Committee Research Coodinator (CRC)

The Committee Research Coordinator (CRC) is the point person in the fostering and nurturing of the committee’s research agenda. The CRC takes the lead role in:

• • Developing and maintaining an up-to-date set of peer-reviewed research needs statements within the committee’s scope of coverage, and assuring that these are included in the TRB Research Needs Statements database

  • Coordinating these with other committees as appropriate

  • Regularly submitting proposals addressing these research needs to organizations and individuals that manage and conduct research in accordance with the deadlines and requirements of those research programs

  • Serving as the committee’s representative to the community of Committee Research Coordinators to receive training, share experiences and good practices among the committees, and provide recommendations to TRB

In addition, the CRC works with other committee members to:

• • Continuously monitor the status of research that is being conducted within the committee’s scope of coverage, especially those projects it initiated or supported, and disseminate relevant project information to the committee’s members and stakeholders.

  • Use a variety of communication tools to make the committee’s stakeholders aware of the availability of recently completed research, and foster discussions on the implications to practice and future research needs.

Each committee is allowed to have one member to serve as Committee Research Coordinator to manage its research portfolio; however, the committee Chair can appoint up to two with approval. In addition, the Research Coordinators of all of the committees collectively receive training, share experiences and good practices, and provide recommendations to TRB to help achieve the objectives of this initiative on an ongoing basis. Committee Chairs should email James Bryant at Jbryant@nas.edu and/or Jo Johnson at jojohnson@nas.edu to appoint new CRCs or replace an existing CRC.

For additional information, please visit the CRC website at: Committee Research Coordinator website