[CCoE Notice] RFP - 2013 - Annual Research Program; TXDOT

[Fritz Claydon]

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To: Gail Davis; John Brigance; Dr. Duane Rosa; Judy Perkins; Carrie Brown;
Denise Ballard; Susan Adams; Mayra Hough; Sandra Garcia; Diane Gilliland;
Bert Little; Yi Qi; Kim Harris; Scott Erwin; Anne Sherman; Jose Grimaldo;
Elvin Franklin; Pei Shi; Teresa Almengor; Wendy Fowler; James Casey;
Michael Odell
Cc: Shundreka Givan <Shundreka.Givan at dot.gov; Millissa Mosley; Annette
Trevino; Duncan Stewart; Frank Espinosa; German Claros; Ned Mattila; Nina
Kroeker; Rick Collins; Sandra Kaderka; Sylvia Medina; Wade Odell
Subject: RFP - 2013 - Annual Research Program

Proposal Deadline: 4:00 pm Central Time, March 22, 2012

RTI is requesting proposals for our FY 2013 Annual Research Program.
 Please ensure that all interested individuals within your university
receive a copy of this Request for Proposal (RFP) package.

Eligible Proposers - Proposals will be accepted only from Texas
state-supported colleges and universities.  Partnerships with other
entities will be considered only when the appropriate expertise is not
available at a Texas state-supported college or university.  Proposals will
not be considered when the research team includes any member with
"seriously late" deliverables as defined in Rick Collins 1/4/2012 letter
(attached).  Please also see information about our "underutilized"
initiative in this letter.


Project Statements - We will be sending Project Statements to University
Liaisons, within the next 30 minutes, through TxDOT's FTP (dropbox)
service.  Look for 4 .zip files of Project Statements, one for each RMC.
 The dropbox service will notify you by email when the files are available
for "pickup", and the files should remain available in the dropbox through
1/24/2012.

Proposal Instructions - Refer to Chapter 3 (RFP) and Chapter 4 (Proposal
Requirements) of RTI's University Handbook, December 2010. This updated
Handbook was sent to all University Liaisons and TAP members by e-mail on
1/4/2011, and is available at:
ftp://ftp.dot.state.tx.us/pub/txdot-info/library/pubs/gov/university_handbook.pdf.

Proposal Submission & Forms - Please have your researchers coordinate
proposal submission to RTI through your office, to ensure all requirements
are met and current forms are used.  Attached for your convenience is a
file containing the current RTI forms.


Proposals received after the deadline will not be accepted.  Responsibility
for ensuring the timely arrival of proposals rests with the university.
 Failure on the part of fax (including a busy signal) or e-mail equipment
will not be reasons for acceptance of a proposal after the proposal
deadline.  Email submissions will be considered received in RTI if we can
obtain documented evidence that a proposal was sent to the email address
below and was received by TxDOT's internet mail server before the deadline.

Send proposals to either:

Email Address (preferred) RTI will confirm receipt of email within 1 day:
rtimain at txdot.gov - Please note that messages larger than 15 megabytes
(including attachments) are generally not received by TxDOT's internet
email server.

Fax Number:  512-416-4734

It is our policy to ensure that no person in the United States shall on the
grounds of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability be
excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or otherwise be
subject to discrimination under any of our programs or activities.

Please contact Sylvia R. Medina at sylvia.medina at txdot.gov or
512-416-4740if you have any questions.


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-- 
Fritz Claydon Ph.D.
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Associate Dean of Administration and Research
University of Houston
Cullen College of Engineering
713.743.4204
fclaydon at uh.edu


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