1. The University Transportation Centers Program… Baby, You Can Drive My Car
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2. UTC Program Basics
$80M available for research, education, training, tech transfer, and implementation
~40 states have a UTC lead or consortium member
Money cannot be spent without a matching non-Federal dollar
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4. This means you can drive the car… …if you buy the gas.
But once you’re behind the wheel…
…you can go anywhere you want.
(But we have to let you buy the gas.)
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5. Implementation Funds Can you convince your UTC to fund this work?
Hard to do
Finding internal champion
Finding university partner
Difficult to get dissertations/theses out of this work
Consequently, it is difficult to get papers published
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6. Example Region 3 UTC (PA, DE, MD, VA, WV)
Mid-Atlantic Universities Transportation Center (MAUTC – PSU, UM, MSU, UVA, VT, WVU )
Total Award – $3.5M ($7.0M)
Base Funds – $300K ($600K)
Pooled Funds
Research – $750K ($1.5M)
Professional Development – $200K ($400K) (5.7%)
Implementation/Tech Transfer – $200K ($400K) (5.7%)
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