Applications open until December 16, 2025
AAI Trainee Poster Award
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This award provides complimentary meeting registration to AAI Trainee members (undergraduate students, graduate students, young professionals, and postdoctoral fellows) whose first-author abstracts submitted to the AAI annual meeting are selected for poster sessions only and found to be exceptional by the AAI Abstract Reviewers. Selection will be based on the originality and significance of the research being presented.
Only selected candidates will be notified. In most cases this award may not be combined with other awards or grants for the AAI annual meeting. AAI Trainee Poster Award recipients may receive the Equity in Immunology Travel Award, or be second recipients on AAI Laboratory Travel Grants or AAI Undergraduate Faculty Travel Grants, but they may only claim the monetary value from a single award (i.e., claim complimentary registration or a cash award, not both).
Eligibility
A successful candidate must: be an鈥�AAI Trainee member for 2026 with dues paid no later than鈥�December 16, 2025, and have completed the submission of a first-author abstract to the AAI annual meeting by鈥�December 16th.鈥疘f you are not yet a Trainee member, visit鈥�http://www.aai.org/Membership/Join/Trainee-Membership鈥痶o join.
How to Qualify — FAQs
Q:鈥疕ow are abstracts selected for the AAI Trainee Poster Award?
A: Every abstract submitted to the meeting is reviewed by Abstract Reviewers, AAI members expert in that field. The reviewers will select meritorious abstracts from those they have designated for “poster-only” presentations, i.e., abstracts not selected for podium presentations. Selection will be based on the originality and significance of the research being presented.
Q:鈥疕ow do I indicate I want to be considered for this award?
A: Any AAI Trainee member who submits a first-author abstract to IMMUNOLOGY2026™ automatically will be considered, provided that you meet all eligibility requirements above.
Q:鈥疕ow do I know that my abstract submission is complete?
A: Your abstract submission is complete when you have received an email confirmation.
Q:鈥疘f I am selected for this award and cannot attend the meeting, will I still get the award?
A: No. To be eligible for the award you must attend the meeting and make the presentation in person.
Q:鈥疌an someone else make my presentation for me?
A: Occasionally someone else makes a presentation due to an unavoidable conflict or emergency situation; however, the award will not be given to them or to the author who does not present.
Q:鈥疻hat if I have more than one abstract and they are BOTH selected for the poster award?
A: No individual may receive more than one award.
Q:鈥疻hat if my abstract was selected for the AAI Trainee Abstract Award?
A: The AAI Trainee Abstract Award honors AAI Trainee members鈥痺hose first-author abstracts submitted to the AAI annual meeting are selected for podium presentation in Block Symposia. No trainee may receive both the AAI Trainee Abstract Award and the AAI Trainee Poster Award in a given year, either for the same abstract or for two different abstracts.
Q:鈥疘 think I am already a Trainee Member (or I used to be). How can I check?
A: Send an email to鈥�members@aai.org鈥痑nd AAI staff will let you know.
Q:鈥疘 don’t have any publications yet. May I still become a Trainee Member?
A: Yes! There is no publication requirement! Please see鈥�/Membership/Join/Trainee-Membership鈥痜or membership requirements.
Q:鈥疕ow much does it cost to become a Trainee Member?
A: Please view Trainee membership dues and benefits at鈥�/Membership/Join/Trainee-Membership.
Q:鈥疕ow long do I have to wait to become a Trainee Member?
A: Trainee members are approved and enrolled as soon as we receive a completed application and payment.
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