2020 AAI Election Now Open

AAI voting members in good standing are eligible to cast their ballots in the 2020 AAI Election. To do so:

1. Log into the AAI Member Site
2. Click the "VOTE" button displayed on "My Homepage"

Once you have completed your ballot, please review it carefully before submitting as you will be unable to resubmit it.

Voting Deadline: Thursday, April 30, 2020, at 11:59 PM ET

AAI Establishes COVID-19 Resource Center

AAI has established a resource center for members that contains resources, information, and news related to the coronavirus pandemic.

Visit https://www.aai.org/COVID-19-Resources now.

NIH Offering Supplemental Funding for SARS-CoV-2/COVID-2019 Research

If you are a grantee currently supported by active NIH funding, you may be eligible to apply for an administrative supplement to support SARS-CoV-2/COVID-2019 research.

Read the details at niaid.nih.gov.

A Message to AAI Members and IMMUNOLOGY2020™ Attendees

We have decided to cancel our annual meeting in May 2020. We would like to thank you for your patience while we explored all options.

Read the full message here.

Read the cancellation FAQ here.

In Memoriam

Wendy L. Havran, Ph.D., AAI ’85
September 1, 1955 – January 20, 2020

AAI extends condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of Wendy Havran, Ph.D., a professor and associate dean of graduate studies at Scripps Research, who died on January 20th in San Diego following a brief illness.

Dr. Havran was widely known as a leader in the field of gamma delta T cell biology, for her commitment to mentoring the next generation of scientists, and for her dedicated service to the profession through volunteer leadership in AAI activities and committees.

In recognition of her extensive service to AAI and the immunology community, Havran was elected in 2019 to the inaugural class of Distinguished Fellows of AAI, an honor that is among the highest bestowed by AAI. In 2018, she received the AAI Distinguished Service Award for her enduring and exemplary service to AAI and the immunology community, including as AAI program chair, an ex officio member of Council, and section editor and associate editor for The Journal of Immunology. She was selected to present one of this year’s AAI Distinguished Lectures at IMMUNOLOGY2020™ in Hawaii.

Read more.

AAI Issues Statement on President Trump’s FY 2021 Budget Request

On February 10, AAI Committee on Public Affairs Chair Ross Kedl, Ph.D., issued a statement on behalf of AAI strongly opposing President Trump’s proposed $3 billion budget cut to NIH for fiscal year (FY) 2021. In the statement, Kedl states that “[s]uch a cut would impede important immunological research, hamper efforts to invest in the next generation of biomedical researchers, and continue to damage America’s global scientific competitiveness.”

It’s important to note that this is just the first step in a long annual budget and appropriations process. NIH is currently operating under a $41.7 billion budget for FY 2020 through September 30, 2020.

Read the full AAI response.

2020 Career Award Recipients Announced

AAI is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2020 Career Awards, which honor individuals for outstanding research and career achievements.

Meet the 2020 awardees now.