[PCA] CALL: Input on research ideas (Fed. Highways Admin.)

[Olivia Kwong]

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Soliciting Suggestions for Lines of Research, FY2009

Your friendly FHWA Natural Environment Team needs your input on our new 
approach to funding research!  STEP is the only source of funds to conduct 
all FHWA research on planning and environmental issues.  Stakeholder input 
will take priority.  This is your opportunity.

What is STEP?
Surface Transportation Environment and Planning Cooperative Research 
Program.  STEP is the new cooperative research funding process for FHWA 
Headquarters-funded research in 2006-2009.  The issues receiving the most 
input on the STEP website are those likely to get priority consideration. 
We need your help to make Natural Environment issues, such as wildlife 
habitat, water quality, wetlands, vegetation management, and 
wildlife-vehicle interactions, priorities for FY2009 research funding!

What will STEP fund?
STEP will fund research, field demonstrations, technical transfer, 
conferences and workshops.  In fact, our two biennial conferences 
International Conference on Ecology and Transportation, as well as Weeds 
Across Borders, will be funded this way and need your support.  Grants and 
cooperative agreements are possible with a match.  Research contracts will 
not require a dollar match.

Take these four easy steps:
Only one page and about ten minutes of your time should help us all!
       STEP #1:  Visit  http://knowledge.fhwa.dot.gov/cops/step.nsf.
       STEP #2:  Under Feedback Topics, chose .Environment.
       STEP #3    Under Environment, chose :
 		Water/WetlandsVegetation/Wildlife Habitat/Brownfields
       STEP#4:   Fill out the one page form with your ideas and submit.

Final deadline:  September 22, 2008,  but please do not wait.  Submit 
today.

Your Natural Environment Team thanks you:
Paul Garrett, 			Denny Durbin
Pat Cazenas,			Connie Hill
Mary Gray, 			Steve Earsom
Bonnie Harper-Lore