The Fuels Institute is a nonprofit dedicated toward studying transportation-energy. Research topics are chosen by our Board of Advisors and voted on by our Board of Directors. These Boards are made up of a diverse cross-section of the transportation-energy industry to ensure our work from conception to publication is fair, unbiased and collective.
1) Transportation-energy topic identified by Board of Advisors (BOA)
2) Task Group is developed utilizing volunteers from Contributing Partners
3) Task Group develops scope of work and creates a request for proposal (RFP)*
4) RFP is sent out to research organizations who then competitively bid on the project
5) BOA reviews all proposals and votes on which organization should do the work
6) Fuels Institute staff oversees and manages the flow of the project
7) Fuels Institute staff reviews the first draft, while the task group and BOA provide line-edits
8) Final draft is sent to BOD for acceptance or rejection
9) Accepted report is published on Fuels Institute website and available to the public at no charge
*White paper topics are line-edited and approved for publication by the BOA in a similar fashion as outsourced reports. Typically, white papers are written in-house by Fuels Institute staff.