Infravation Program U.S. Outreach

Agenda

1. Welcome
   
   
2. Objectives
   
   
3. Introduction to Infravation
   
   
4. Next Steps
   
   
5. Q&A's

Poll Question #1

• Who is participating in today's informational web meeting?

2. Objectives

• Highway construction, operations, management, and maintenance is increasingly international
  
  
• Provide European and U.S. highway researchers opportunity to work directly with each other

Poll Question #2

• Who has experience with cross national funding?
  
  
• Is your cross national work increasing?

3. Introduction

• What is Infravation?
  
  
  • Infrastructure + Innovation
  
  
  
• Goal
  
  
  • Advancing innovative, near-market materials or processes that will make highway infrastructure last longer, perform more efficiently, and cost less

Scoping Study

• 2013 U.S. Scan
  
  
• June 2013 Expo
  
  
• Study team assessed emerging technologies

Seven Challenges

1. Eco-design; resource and energy efficiency in road construction and maintenance
   
   
2. Virgin material reduction by substitution or recycling
   
   
3. Enhanced durability and life-time extension
   
   
4. Rapid and non-destructive methods for routine quality and performance checks of materials and construction
   
   
5. Keeping freight routes open through zero-intrusive maintenance
   
   
6. Ensuring infrastructure performance under all weather conditions
   
   
7. Advanced predictive infrastructure performance processes

Poll Question #3

• Who is interested in each challenge area?

Program Context

• Supplements National and EU Road Research Programs
  
  
  • National: FHWA EAR Program; France 5^th Generation Road, German Road of the 21^st Century, etc.
    
    
  • EU: FP7, Horizon 2020

Infravation Funding

• 11 Countries pooled about $13 million (9 million Euros)
  
  
  • includes a one-third top-up from the European Commission
    
    
  • U.S. funding from Federal Highway Administration

Funding Countries

Who can apply for funding?

• Research organizations, universities, companies or others from:
  
  
  • Funding countries i.e. the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Spain, France, Italy, Israel and USA.
    
    
  • Remaining EU28 countries (with certain restrictions)
    
    
  • Countries associated to FP7 i.e. Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Turkey, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Faroe Islands, Republic of Moldova (with certain restrictions)

Partnering

• Minimum of two independent legal entities established in two of the eligible countries.
  
  
• There is no limit to the maximum number of partners.

Poll Question #4

• Who already has contacted a partner or partners in another country regarding Infravation?

Infravation Structure

• Program coordinator
  
  
  • Rijkswaterstaat, The Netherlands
    
    
• Funding partners
  
  
• Scientific panel

4. Next Steps

• Monday, March 3^rd call opens
  
  
  • Late March, FHWA 2^nd web-based Infravation workshop
    
    
• Two-step process
  
  
  • Proposals due Monday, June 30^th
    
    
  • Accepted proposals provide full information by fall

5. Q&A's

• For more information, please see
  
  
  • www.fhwa.dot.gov/research/resources/infravation.cfm