Robert E. Skinner, Jr. Distinguished Transportation Research Management Award

The Award recognizes outstanding lifetime achievement in management, administration, promotion, fostering, and implementation of transportation research. The recipient should be someone who has distinguished themself through leadership of a major transportation research program or programs that have contributed to advances in transportation over the course of their career.

In 2021, the Executive Committee established the Robert E. Skinner, Jr. Distinguished Transportation Research Management Award. The Award is named for Robert E. Skinner, Jr. who served TRB for more than 30 years, including 21 years as its executive director from 1994 to 2015.

Who Can Nominate

Anyone in the transportation research or research implementation fields.

Nomination Process

Nominations may be submitted beginning in June and must be submitted no later than July 31, to the TRB Executive Director, in the form of a letter summarizing the candidate’s achievements in the in management, administration, promotion, fostering, and implementation of transportation research. The letter should also highlight the nominee’s leadership background and how that leadership contributed to advances in transportation over the course of their career. The letter of nomination may be signed by any number of nominators; submission of separate, additional letters of support is strongly discouraged. The letter of nomination should be no longer than three pages and should be accompanied by the candidate’s resume or bio.

The award recipient will be notified in October and a formal announcement is released later in the Fall. The award is dated the year the recipient is named and is presented at Chair’s Plenary Session at the following year’s TRB Annual Meeting.

Selection Committee

The Selection Committee will consist of the Chair and Vice Chair of the TRB Executive Committee, Chair of the Executive Committee’s Subcommittee on Planning and Policy Review, Chair of the TRB Division Committee, and the Executive Director of TRB.

Past Recipients

2022 - Eugene R. (Gene) Russell, Sr.
2021 - Robert E. Skinner, Jr.