The AAI Career Awards honor individuals for outstanding research and career achievements. Below are the current recipients:

AAI Lifetime Achievement Award
Marc K. Jenkins, Ph.D. (AAI '88)
Past recipients

AAI Distinguished Service Award
Juan Carlos Zúñiga-Pflücker, Ph.D. (AAI '96)
Past recipients

AAI Public Service Award
2019 – U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) and U.S. Representative Nita Lowey (D-NY, 17th)
Past recipients

AAI Excellence in Mentoring Award
Jeffrey A. Bluestone, Ph.D. (AAI '82)
Past recipients

AAI-Steinman Award for Human Immunology Research
Michael J. Lenardo, M.D. (AAI '93)
Past recipients

AAI-BioLegend Herzenberg Award
Susan K. Pierce, Ph.D. (AAI '79)
Past recipients

AAI-Thermo Fisher Meritorious Career Award
Alexander Y. Rudensky, Ph.D. (AAI '94)
Past recipients

AAI-BD Biosciences Investigator Award
Erika L. Pearce, Ph.D. (AAI '10)
Past recipients

The Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal Award has been awarded annually since 1994 and is given to a distinguished member of the public health community who has made extraordinary contributions in the field of vaccinology or a complementary field. Each recipient is a role model for young researchers, someone whose career has saved lives through the development and use of vaccines.

2021 – Barney S. Graham, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '00)

2019 – Carol J. Baker, M.D. (AAI '78)

2008 – Ruth S. Nussenzweig, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '71)

2007 – Hilary Koprowski, M.D. (AAI '46)

2004 – William S. Jordan, Jr., M.D. (AAI '55)

2003 – Samuel L. Katz, M.D. (AAI '64)

2001 – John B. Robbins, M.D. (AAI '65)

1997 – Maurice R. Hilleman, Ph.D. (AAI '49)

1996 – Joseph L. Melnick, Ph.D. (AAI '48)

1995 – Robert M. Chanock, M.D. (AAI '69)

The German Society for Immunology Association (DGfI) awards the Deutscher Immunologie-Preis (previously the Avery-Landsteiner Prize) every two to three years. The Deutscher Immunologie-Preis has been conferred since 1973 for outstanding international immunologists.

2019 – Shimon Sakaguchi, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '90)

2010 – Shizuo Akira, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '01)

2008 – Max D. Cooper, M.D. (AAI '66)

2006 – Philippa Marrack, Ph.D. (AAI '74)

2004 – Klas Kärre, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '02)

2002 – Charles A. Janeway, Jr., M.D. (AAI '74)

2000 – Hidde Ploegh, Ph.D. (AAI '93)

1996 – Tadamitsu Kishimoto M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '72)

1994 – Tim Mossman, Ph.D., (AAI '81)

1990 – Harald von Boehmer, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '92)

1987 – Joost "Joe" Oppenheim, M.D. (AAI '68)

1985 – Peter Perlmann, Ph.D. (AAI '61)

1981 – Susumu Tonegawa, Ph.D. (AAI '80)

1979 – César Milstein, Ph.D. (AAI '79)

1977 – Klaus Rajewsky, M.D. (AAI '83)

1975 – Henry G. Kunkel, M.D. (AAI ’62)

1973 – Walther F. Goebel, Ph.D. (AAI ’37)

1973 – Jacques Oudin, M.D. (AAI ’54)

Established in 1942 in memory of Emil von Behring, the Philipps University of Marburg awards the Emil von Behring Prize. The prize is awarded for outstanding achievements in medical, veterinary and scientific areas, with prefence to the fields of immunobiology and disease control.

2017 – Yasmine Belkaid, Ph.D. (AAI '06)

2008 – Klaus Rajewsky, M.D. (AAI '83)

2002 – Fritz Melchers, Ph.D. (AAI '81)

1997 – Maurice R. Hilleman, Ph.D. (AAI '49)

1996 – Ralph M. Steinman, M.D. (AAI '75)

1995 – Robert M. Chanock, M.D. (AAI '69)

1994 – Shigekazu Nagata, Ph.D. (AAI '04)

1992 – Don C. Wiley, Ph.D. (AAI '00)

1988 – Tak W. Mak, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '88)

1980 – Tomio Tada, M.D., D.M.S. (AAI '69)

1978 – Peter Perlmann, Ph.D. (AAI '61)

1976 – Hans Müller-Eberhard, M.D. (AAI '62)

1974 – Georg Klein, M.D. (AAI '73)

1972 – Michael Sela, Ph.D. (AAI '73)

1970 – Gustav V. J. Nossal, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '75)

1968 – Milan Hasek, M.D., D.Sci. (AAI '73)

1964 – Otto Westphal, D.Sc. (AAI '73)

1958 – Pierre Grabar, Ph.D., D.Sc. (AAI '57)

1954 – Michael Heidelberger, Ph.D. (AAI '35)

1952 – F. Macfarlane Burnet, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '61)

Established in 1989, the FASEB Excellence in Science Award is given in recognition of outstanding achievement by women in biological science. Recipients are women whose career achievements have contributed significantly to further our understanding of a particular discipline by excellence in research.

2020 – Aviv Regev, Ph.D. (AAI '19) Mid-Career Investigator

2017 – Diane J. Mathis, Ph.D. (AAI '99)

2015 – Diane E. Griffin, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '75)

2001 – Laurie H. Glimcher, M.D. (AAI '83)

1996 – Zena Werb, Ph.D. (AAI '79)

1995 – Philippa Marrack, Ph.D. (AAI '74)

1991 – Ellen S. Vitetta, Ph.D. (AAI '74)

1989 – Marian E. Koshland, Ph.D. (AAI '50)

Established in 1959 by the Gairdner Foundation, the Gairdner Award is given to biomedical scientists who have made original contributions to medicine resulting in increased understanding of human biology and disease

2019 – Timothy A. Springer, Ph.D. (AAI '79)

2016 – Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. (AAI '73) Global Health Award

2014 – James P. Allison, Ph.D. (AAI '99)

2014 – Marc Feldmann, Ph.D. (AAI '75)

2014 – Harold F. Dvorak, M.D. (AAI '68)

2012 – Jeffrey V. Ravetch, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '99)

2011 – Shizuo Akira, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '01

2003 – Ralph M. Steinman, M.D. (AAI '75)

2000 – Robert G. Roeder, Ph.D. (AAI '00)

2000 – Emil R. Unanue, M.D. (AAI '66)

1997 – Erkki Ruoslahti, M.D. (AAI '77)

1994 – Donald Metcalf, Ph.D. (AAI '78)

1994 – Pamela J. Bjorkman, Ph.D. (AAI '95)

1994 – Don C. Wiley, Ph.D. (AAI '00)

1993 – Stanley B. Prusiner, M.D. (AAI '81)

1989 – Mark M. Davis, Ph.D. (AAI '88)

1989 – Tak W. Mak M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '88)

1986 – Peter C. Doherty, Ph.D. (AAI '76)

1986 – Rolf M. Zinkernagel, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '76)

1983 – Susumu Tonegawa, Ph.D. (AAI '80)

1982 – Manfred M. Mayer, Ph.D. (AAI ’46)

1981 – Georges J. F. Köhler, Ph.D. (AAI '85)

1981 – César Milstein, Ph.D. (AAI '79)

1980 – Michael Sela, Ph.D. (AAI '73)

1978 – Phil Gold, M.D., C.M., Ph.D. (AAI '70)

1978 – Samuel O. Freedman, M.D., C.M. (AAI '70)

1977 – K. Frank Austen, M.D. (AAI '62)

1977 – Jean Dausset, M.D. (AAI '74)

1976 – Georg Klein, M.D. (AAI '73)

1974 – David Baltimore, Ph.D. (AAI '84)

1974 – Han Müller-Eberhard, M.D. (AAI '62)

1973 – Teruko Ishizaka, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '65)

1973 – Kimishige Ishizaka, M.D. (AAI '58)

1970 – Niels K. Jerne, M.D. (AAI '65)

1970 – Robert A. Good, M.D, Ph.D. (AAI '57)

1969 – Frank J. Dixon, M.D. (AAI '50)

1968 – James L. Gowans, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '74)

1966 – Jan Waldenström, M.D. (AAI '73)

1966 – Rodney R. Porter, Ph.D. (AAI '73)

1966 – Jacques F. A. P. Miller, Ph.D., D.Sc. (AAI '68)

1965 – Robin R. A. Coombs, (AAI '73)

1964 – Ivan M. Roitt, Ph.D. (AAI '65)

1963 – Pierre Grabar, Ph.D., D.Sc. (AAI '57)

1962 – Albert H. Coons, M.D. (AAI '50)

1962 – Henry G. Kunkel, M.D. (AAI ’62)

1959 – Harry M. Rose, M.D. (AAI ’49)

The Japan Prize has been awarded annually since 1985 by the Japan Prize Foundation. The prize is an international award presented to individuals whose original and outstanding achievements are not only scientifically impressive, but have also served to promote peace and prosperity for all mankind.

2018 – Max D. Cooper, M.D. (AAI '66)

2018 – Jacques F.A.P. Miller, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., D.Sc. (AAI '68)

2011 – Tadamitsu Kishimoto, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '72)

2011 – Toshio Hirano, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '80)

2005 – Erkki Ruoslahti, M.D., Ph.D.(AAI '77)

2000 – Kimishige Ishizaka, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '58)

1999 – Jack L. Strominger, M.D. (AAI '75)

1999 – Don C. Wiley, Ph.D. (AAI '00)

Established in 1985 by the Inamori Foundation, the Kyoto Prize is an international award to honor those who have contributed significantly to the scientific, cultural, and spiritual betterment of mankind. The Prize is presented annually in each of the following three categories: Advanced Technology, Basic Sciences, and Arts and Philosophy.

2021 – Robert G. Roeder, Ph.D. (AAI '00)

2016 – Tasuku Honjo, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '88) Basic Science

2006 – Leonard A. Herzenberg, Ph.D. (AAI '68) Biotechnology and medical technology

2002 – Leroy E. Hood, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '69) Biotechnology and medical technology

In 1998, the L'Oréal Foundation and UNESCO joined forces to create For Women in Science partnership, which supports women researchers all over the world. Each year, scientists from all over the world are invited to submit candidates for the L'Oréal- UNESCO Awards for Women in Science. Final selection of the Laureates is made by an international jury of eminent members of the scientific community and chaired by Nobel Prize winners.

2014 – Laurie H. Glimcher, M.D. (AAI '83)

2006 – Pamela J. Bjorkman, Ph.D. (AAI '95)

2004 – Philippa Marrack, Ph.D. (AAI '74)

2001 – Suzanne Cory, Ph.D. (AAI '97)

The National Medal of Science was established by the 86th Congress in 1959 as a Presidential Award to be given to individuals "deserving of special recognition by reason of their outstanding contributions to knowledge in the physical, biological, mathematical, or engineering sciences." In 1980 Congress expanded this recognition to include the social and behavioral sciences.

The National Medal of Technology and Innovation is the nation's highest honor for technological achievement, bestowed by the president of the United States on America's leading innovators. Established by the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980, the medal was first awarded in 1985.

2011 – Leroy E. Hood, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '69) Science

2011 – Jan T. Vilcek, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '78) Technology and Innovation

2009 – Stanley B. Prusiner, M.D. (AAI '81) Science

2005 – Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. (AAI '73) Science

1999 – David Baltimore, Ph.D. (AAI '84) Science

1991 – Elvin A. Kabat, Ph.D. (AAI '43) Science

1991 – Salvador E. Luria, M.D. (AAI '58) Science

1990 – Baruj Benacerraf, M.D. (AAI '57) Science

1988 – Maurice R. Hilleman, Ph.D. (AAI '49) Science

1987 – Harry Eagle, M.D. (AAI '53) Science

1970 – Albert B. Sabin, M.D. (AAI '46) Science

1969 – Robert J. Huebner, M.D. (AAI '58) Science

1967 – Michael Heidelberger, Ph.D. (AAI '35) Science

In 1990 Sandoz established the Sandoz Prize for Immunology, which was expanded to its present format in 1992. Novartis was created in 1996 through a merger of Sandoz and Ciba. Since then the Prizes have been known as the Novartis Prizes for Immunology, one for Basic and one for Clinical Immunology. The prizes were established both to honor outstanding research in the most challenging areas of immunology-based science and to increase interactions between scientists in academia and industry.

2016 – John Kappler, Ph.D. (AAI '74) Basic

2016 – Philippa Marrack, Ph.D. (AAI '74) Basic

2016 – Harald von Boehmer, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '92) Basic

2016 – Zelig Eshhar, Ph.D. (AAI '86) Clinical

2016 – Carl June, M.D. (AAI '87) Clinical

2016 – Steven Rosenberg, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '72) Clinical

2013 – Tim R. Mosmann, Ph.D. (AAI '81) Basic

2013 – Robert L. Coffman, Ph.D. (AAI '78) Basic

2013 – James P. Allison, Ph.D. (AAI '99) Clinical

2010 – Michael J. Bevan, Ph.D. (AAI '78) Basic

2010 – Charles A. Dinarello, M.D. (AAI '82) Clinical

2010 – Juerg F. Tschopp, Ph.D. (AAI '82) Clinical

2007 – Frederick W. Alt, Ph.D. (AAI '92) Basic

2007 – Fritz Melchers, Ph.D. (AAI '81) Basic

2007 – Klaus Rajewsky, M.D. (AAI '83) Basic

2007 – Ian H. Frazer, M.D. (AAI '02) Clinical

2004 – Leonard Herzenberg , Ph.D. (AAI '68) Special

2004 – Hugh McDevitt, M.D. (AAI '69) Clinical

2004 – Ralph M. Steinman, M.D. (AAI '75) Basic

2001 – Wayne Yokoyama, M.D. (AAI '84) Basic

2001 – Klas Kärre M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '02) Basic

1998 – Andrew McMichael, Ph.D. (AAI '95) Basic

1998 – Tak W. Mak, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '88) Basic

1998 – Mark M. Davis, Ph.D. (AAI '88) Basic

1998 – Barry Bloom, Ph.D. (AAI '48) Basic

1995 – Robert S. Schwartz, M.D. (AAI '62) Clinical

1995 – Thierry Boon, M.D. (AAI '62) Clinical

1995 – David Talmage, M.D. (AAI'54) Basic

1995 – Kevin J. Lafferty, Ph.D. (AAI '96) Basic

1995 – Melvin Cohn, Ph.D. (AAI '51) Basic

1995 – Nicholas Avrion Mitchison, Ph.D. (AAI '76) Basic

1992 – Toshio Hirano, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '80) Clinical

1992 – Tadamitsu Kishimoto, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '72) Clinical

1992 – Jack L. Strominger, M.D. (AAI '75) Basic

1990 – Jacques F. A. P. Miller, Ph.D., D.Sc. (AAI '68)

1990 – Max D. Cooper, M.D. (AAI '66)

Established in 1960 by the Robert Koch Foundation, the Robert Koch Award is one of the most prestigious scientific commendations in Germany. It is awarded annually, under the patronage of the German Minister of Health, for outstanding and internationally recognised scientific achievements.

2018 – Jeffrey V. Ravetch, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '99)

2017 – Rafi Ahmed, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '84)

2017 – Antonia Lanzavecchia , M.D. (AAI '00)

2016 – Michel C. Nussenzweig, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '91)

2014 – Jean-Laurent Casanova, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '12)

2012 – Tasuku Honjo, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '88)

2010 – Max D. Cooper, M.D. (AAI '66)

2009 – Carl F. Nathan, M.D. (AAI '76)

2008 – Irving Weissman, M.D. (AAI '71)

2004 – Shizuo Akira, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '01)

2004 – Bruce A. Beutler, M.D. (AAI '06)

1999 – Ralph M. Steinman, M.D. (AAI '75)

1997 – Philippe Sansonetti, M.D. (AAI '00)

1996 – Fritz Melchers, Ph.D. (AAI '81)

1996 – Klaus Rajewsky, M.D. (AAI '83)

1995 – Shigekazu Nagata, Ph.D. (AAI '04)

1991 – Tadatsugu Taniguchi, Ph.D. (AAI '98)

1990 – Lloyd J. Old, M.D. (AAI '71)

1989 – Irun R. Cohen, M.D. (AAI '77)

1988 – Donald Metcalf, Ph.D. (AAI '78)

1986 – Susumu Tonegawa, Ph.D. (AAI '80)

1984 – Stuart F. Schlossman, M.D. (AAI '66)

1981 – Robert M. Chanock, M.D. (AAI '69)

1980 – César Milstein, Ph.D. (AAI '79)

1977 – Jon J. van Rood, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '65)

1977 – Jean Dausset, M.D. (AAI '74)

1976 – Richard A. Finkelstein, Ph.D. (AAI '63)

1971 – Werner Henle, M.D. (AAI ’38)

1963 – Jonas E. Salk, M.D. (AAI '47)

1963 – John Franklin Enders, Ph.D. (AAI '36)

1963 – Albert B. Sabin, M.D. (AAI '46)

1960 – René J. Dubos, Ph.D. (AAI '38)

Established in 1974 by the Robert Koch Foundation, the Robert Koch Gold Medal is awarded in recognition to the outstanding life's work of scientists.

2020 – Shimon Sakaguchi, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '90)

2013 – Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. (AAI '73)

2007 – Brigitte A. Askonas, Ph.D., D.Sc. (AAI '77)

2006 – Hans-Dieter Klenk, M.D. (AAI '71)

2005 – Emil R. Unanue, M.D. (AAI '66)

2003 – Tadamitsu Kishimoto, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '72)

2001 – N. Avrion Mitchison, Ph.D. (AAI '76

1999 – Barry Bloom, Ph.D. (AAI '48)

1998 – Georg Klein, M.D. (AAI '73)

1996 – Gustav V. J. Nossal, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '75)

1993 – Otto Westphal, D.Sc. (AAI '73)

1987 – Hans Müller-Eberhard, M.D. (AAI '62)

1987 – Maurice R. Hilleman, Ph.D. (AAI '49)

1981 – Maclyn McCarty, M.D. (AAI '47)

1977 – Pierre Grabar, Ph.D., D.Sc. (AAI '57)

Jointly created in 2012 by Sanofi and the Pasteur Institute, the Sanofi-Institut Pasteur Awards recognize scientists for their past or ongoing research demonstrating real scientific progress in the life sciences.

2019 – Carl F. Nathan, M.D. (AAI '76) International Senior Award

2018 – Claude-Agnès Reynaud, Ph.D. (AAI '05) International Senior Award

2018 – Jean-Claude Weill, Ph.D. (AAI '05) International Senior Award

2017 – Antonio Lanzavecchia, M.D. (AAI '00) International Award

2017 – Michel C. Nussenzweig, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '91) International Award

2016 – Yasmine Belkaid, Ph.D. (AAI '06) International Mid-Career Award

2015 – Emil R. Unanue, M.D. (AAI '66) International Senior Award

2014 – Jean-Laurent Casanova​, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '12) International Mid-Career Award

2012 – Jeffrey V. Ravetch​, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '99)

Established in 2006, the Vilcek Foundation awards the Vilcek Prizes annually to immigrants who have made lasting contributions to American society through their extraordinary achievements in biomedical research and the arts and humanities. Two prizes are awarded, one in biomedical research and one in the arts and humanities, in a field designated by the foundation.

2022 – Vishva M. Dixit, Ph.D. (AAI '16)

2018 – Alexander Y. Rudensky, Ph.D. (AAI '94)

2016 – Dan R. Littman, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI, '87)

2013 – Richard Flavell, Ph.D., FRS (AAI '90)

2013 – Ruslan Medzhitov, Ph.D. (AAI '00)

Established 1978 by the Wolf Foundation, five or six prizes have been awarded annually in the Sciences and Arts. Science prize fields comprise: Agriculture, Chemistry, Mathematics, Medicine, and Physics.

2017 – James P. Allison, Ph.D. (AAI '99)

2015 – Jeffrey V. Ravetch, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '99)

2015 – Philippa Marrack, Ph.D. (AAI '74)

2015 – John Kappler, Ph.D. (AAI '74)

2015 – Linda J. Saif, Ph.D. (AAI '13)

1995 – Stanley B. Prusiner, M.D. (AAI '81)

1990 – Maclyn McCarty, M.D. (AAI '47)

1980 – James L. Gowans, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '74)

1980 – César Milstein, Ph.D. (AAI '79)

1978 – Jean Dausset, M.D. (AAI '74)

1978 – Jon J. van Rood, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '65)

Since 1987, the Warren Alpert Foundation Prize, in association with Harvard Medical School, recognizes and honors one or more scientists, physicians and researchers whose scientific achievements have led to the prevention, cure or treatment of human diseases or disorders, and/or whose research constitutes a seminal scientific finding that holds great promise of ultimately changing our understanding of or ability to treat disease.

2017 – James P. Allison, Ph.D. (AAI ’78)

2017 – Lieping Chen, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’92)

2017 – Gordon Freeman, Ph.D. (AAI ’01)

2017 – Tasuku Honjo, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’88)

2017 – Arlene H. Sharpe, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’96)

2015 – Victor Nussenzweig, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '65)

2015 – Ruth S. Nussenzweig, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '71)

2000 – Owen N. Witte, M.D. (AAI ’83)

2000 – David Baltimore, Ph.D. (AAI ’84)

1998 – K. Frank Austen, M.D. (AAI ’62)

1996 – Donald Metcalf, M.D. (AAI ’92)