It should be implemented with fully committed researchers working in co-located offices. Flexible funding helps a partnership initiate research. Flexible funding includes committing partner resources to generate innovative ideas, reserving funds for rapid response to opportunity, and leveraging resources from public and private entities. Partnership research should address state, national and international transportation needs. In part, the evolution is initiated by change within each of the partner organizations.
Evolution is also the result of change within the partnership itself.
Research partnerships have the opportunity to fully employ our nation's science and technology base. Innovative partnerships are a way in which diverse cultures can come together around a shared vision, accept calculated risk and achieve progress.