Tire 2025

Background
The Louisiana Transportation Research Center (LTRC) is seeking proposals for the Transportation Innovation for Research Exploration (TIRE) awards for FY 2025-2026. The TIRE program aims to support small-scale, exploratory research in various fields of transportation science, engineering, and education.

The focus is on preliminary work involving untested ideas, emerging research topics, and innovative approaches to existing challenges. The program encourages multi-disciplinary collaboration and addresses urgent research needs related to data access and ongoing projects.

Work Details
Proposals should focus on small-scale exploratory research characterized by:
1) Preliminary work on untested and novel ideas;
2) Ventures into emerging research ideas;
3) Application of new expertise or approaches to existing topics;
4) Multi/cross-disciplinary work crossing LTRC program boundaries;
5) Research with urgency regarding data, facilities, or equipment access;
6) Efforts likely to catalyze rapid advances.

Awards are capped at $40,000 for a non-renewable period of 12 months starting on or after July 1, 2025. Proposals must waive indirect costs to be competitive. Travel expenses are limited to necessary research activities only.

Period of Performance
The contract will be performed over a period of 12 months, beginning on or after July 1, 2025 and concluding by July 31, 2026.

Place of Performance
The geographic location for the performance of the contract is not explicitly stated but is implied to be within the jurisdiction supported by the Louisiana Transportation Research Center.