Sponsors and Affiliates

Institutional, Individual and Student Affiliates contribute to the support of TRB activities through annual fees based on the level of services elected.

• Institutional Affiliates

  The core technical activities of the Transportation Research Board receive support from three groups of institutional affiliates: sponsors, sustaining affiliates, and organizational affiliates.
  
  

  Sponsors

  Sponsors are the major source of financial support for TRB's core technical activities. Federal, state, and local government agencies and professional societies and organizations that represent various industry groups are eligible to be TRB sponsors. Fees and services are negotiated with each sponsor to best serve its particular needs and to provide fundamental support for the Board's programs and activities of interest to the entire transportation community. The minimum annual fee is $60,000.
  
  Sponsors are represented on the TRB Executive Committee. In addition, the transportation departments of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico each have an official representative to provide liaison with the Board (see list of State Representatives).
  

  Organizations that are TRB sponsors are entitled to display educational, non-commercial exhibits at the TRB Annual Meeting.

  View Current Sponsors

  Sustaining Affiliates

  Sustaining Affiliates are agencies and organizations, including individual corporations and businesses, that support TRB at a level considerably higher than the direct cost of the publications and other services they receive. The minimum annual contribution is $15,000.

  View Current Sustaining Affiliates

  For further information, please contact:
  
  Michael LaPlante
  Director, Finance and Business Operations
  Transportation Research Board
  202-334-3215
  202-334-2299 (Fax)
  mlaplante@nas.edu

  Organizational Affiliates

  Organizational Affiliates are organizations, institutions, and agencies committed to the advancement of knowledge about the nature and performance of transportation systems and their components. The value to the organization of its association with TRB is the receipt of TRB publications on a regular basis, access to the TRB information services, and personal contact through TRB activities with the leaders in transportation research.

  View Current Organizational Affiliates

  Fees for TRB organizational affiliates have been established to provide three levels of benefits. The most substantial benefit is the assurance that the more than 100 TRB publications issued annually will be received as soon as they become available.

  • Subscription to TRB Series Publications
  • TR News with TRB Annual Report
  • Complimentary Annual Meeting Registration
  • Access to TRB Library Services
  • Discounts on purchases of TRB publications and subscriptions to TRR Journal Online

  View Detailed Benefits and Fees

• Individual Affiliates

  Individual Affiliates pay an annual fee and a subscription fee based on the publications they receive if they participate in the optional customized subscription service maintained exclusively for sponsors and affiliates. The current individual affiliate fee is $107 and the student affiliate fee is 65 percent of the individual fee.
  
  
  • Use of the TRB Library;
  • Reduced fees for registration at the TRB Annual Meeting;
  • Complimentary subscription to the TRB bimonthly magazine, TR News;
  • Eligibility to participate in the TRB subscription service;
  • Discount of 25 percent on purchase of single copies of most TRB publications and subscriptions to TRR Journal Online; and
  • Announcements of the TRB Annual Meeting and conferences.

• Student Affiliates

  Student Affiliates are full-time students, age 35 or younger, of accredited postsecondary institutions. Benefits include all of the above except for the following differences:
  
  
  • Special student fees for the TRB Annual Meeting; and
  • Discount on the purchase of single copies of most TRB publications (50%), the Highway Capacity Manual (25%), and Bridge Aesthetic Around the World (25%).

  Individual and Student Affiliate Application (PDF)

View Current Marine Board Sponsors

For further information, please contact TRB at:

202-334-3216
202-334-2519 (Fax)
TRBSales@nas.edu