Road Safety Research Partnership Program
The purpose of the Road Safety Research Partnership Program (RSRPP) is to fund research into the behavioural and social aspects of road user safety in order to identify the factors involved in motor vehicle collisions, suggest ways to reduce its impacts on individuals and society, and monitor the effectiveness of road safety initiatives. Research funded through the RSRPP will support Ontario’s efforts to improve road safety and keep the province among the safest jurisdictions in the world.
The Road Safety Research Office (RSRO) within the Safety Policy and Education Branch in the Road User Safety Division administers this program. The RSRO’s mission is to:
- Evaluate the effectiveness of Ontario’s road safety programs;
- Conduct applied research to inform policy and program development;
- Guide road safety marketing and public education campaigns;
- Support enforcement partners by providing the best tools possible to keep Ontario’s roads among the safest in the world;
- Leverage partnerships with international researchers and other road safety stakeholders to advance research that is directly relevant to MTO’s programs and road safety mandate.
The competition provides a total of $150,000 for direct and indirect costs in this competition. The ultimate goal of the program is reducing and, ultimately, eliminating all fatalities on its roads, an approach that is consistent with the Minister of Transportation’s mandate letter to “strengthen road safety”. This places Ontario alongside other international jurisdictions in pursuit of a “Vision Zero” – zero deaths on the road.
The application deadline for this opportunity is generally in mid-April.