AII Solicitation

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Accelerate the adoption of your proven innovation nationwide with the assistance of AASHTO’s Innovation Initiative program.
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Accelerate the adoption of your proven innovation nationwide with the assistance of AASHTO’s Innovation Initiative (AII) program. AII awards national recognition and the resources to lead other agencies in adopting your proven innovation. Let your success help peers in other states skip red tape that can bog fresh ideas down. Lead your colleagues in delivering the advantages of your cutting edge work to their customers.

The Initiative is a peer-to-peer innovation advancement program. Innovators get the AASHTO "seal of approval" and resources to advance proven, leading edge practices into common use among transportation agencies. AII innovations work because they were developed, tested and successfully adopted by your peers. AASHTO organizes these innovators on teams and surrounds them with resources to help them help you deliver those innovations to your customers.

Accelerate Adoption of Your Innovation Nationwide

The deadline for 2023 nominations is October 6, 2023.

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2023 Nominations Open Until October 6

Submit Your Nomination Today!

WHO: The AASHTO Innovation Initiative accepts innovations for consideration from State and local departments of transportation, and organizational units of AASHTO (AASHTO members include member departments and associate members). Additionally, private industry representatives work with eligible submitters who have successfully used these innovative practices to nominate technologies.

Note: Applications may be developed by DOT partners (academia, industry, other associations, etc.); however, actual submissions must be proposed by one of the agencies listed above.

HOW: All nominations must be submitted electronically. If you have any difficulty with your submission, please contact Glenn Page, gpage@aashto.org or (202) 624-5265

Nomination Criteria

For a nomination to even be considered by the Executive Committee, an innovation must meet the following criteria:

Currently used by one or more transportation agency
Nomination submitted by an AASHTO member organization
Must be out of "prototype" phase

Innovation nominations can only come from AASHTO members (that includes all State and local DOT's, and FHWA). Nominations will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

Innovation Description – The term "innovation" may include processes, products, techniques, procedures, and practices
State of Development – Is deployed successfully in one or more agencies, Favors innovations that have advanced beyond the research stage, at least to the pilot deployment stage, and preferably into routine use.
Payoff Potential – Offers a high benefit if implemented in other agencies
Market Readiness – Requires a reasonable level of cost, time, and effort for integration into other agencies

Steps for Submission

Download the Nomination Form to your local system.
Complete form and Save.
Submit your nomination form online by uploading the completed and saved file form from your local system.
View a current sample nomination form.

Note: All nominations must be submitted electronically. If you have any difficulty with your submission, please contact Glenn Page, gpage@aashto.org or (202) 624-5265.

Solicitation Process

Please submit your completed form by October 6, 2023. All qualifying nominations will be reviewed and rated by the AII Executive Committee. Results will be announced after the AASHTO Fall meeting.