Stroke Council Mid-Career Achievement Award
The Stroke Council Mid-Career Achievement Award recognizes excellence in career mentorship of early career members by mid-career faculty members (at least 5 years from first faculty appointment) with professional membership, including clinicians, educators, and researchers. Both nominator and nominee must attend the International Stroke Conference for the recipient to receive the award.
A winner will present a lecture at the International Stroke Conference.
Deadline
- Friday, August 28, 2026, 6 p.m. (CDT)
Deadline to apply for the Stroke Council Mid-Career Achievement Award through the Council Awards Application System
Applicant/Nominee Eligibility
- All applicants for the award must be members of the Stroke Council by the time of application submission. If you need to become an American Heart Association Professional Member, you should do so before submitting your award application materials. Join or renew today!.
- Eligible candidates include PhDs and/or MDs who are still within 5–20 years after their first faculty appointment, as of the award application date.
- Previous awardees are not eligible to re-apply for the award in subsequent years.
- Each recipient of council-sponsored awards, regardless of award category, is eligible to receive only one council-sponsored award each year per scientific meeting.
- Past recipients of the Stroke Award and Lecture are not eligible for this award.
- Notwithstanding the above, Heart Association Officers have the discretion to determine eligibility for the award in extraordinary circumstances when there is an issue relating to policy or positions or other potentially controversial issue relating to the positioning or perception of the Association.