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First-of-Its-Kind Hazard Alert System for Motorcyclists

“We are providing a solution to improve motorcyclist safety in a way that both benefits the community and advances technological innovation,” said Dr. Elaine B. Coleman, VP of Commercialization at Charles River Analytics.  The Challenge

Injury and mortality rates for motorcyclists are...

U.S. DOT’s SBIR Program Celebrates Small Business Week 2021

U.S. DOT celebrates small businesses and their many contributions, including ways their innovative ideas can advance research through U.S. DOT’s Small Business Innovation Research program. Small businesses play an important role in making our transportation system safer and more efficient. Here’s...

Introducing Students to Careers in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)

In 2014, FHWA sponsored an SBIR topic titled “STEM Education: Increasing Awareness about Intelligent Transportation Systems and Connected Vehicle Technologies for High School Students.” The topic aimed to create innovative, hands-on, problem-based learning opportunities that would give students the...

U.S. DOT SBIR FY 2021 Phase I Solicitation Document

About this Document

This solicitation closed on March 8, 2021 at 3:00 pm (ET). 

U.S. DOT's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program awards contracts to small businesses to pursue research on and develop innovative solutions to our nation’s transportation challenges....