| SOUTHERN PLAINS UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CENTER PI: Soheil Nazarian Co-PI: Cesar Carrasco, Vivek Tandon, Kelvin Cheu, Carlos Chang, Salvador Hernandez Sponsor: FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION - US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION THROUGH UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA Center for Transportation Infrastructure Systems (CTIS) Amount awarded: $653,129
RITA plans to make grants of approximately $3 million each to eligible nonprofit institutions of higher learning located in the United States or territories selected to establish and operate ten Regional University Transportation Centers. The ten Regional Centers are to be located in each of the ten standard federal regions to address regional needs. Each Regional Center must serve as a focal point within its respective region to help coordinate UTC transportation research and education programs with regional needs and initiatives. UTEP is teaming up with the University of Oklahoma (lead institution), Oklahoma State University, University of New Mexico, University of Arkansas, Texas and LATech to compete for this project. Posting date: Tue, 02/21/2017 Award start date: Tue, 10/01/2013 Award end date: Sun, 09/30/2018
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