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A -- RESIDENT RESEARCH PROGRAM AT THE TURNER FAIRBANK HIGHWAY RESEARCH CENTER SOL DTFH61-98-R-00072 DUE 060898 POC Donna McAleer, Contract Specialist, HAM-40G, 202-366-4270 This contract action is for services for which the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)intends to solicit and negotiate only with the National Academy of Sciences. The overall objective of this follow-on contract is to continue the coordination of a resident research program for post-doctoral scientists and engineers at the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC). The Transportation Research Board within the National Academy of Sciences is composed of the Nation's most eminently qualified scientists and engineers specializing in transportation, research, development, planning, and training and has the ability to assemble committees and boards that render advice and guidance of the highest quality. As such, they are uniquely qualified to identify and select the candidates who are best qualified for the work and who are most suited to the specialized transportation research environment at TFHRC. No other source known to FHWA can successfully coordinate this resident research program. (0127)

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