Resources for Funding Problem Statements

TRB committees and committee members may not seek funding for specific research proposals. 

The resources in this webpage are shared herein to help individuals identify ways to obtain funding in their other professional roles.

Resources for Funding Problem Statements

• Obtaining Transportation Research Funding

• Successful Practices and Tools

• Literature Searches and Literature Reviews

• Problem Statement Examples

  • ACRP Good Problem Statement Examples

  • NCHRP FY 2019 Funded Problem Statements (No comment is being made as to whether these are "good" problem statements)

  • TCRP Good Problem Statement Examples

• Funding Guidebook

• Funding Program Deadlines

  • Research Program and Project Management (RPPM) 

  • TRB Cooperative Research Program (CRP) 

• NCHRP

  • NCHRP How-To

  • Why NCHRP Works: An effective model for our stakeholders

  • A Year of NCHRP

• Marine Funding (Please note: Not all funding is research funding; search for “Research” to specifically identify research funding)

• Student Engagement