Data Science for Highway Transportation

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is seeking information about emerging approaches for curating and sustaining analysis-ready highway transportation datasets, methods for enabling and sustaining researcher and practitioner communities of practice around emerging data science techniques, and methods for advancing expertise across data science and highway transportation applications. The required capabilities include experience with curating data types across areas of highway transportation, building and sustaining partnerships with federal, state, local, and tribal transportation partner agencies, and demonstrating the ability to perform the services listed in this notice. • The FHWA EAR program is seeking information about emerging approaches for working with data scientists and for supporting cross-disciplinary research. • The program is seeking information about methods for enabling and sustaining researcher and practitioner communities of practice around emerging data science techniques. • The program is seeking information about methods for advancing expertise across data science and highway transportation applications. • The submission deadline is January 9, 2026, 12:00 pm Eastern Time. • The email subject line must include "Sources Sought: Data Science for Highway Transportation."