FHWA Highway Safety Information System (HSIS) Data Contest
Award Sponsors Needed! Submit your Statement of Interest today!
The
Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) is currently seeking
supporters to sponsor the FHWA Highway Safety Information System (HSIS)
Data Contest. The purpose of this contest is to promote the application
and understanding of HSIS data and encourage sound decision making in
the next generation of highway designers and planners. Sponsoring
this contest gives your organization recognition as an advocate of
highway safety and a mentor of the next generation of highway safety
professionals.Targets for the contest
include faculty who teach road safety, and students who need data for
safety analysis projects or need safety information for other
assignments. The data contest has two categories, student paper
(undergraduate, graduate or PhD) and faculty curriculum submissions.
Sponsorship
for each of the following cash award categories is needed. We are
requesting a two-year commitment encompassing the first two award cycles
(2016 and 2017):
Student 1st Place - $1000 ($2000, two year commitment)
Student 2nd Place - $500 ($1000, two year commitment)
Student 3rd Place - $250 ($500, two year commitment)
Faculty - $1000 ($2000, two year commitment)
In addition to cash prizes, the 1st
place student winner will receive a complimentary ITE Annual Meeting
registration and a one night hotel stay. The winner of the faculty award
will receive a discounted ITE Annual Meeting registration and a one
night hotel stay.
Sponsor Benefits
All
awards sponsors will be included in contest marketing materials and
related announcements. Promotion of the 2016 award will begin summer
2015.
How to Become a Sponsor?
If
you or your firm/university/organization is interested in sponsoring
one or more of the above stated cash awards, please provide Courtney Day
on the ITE staff at cday@ite.org with your full contact information and identification of the award(s) you wish to sponsor. We ask that all statements be submitted no later than MAY 4, 2015. (deadline extended)
About HSIS
The
Highway Safety Information System (HSIS) is a roadway-based system that
contains crash, roadway inventory, and traffic volume data for a select
group of seven States and one municipality. FHWA uses the
HSIS data to support the FHWA safety research program and provide input
for program policy decisions. FHWA has used HSIS data to analyze a
large number of safety problems. These safety problems can range from
the more basic "problem identification" issues to identifying the size
and extent of a safety problem to modeling efforts that attempt to
predict future crashes from roadway characteristics and traffic factors.
A primary objective of the HSIS program is to make data available to
professionals and students who are conducting road safety research and
plan to publish their results. Results from completed
studies have been used to develop new safety policies, establish better
safety practices, and enhance decision-making for safety improvement
resources. Over the past 5 years, the project has received approximately
25 requests each year for HSIS data from faculty and students across
the country. Awareness and marketing of the HSIS Data Contest will
increase this number.For more information about HSIS, visit hsisinfo.org.