The Transportation Research Board, the federal, state and private sector-backed organization which studies major transportation issues in the U.S., is calling for communications proposals as seven major studies are rolled out through 2014.

Issues like climate change and the highway system, changing energy supplies, and long-range preservation and renewal of infrastructure are the topics of the projects, which will be rolled out over the next two years as they are completed.

The TRB, based in Washington, D.C., wants a communications plan to cut through other issues in the sector to reach industry leaders with the results of its seven major research projects. “To gain the attention, creative and innovative means are needed to convey the relevant and actionable information necessary to begin and sustain a dynamic conversation within transportation leadership circles,” reads an RFP issues by the group.

The board anticipates a three-year contract worth $350,000 for the assignment.

The RFP is open for proposals through Jan. 3, 2013. View the RFP (link).

The TRB was formed in 1920 to collect information and research on highway technology and its scope has increased widely to advise the President, Congress and the U.S. Dept. of Transportation, among others.