NHDOT Focus on Research

New Hampshire DOT’s “Focus on Research” newsletter features updates on current research and upcoming new topics.

How To Write an Effective Research Statement

Writing an effective research statement is not a simple matter, even to transportation practitioners who face serious problems and challenges on a daily basis. The research needed might be obvious to them but difficult to describe to non-specialists. They may not have thought about how to quantify it or how to justify the needed research with respect to other agency or national priorities. A serious problem to them might not even be on a decision maker?s radar screen.

This document was written to provide some guidance on developing research statements for funding consideration. The categories below are based on those of the National Cooperative Highway Research Program, but they should be adaptable to any research funding program.

National University Transportation Centers Laboratory Facilities

The purpose of this document is to provide information on existing or planned university based transportation related research laboratory facilities at National University transportation Centers designated through the SAFETEA-LU highway bill. The goal in developing this document was to provide a reference “tool” of available national assets that could be used by federal, state, local, tribal, and private industry transportation professionals; increase awareness and encourage laboratory utilization; and reduce the potential for redundancy in the facilities offered to maximize federal funding utilization.

Federal Lab Facilities

This is a list and description of federal lab facilities that are available for researchers. Details about each lab include lab name, lab type, contact people, lab capabilities and equipment, and lab mission.

RPMD Data Model

This folder includes the data models for TPF-5(181) Research Management Database Business Analysis. Data models are provided for three views: full requirements, required elements, recommended elements. Data models are provided in two forms: SQL and ERWIN files. Physical Dictionaries are provided in two forms: PDFs and MS Excel.