How do States contribute funds to a pooled fund study?
Submission of a commitment to the sponsoring agency is an acknowledgement by a study partner that it will formally obligate funding to the pooled fund study. Commitments are made online at the TPF website. Each federal, state, regional, or local agency will use the obligation forms that are generally used to obligate funds for research, planning, or technology innovation study’s that use federal funding sources. This process is the official obligation of funds on behalf of the study partners and the means by which these funds are made available for use for the pooled fund study. States obligate their Federal funds for pooled fund studies through their local FHWA Division offices in the Fiscal Management Information System (FMIS). For private industry, foundations, and colleges/universities, the obligation of private funds will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
