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General

Procurement Opportunities

Volpe’s Office of Acquisitions is a full-service contracting group that is responsible for pre-and post-contract award functions, contract administration, and contract close-out.

Additional Resources for Small Businesses

For those seeking funding outside of USDOT’s SBIR program, the below programs offer potential research funding opportunities. To learn about completed or existing research, visit the U.S. DOT Research Hub and the TRB Research in Progress (RiP) Database. Visit the linked pages below to learn about...

Contact Us

Contact information for the U.S. DOT Small Business Innovation Research program.

Preventing Fraud, Waste, and Abuse

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) maintains a hotline to report allegations of fraud, waste, abuse or mismanagement in U.S. DOT programs or operations. Individuals may report allegations through the contact information below.

FY13.2 SBIR Program Solicitation

Technical questions pertaining to the FY13.2 U.S. DOT SBIR solicitation research topics must be submitted to the U.S. DOT SBIR Program Office Point of Contact, Linda Duck, linda.duck@dot.gov. All questions must be submitted by email.

Please note technical questions will be accepted...

Solicitations

Volpe runs the U.S. Department of Transportation's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which awards grants to small businesses that can provide innovative and cost-effective solutions to research problems within the transportation industry. At this time, there are no open...

Dr. Frank Y. Wang

Dr. Frank Y. Wang is an aerospace engineer at the U.S. DOT Volpe Center. He has been involved in wake turbulence measurement, analyses, concepts of operation development, safety case construction, sensor evaluation, and wind, weather, and navigational aspects of characterizations related to wake...