If successfully funded, the trainee must confirm selection of a mentor following fellowship award notification, and provide documentation from the research institution of a full-time appointment as a postdoctoral trainee. Fellows must notify AAI and receive approval of any changes from the application, including mentor or project. Fellowship funds will be paid to the institution.
If successful candidates are not AAI members, they must join AAI prior to receiving fellowship funding. Salary support will be discontinued if the Fellow terminates or suspends employment for any reason (e.g. graduates, leaves lab, leave of absence, etc.) or if the Fellow fails to renew AAI membership during the award period.
Fellows are required to submit a short report and accounting of the use of funds just prior to the conclusion of the funding year. Any publications or works created by the Fellow must acknowledge support by this AAI program as follows: Author X was supported by The American Association of Immunologists through a Career Reentry Fellowship.
It is the responsibility the Fellow, in conjunction with their institution, to ensure that all academic and research activities carried out in or outside the US comply with the laws or regulations of the US and/or of the foreign country in which the academic and/or research activities are conducted.