Description
This award recognizes mid-career faculty who are emerging as national and/or international leaders in their respective fields and have made meaningful contributions in the fields of pulmonary, critical care, allergy, immunology and inflammation. Contributions are defined as a combination of:
- Research contribution(s) in the area(s) of research in the field of allergy, immunology, and inflammation.
- Educational, teaching, and mentoring contributions, and
- Participation in Assembly and ATS activities
There is a single award given out per year in which the awardee will receive a framed certificate and will be invited to give a short speech of their work at the Assembly Membership Meeting.
Qualifications
- The awardee must be a Primary or Secondary AII member.
- The awardee would be > 12 years from terminal doctoral degree (PhDs) or completion of medical fellowship training (MDs or MD/PhDs), in order to distinguish this from the Early Career Award eligibility criteria, and would either be at the Assistant or Associate Professor level.
- Previous awardees are not eligible for the same award.
Nominations
- Nominations will come from AII Primary or Secondary Assembly members.
- Submit a completed nomination form summarizing what the nominee has contributed to impact their field thus far and why you believe they demonstrate clear promise for ongoing productivity/achievement.
- Upload the nominee’s NIH Biosketch or equivalent research or achievement CV which is limited to 5 pages. Please make sure that this reflects all of the activities noted on the nomination form.