innovations of Others, Implementation Funding, Implementation Tracking, and Implementation Reporting. Appendices include the following: Stage 2: Research Topic Statement Form, On Developing a Scope of Work, Scope of Work Form, Implementation Planning and Documentation Form, and the Partnering Project Close-Out Form.
Process
Illinois Implementation Status
This document provides a flowchart for the implementation process.
Research Deployment and Implementation
This document is a chapter on research deployment and implementation in the CALTRANS research manual.
Procedures for Implementing Research
This chapter describes Indiana’s procedures for implementing research results.
Procedure for KDOT Research Implementation
This document flowcharts the KS DOT research project implementation process.
JTRP Report Publishing Process
Research Project Identification, Prioritization, and Selection
This document details MDT’s research project identification, prioritization, and selection process. The appendices include related guidance and forms.
Research Need to Research Result-Explanation
Explains the diagram of the research process from research need to research results, with links to entities referenced and a cross-link to the diagram.
This document was developed in a joint effort by the RAC Coordination and Collaboration Task Force and the TRB Conduct of Research Committee.
Research Need to Research Result-Diagram
Diagram and textual description of the research process, from research need to research results.
From Research Need to Full Deployment
This document outlines the steps of a research project from research need to deployment and who has the authority and ability to conduct that step.