TRF Annual Awards

Each year at the Annual Forum, TRF presents several awards:

• President’s Award made to an outstanding transportation professional
• Distinguished Transportation Researcher Award
• Herbert O. Whitten TRF Service Award made to a TRF member whose contributions have played an important role in the history of the organization
• Best Paper Award at the Annual Forum
• Graduate Student Best Paper Award at the Annual Forum
• Agricultural & Rural Transportation Paper Award at the Annual Forum (awarded 2007 to 2010)
• Best Student Agricultural Paper Award, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture
• Best Poster Award at the Annual Forum (began 2022)