MEMORANDUM

To:	Each Engineering Dean

Each Civil Engineering Department Chair

From:	Joe T. Baker, P.E.

Director

Date:	August 28, 2001

Subj:	TIRE AWARD PROGRAM

The Louisiana Transportation Research Center is pleased to announce the FY 2002 Transportation Innovation for Research Exploration (TIRE) awards program. This program is intended to encourage small-scale innovative research in all fields of transportation. A Request for Proposals and LTRC proposal submission forms are attached. Please provide the widest dissemination of the RFP to units within your university. We are also sending this package to our university e-mail list. However, our list may not provide complete coverage of your various units.

You will note that we have increased the value of the award to $30,000 as requested by our policy committee. We anticipate four awards will be announced by November 1, 2001. Also, please note that indirect costs should be waived as proposals containing these costs will not be competitive.

Mr. Skip Paul, Associate Director, Research will serve as contact for the TIRE program. Please feel free to contact him about the program (225-767-9102; spaul@dotd.state.la.us).

Attachments

cc:	Dr. Kam Movassaghi

Mr. William Temple

Click here for TIRE Program Request for Proposal

Click here for TIRE Program Submission Form