The Program Announcement for TRB’s Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) explains the IDEA programs, describes the two types of eligible projects and their funding structures, suggests general areas for which IDEA proposals can be submitted, and provides guidelines and forms for submitting proposals. The IDEA programs provide start-up funding for promising, but unproven, innovations in surface transportation systems. The programs’ goals are to seek out and support new transportation solutions that are unlikely to be funded through traditional sources. Highway IDEA, Reliability IDEA, and Safety IDEA proposals for the next review cycle are due March 1, 2011. Transit IDEA proposals for the next review cycle are due April 1, 2011.
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