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 themselves 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
The nomination portal will be opened during the beginning in June. All nominations must be submitted no later than July 31. A single nomination may be jointly-submitted/supported by multiple nominators, but nominators must designate a corresponding nominator and all nominators must currently be or formally have been in the transportation research or research implementation fields.
Nominators will be expected to summarize information on their candidate in each of the following areas: 1) Transportation research program leadership roles; 2) Contributions to advances in transportation; 3) TRB volunteer involvement; and 4) Other intangibles nominators believe make their candidate eligible for a lifetime achievement award.
Summary information for a candidate for each of these areas may not exceed 400 words for a total of no more than 1,600 words per nomination. Nominators will have the option to upload their candidate’s bio or provide a link to their candidate’s bio online. Nominators are limited to nominating no more than one candidate per nomination cycle. Current TRB staff are not eligible to receive this award.
All nominators will be notified upon a decision by the selection committee. 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 the Chair’s Plenary Session at the subsequent TRB Annual Meeting.
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.
Nominations for the Robert E. Skinner, Jr. Now Being Accepted
Before clicking on the submissions link below, please make sure you have the following information ready:
1. Candidate Information- Name, Affiliation (if applicable), Email Address, and Phone Number
2. Corresponding Nominator - Name, Affiliation, Email Address, Phone Number
3. Additional Nominators (if applicable) - Names, Affiliations, and Email Addresses
4. Nomination Form Questions (All responses must be restricted to 400 words or less)
a. Summary of your candidate’s leadership role at a major transportation research program or programs during their career.
b. Summary of your candidate’s engagement in transportation research management has contributed to advances in transportation over the candidate’s career.
c. Summary of your candidate’s volunteer involvement in TRB.
d. Information on other intangibles do you believe make your candidate eligible to be recognized for lifetime achievement in management, administration, promotion, fostering, and implementation of transportation research?
e. Optional - Resume or bio of your candidate (2,000 kb or less) or link to the information online.
Submission Website
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
2023 - No Award Presented
2022 - Eugene R. (Gene) Russell, Sr.
2021 - Robert E. Skinner, Jr.