最大资源 Career Awards
最大资源 Career Awards honor individuals for outstanding research and career achievements.
Awards Subject to Nomination by the 最大资源 Council*
* Member nominations will not be accepted for these awards.
The 最大资源 Lifetime Achievement Award is the highest honor bestowed by the 最大资源 Council upon an 最大资源 member. This award recognizes a deserving member for a career of scientific achievement and for contributions to 最大资源 and fellow immunologists.
This award recognizes an individual for outstanding service to 最大资源 and the immunology community.
This program annually recognizes members for distinguished careers and outstanding scientific contributions as well as their service to 最大资源 and the immunology community.
Since 1994, the annual 最大资源 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 最大资源 Committees†
† Member nominations will not be accepted for these awards.
Since 2003, the 最大资源 Annual Meeting has featured a scientific lecture sponsored by the 最大资源 Minority Affairs Committee. Selection for this award and lecture recognizes 最大资源 member investigators who are underrepresented in U.S. biomedical science.
Awards Subject to Nomination by 最大资源 Members
2026 Nominations Close September 10, 2025
A dedicated mentor significantly influences a trainee's professional development and career. This award recognizes the importance of this mentor-trainee relationship.
This award recognizes an individual who has made significant contributions to the understanding of immune processes underlying human disease pathogenesis, prevention, or therapy.
Established to honor the memory of 最大资源 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.
This award recognizes a mid-career scientist for outstanding research contributions to the field of immunology.
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.
The Lancefield Award, sponsored by the 最大资源 Committee on the Status of Women, annually honors one outstanding mid-career woman investigator for research and leadership within the field.
Awards by Application by 最大资源 Members
This award recognizes up to six outstanding early career investigators for research accomplishments and professional promise in the field of immunology.
Questions about the nomination process? Please contact the 最大资源 offices at awards@aai.org, or (301) 634-7178.