Career Awards

The nomination deadline for the 2016 AAI Career Awards has passed.

View 2016 Award Recipients

AAI Career Awards honor individuals for outstanding research and career achievements.

Awards Subject to Nomination by the AAI Council*:

*Member nominations will not be accepted for these awards.

  • AAI Lifetime Achievement Award
    The AAI Lifetime Achievement Award is the highest honor bestowed by the AAI Council upon an AAI member. This award recognizes a deserving member for a career of scientific achievement and for contributions to AAI and fellow immunologists.

  • AAI Distinguished Service Award
    This award recognizes an individual for outstanding service to AAI and the immunology community.

  • AAI Public Service Award (PSA)
    Since 1994, the annual AAI Public Service Award (PSA) has been bestowed on individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the advocacy and support of basic biomedical and immunologic research and who have distinguished themselves in such diverse fields as public affairs and policymaking, journalism and scientific writing, scientific research, research administration, minority recruitment and education in the sciences, and disease research advocacy.

Awards Subject to Nomination by AAI Members:

  • AAI Excellence in Mentoring Award 
    A dedicated mentor significantly influences a trainee's professional development and career. This award recognizes the importance of this mentor-trainee relationship.

  • AAI-Steinman Award for Human Immunology Research 
    This award recognizes an individual who has made significant contributions to the understanding of immune processes underlying human disease pathogenesis, prevention, or therapy.

  • AAI-BioLegend Herzenberg Award 
    Established to honor the memory of AAI member Leonard A. Herzenberg, Ph.D., this award recognizes an individual who has made exemplary research contributions to the field of B cell biology. This award is generously supported by BioLegend.

  • AAI-Thermo Fisher Meritorious Career Award 
    This award recognizes a mid-career scientist for outstanding research contributions to the field of immunology. This award is generously supported by Thermo Fisher Scientific.

  • AAI-BD Biosciences Investigator Award 
    This award recognizes an early-career investigator who has made outstanding contributions to the field of immunology. This award is generously supported by BD Biosciences.

Questions about the nomination process? Please contact the AAI offices at awards@aai.org, or (301) 634-7178.

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