{"id":1243,"date":"2016-06-20T13:57:35","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T17:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/curo\/?page_id=1243"},"modified":"2026-03-18T09:30:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T13:30:54","slug":"highway-infrastructure-innovation-funding-program-hiifp","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/funding-sources\/provincial-funding\/ministry-of-transportation-ontario\/highway-infrastructure-innovation-funding-program-hiifp\/","title":{"rendered":"Highway Infrastructure Innovation Funding Program (HIIFP)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Highway Infrastructure Innovation Funding Program (HIIFP)\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<h3 id=\"highway-infrastructure-innovation-funding-program\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Highway Infrastructure Innovation Funding Program<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The purpose of the Highway Infrastructure Innovation Funding Program (HIIFP) is to encourage basic and applied research in transportation infrastructure in Ontario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This program solicits innovations from Institutions to assist the Ontario Government in meeting selected challenges in developing the future of Ontario\u2019s Transportation infrastructure.&nbsp; The Highway Infrastructure Innovation Funding Program highly encourages the involvement of undergraduate and graduate research in transportation and infrastructure engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The competition provides a total of $1,000,000 for direct and indirect costs in this competition.&nbsp; The ultimate goal of the program is to challenge Ontario\u2019s academic community to contribute to transportation infrastructure solutions in a number of areas including traffic operations, intelligent transportation systems, engineering materials, highway design, environmental, geomatics, bridges, construction and maintenance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The application deadline for this opportunity is March 17, 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highway Infrastructure Innovation Funding Program The purpose of the Highway Infrastructure Innovation Funding Program (HIIFP) is to encourage basic and applied research in transportation infrastructure in Ontario. 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