Student Paper Competition: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

The student paper competition solicits innovative ideas for using the SHRP 2 Naturalistic Driving Study (NDS) database and/or Roadway Information Database (RID)—together known as the SHRP 2 Safety Data. The purpose of the competition is to encourage use of the SHRP 2 Safety Data and foster the next generation of leaders in surface transportation research.

Students are asked to propose how they would use the safety data to address a research question. Research topics are not restricted; topics may be drawn from subjects such as driver behavior and roadway design to applications that extend beyond road safety such as data modeling, health, planning, and beyond.

The deadline to apply is 11:59 p.m. PDT on October 29.