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AAI Meritorious Career Award

  2025 Nominations Are Open August 6—September 18, 2024

   2026 Nominations Close September 10, 2025

This award recognizes a mid-career scientist for outstanding research contributions to the field of immunology.

The award recipient will receive a $5,000 cash award, complimentary meeting registration, and travel support to attend the AAI annual meeting. The award recipient will present their research at an award lecture, preceded by the award presentation.

Eligibility

At the time of nomination, a nominee must:

1. Be a Regular AAI member in good standing*
2. Have started their first independent position at least 10 years ago and no more than 20 years ago (for 2026 eligibility, the first independent position must have begun between September 10, 2005, and September 10, 2015). The beginning of independence should be clearly indicated in the nomination package.

Candidates must be nominated by Regular AAI members in good standing.* Members may not nominate themselves. Members of the AAI Council and Awards Committee are not eligible to nominate or recommend candidates, nor may they be nominated themselves.

Posthumous awards will not be considered.

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* Member dues paid through January 1, 2026.

Nomination Instructions

Please submit all documents as a single combined PDF file via the . Please be aware that the single, combined PDF must be no larger than 16MB. Packages that are not complete will not be considered.

Please include the following in the nomination package:

1. One (1) nomination letter, not to exceed three (3) pages, signed and submitted by a Regular AAI member in good standing, indicating the nominee’s qualifications for the award. The letter should describe the nominee’s major contributions to the field of immunology. The nomination letter must be from one individual and not include multiple endorsements within it. It should reflect the observations and opinions of the author. Please refrain from extensive reliance on quotations and observations of others.
2. One (1) additional letter of recommendation, not to exceed three (3) pages, from one individual and not including multiple endorsements. This letter must be signed and included in the combined PDF file.
3. The nominee’s biosketch (NIH format).

Nominations will be accepted beginning August 1, 2025. Complete nomination forms and their combined PDF files must be received by 8:00 PM (Eastern) on September 10, 2025. Packages must be submitted as a single combined PDF file via the . Incomplete nomination packages or nominations that do not comply with the stated instructions will not be considered. AAI will not accept materials sent separately, or through email or regular mail. Final award decisions are at the discretion of AAI.

AAI reserves the right to limit the number of nominations considered for any one candidate. In most cases, no more than two will be accepted, in order of their receipt. Please direct inquiries to awards@aai.org.