National Cooperative Highway Research Program

Founder(s)Transportation Research Board
Established1962
Focustransportation research
Budget$46 million projected in 2023
Location,
United States
Websitewww.trb.org/NCHRP
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The National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) conducts research in problem areas that affect highway planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance in the United States. Spearheaded by the Transportation Research Board (TRB), part of the National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, it is jointly supported by federal agencies, state departments of transportation (DOTs), and other nonprofit organizations.