1. RAC Activities and Resources
SCOR/RAC Website
New Member Handbook

2. Pooled Fund Program
Enables states with common research interests and needs to collaborate by pooling resources
Administered by FHWA
Benefits
Leverage limited funds
Avoid duplication of effort
Undertake large-scale projects

4. TPF Website: http://www.pooledfund.org/
Anyone can
Search TPF studies
View current funding reconciliation spreadsheet
Authorized users can
Commit funds
Review level of commitments
Read study documents
Quarterly webinars

5. Sharing information:
TRIS & RIP

6. Transportation Research Information Services (TRIS)
World's largest and most comprehensive bibliographic resource on transportation information (almost 750,000 records; 52,000 with links to full-text documents)
Essential resource for solving problems, avoiding duplication, and building on existing research
RAC members can submit reports on-line for posting in TRIS
Available free on-line at

9. “RAC input to TRIS & RIP is vital”
Research In Progress (RiP) Database:
8,400 records
State DOTs, U.S. DOT, and UTCs can add, modify, and delete info on current research projects
International Transport Research Documentation Database and Canadian Surface Transportation Research Database now included
RAC members can submit and search information online
“RAC input to TRIS & RIP is vital”

11. SCOR/RAC Website
Found on-line at:
New Member Handbook
Answers basic questions new members might have
Provides links to additional information

17. SCOR/RAC Website

18. SCOR/RAC Website Overview of SCOR and RAC RAC Task Forces
Upcoming Meetings

19. SCOR/RAC Website Contacts/Links State DOTs
TRB (Cooperative Research Programs, SHRP2, TRB membership by state)
FHWA (pooled funds, IDEA, STEP, TFHRC)
AASHTO
RITA
UTCs

20. SCOR/RAC Website Resources for Research Managers Peer Exchanges
Guide to State Transportation Research Manual
Model Calendar for Research Managers

21. SCOR/RAC Website
Results of RAC Surveys
FAQs