Research Western
Funding Opportunites - Research
Further details regarding this announcement can be found at:
http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/business/funding.shtml
Sponsor/Award: ONTARIO MINISTRY TRANSPORTATION - HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE INNOVATION PROGRAM - 2010 WINTER COMPETITION

Grant Amount: $500,000 TOTAL PROGRAMFUNDING
Deadline: Dean's: Contact your Faculty Research Office for deadline details.
Internal: Feb 26, 2010
Sponsor's: Mar 05, 2010

Subject Areas: Cement and Concrete Chemistry, Highway Bridge Evaluation, Highway Engineering, Pavement Design, Infrastructure, Forecasting, Maintenance, Gis, road-weather information system, winter-storm forecast parameters, winter road maintenance, permeable pavements, pavement management systems, mathematic modelling of infrastructure performance, recycled crushed concrete (RCC), quarried bedrock products, laser scanners, road asset management, asphalt pavement construction joints, ground penetrating radar technology, storm water management, highway drainage system, wildlife detection systems, glass fibre reinforced polymer
Description:

The Highway Infrastructure Innovations Funding Program funds research at Ontario colleges and universities to encourage basic and applied research in transportation infrastructure in Ontario. This program solicits innovations from Institutions to assist the Ministry in meeting its strategic business directions, including climate change; and to encourage undergraduate and graduate research in transportation and infrastructure engineering.

The Highway Infrastructure Innovation Funding Program is intended to support and encourage research into highway infrastructure. The Ministry has identified a number of specific topics that offer an opportunity for learning, innovation, and results. To be eligible for funding, HIIFP applications must cover one (or several) of the topics from the following categories: Specific Research Topics or Open Research Topics. The MTO will also accept and evaluate HIIFP proposals on topics not specified in the Guidelines that the principal researcher considers relevant to highway infrastructure innovation and the Ministry's business needs. If you choose to submit an HIIFP application from on another research topic, please carefully outline to the Ministry a clear need for the research topic(s) including how its application will enhance MTO practices and business needs. Please contact RD&S (x84766) for an electronic copy of the guidelines, if needed.

Application Details:

The Highway Infrastructure Innovation Funding Program provides a challenge to the academic community in Ontario to contribute to solutions in a number of areas including engineering materials, traffic operations, intelligent transportation systems, highway design, environmental, structures, geomatics, construction and maintenance. Some of these challenges involve detailed technical issues and others are open invitations for new ideas in a focus area.

You will need to submit: 1 hard copy of the innovation funding application form with original signatures (application components as describe in section 4.1 "Application Components"). Only one copy of the appendices need be supplied. 1 electronic digital copy (adobe acrobat format). The Ministry will consider applications that are multi-year, where funding is required in each year. For multi-year funding applications, in such cases the Ministry will endeavour to provide funding beyond next fiscal year ending March 31, 2011. However, the Ministry cannot guarantee funding beyond next fiscal year ending March 31, 2011 and reserves the right to not provide the funding and terminate the research on written notice to the Institution.

INDIRECT COSTS OF 40% MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET.

NOTE: Letters of Intent and Full Applications are to be processed through Research Development Services for institutional signatures, and are to be accompanied by a completed RDAF form (bearing applicant, Chair and Dean signatures). Requests for Institutional signatures should be received no less than 3 days prior to the posted Sponsor deadline.
Western Contacts: Pocock,Katy
Russelo,Theresa M

Sponsor Contacts:

FINLAY.BUCHANAN@ONTARIO.CA
ONTARIO MINISTRY TRANSPORTATIO
POLICY PLANNING & RESEARCH DIV
ROOM 333 CENTRAL BUILDING
1201 WILSON AVENUE
DOWNSVIEW, Ontario, Canada