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AAI Excellence in Mentoring Award

  2025 Nominations Are Open August 6—September 18, 2024

  2026 Nominations Close September 10, 2025

This award recognizes the importance of the mentor-trainee relationship. A dedicated mentor significantly influences a trainee’s professional development and career. AAI honors the award recipient’s contributions to the profession through outstanding mentoring.

The award includes a plaque, complimentary meeting registration, and travel support to the AAI annual meeting. This award will be presented during an Awards Presentation Program at the AAI annual meeting.

Eligibility

A nominee must be a Regular AAI member in good standing* who has demonstrated a career-long commitment to mentoring. Posthumous awards will not be considered.

A candidate must be nominated by a Regular AAI member in good standing* who was mentored by the nominee and is well acquainted with the nominee’s qualifications. Members may not nominate themselves. Members of the AAI Council and Awards Committee are not eligible to nominate or recommend candidates, nor may they be nominated themselves.

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* Member dues paid through January 1, 2026.

Nomination Instructions

Please submit all documents as a single combined PDF file via the . Please be aware that the single, combined PDF must be no larger than 16MB. Packages that are not complete will not be considered.

Please include the following in the nomination package:

1. One (1) nomination letter, not to exceed three (3) pages, signed and submitted by a Regular AAI member in good standing who was mentored by the nominee, indicating the nominee’s qualifications for the award. The letter should provide a succinct career history, major scientific contributions, and mentoring accomplishments. The nomination letter must be from one individual and not include multiple endorsements within it. It should reflect the observations and opinions of the author. Please refrain from extensive reliance on quotations and observations of others. The letter may refer to a select list of former and current trainees, with the complete list of trainees included as a separate attachment.
2. Two (2) letters of recommendation, not to exceed two (2) pages each, from two (2) former trainees of the nominee. Each letter must include a brief description of career history relevant to mentoring received, as well as current positions and affiliations. Please describe the mentoring provided by the nominee. Qualities that may be considered include: the nominee’s commitment to mentoring throughout their career, scientific guidance, willingness to advise on activities critical to career success (e.g., grant writing, manuscript preparation, oral presentations, teaching skills, career choices, etc.), continued interest in the professional advancement of former trainees, and success as a role model. Each letter must be from one individual and not include multiple endorsements within it.
3. The nominee’s biosketch (NIH format). 
4. List of former and current trainees mentored by the nominee, including their names, positions with the mentor (e.g., post-doctoral fellow, student), dates of training, and current positions.

Nominations will be accepted beginning August 1, 2025. Complete nomination forms and their combined PDF files must be received by 8:00 PM (Eastern) on September 10, 2025. Packages must be submitted as a single combined PDF file via the . Incomplete nomination packages or nominations that do not comply with the stated instructions will not be considered. AAI will not accept materials sent separately, or through email or regular mail. Final award decisions are at the discretion of AAI.

AAI reserves the right to limit the number of nominations considered for any one candidate. In most cases, no more than two will be accepted, in order of their receipt. Please direct inquiries to awards@aai.org.

Previous nominations for this award may be renewed. Original nominator should direct an email to awards@aai.org, identifying the previous nominee, name of award, and year in which original nomination package was submitted to AAI.