Council Awards and Lectures
The AHA Scientific Council Awards honor the outstanding contributions of researchers, scientists, clinicians, nurses, and allied health professionals across all career stages. These prestigious awards offer more than recognition—they provide financial support, opportunities for featured presentations, and funding to attend the AHA Scientific Sessions and other council-sponsored meetings.
Each year, hundreds of awards are granted to help our members advance professionally and connect with the broader cardiovascular community—wherever they are in their journey.
Explore Award Opportunities
There are three ways to discover award opportunities:
- Visit your Scientific Council Awards and Lectures page for council-specific honors.
- Browse the Meetings & Conferences Awards page for council and event-related awards.
- Scroll below to view a comprehensive list of current award and nomination opportunities.
Eligibility Reminder: All award applicants and nominees must be AHA Professional Members of the Scientific Council sponsoring the award.
Eligibility
- In an effort to maintain the integrity of AHA Office of Science Operations department and Scientific Council-sponsored awards and operate in a transparent manner, award selection committee members should not be directly involved in nominations or letters of support prior to their submittal and are not eligible to receive the award designation selected by the committee.
- The council chair, chair-elect and immediate past chair are also ineligible for awards sponsored by their council during their term.
- Members of the national Board of Directors are not eligible to receive a monetary award. If a Council chooses to present a current Board member with an award, the monetary component of the award, such as an honorarium, cannot be made to them.
Membership
Applicants must be members of the sponsoring scientific council at the time of application and maintain this membership through the date of recognition to be eligible for award funding. If you need to become an AHA Professional Member, you should do so prior to the application submission deadline.
Early Career Awards
Mid-Career Achievement and Special Recognition Awards
Mid-career Achievement awards recognize an investigator active in basic, clinical, translational or population cardiovascular research for specific career endeavors and achievements who made a significant impact on the field of cardiovascular disease and stroke. The awards also may honor those who have helped further the mission of the scientific councils and the AHA. Candidates include PhDs and or MDs who are still within 5–20 years after their first faculty appointment of the award application date.
Special Recognition Awards are designed to acknowledge outstanding achievements in the field of cardiovascular disease and stroke and/or contributions and service to the American Heart Association.
Lifetime Achievement Awards
Named Lectures
Travel Grants
Student Scholarships
Paul Dudley White International Scholar Award
The Paul Dudley White International Scholar Award recognizes the team of authors with the highest-ranked scientific abstract from every participating country for each AHA scientific meeting.