Awards - Scientific Sessions 2022
Scientific Sessions: November 5–7
Chicago, IL + Virtual
The AHA Scientific Council Awards applaud the achievements of researchers, scientists, clinicians, nurses, and allied health professionals, and provide opportunities for financial rewards, special presentations, and funding to attend the AHA Scientific Sessions and other council-sponsored meetings. Hundreds of awards are offered each year to meet our members where they are in their career.
Please visit Council Awards or below for opportunities to apply personally or nominate a colleague for active awards. Award applicants and nominees must be AHA Professional Members
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Council Awards - Named Lectures
These awards recognize the achievements of researchers, scientists, clinicians, nurses, and allied health professionals throughout their careers. They also provide opportunities for financial rewards, special presentations, and funding to attend Scientific Sessions and other AHA scientific meetings.
CLCD James B. Herrick Award for Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Cardiology
CVSN Katharine A. Lembright Award and Lecture
CVSN Kathleen A. Dracup Distinguished Lecture Exemplary Career in Mentoring Award
Council Awards – Special Recognition Awards
Special Recognition Awards acknowledge clinicians and scientists active in basic, clinical, translational or population cardiovascular research for specific career endeavors and achievements.
CVSA Surgery & Anesthesiology Mentoring Award
CVSN Article of the Year Award
CVSN Excellence in Clinical Practice Award
CVSN Marie Cowan Promising Early Career Investigator Award
CVSN Mathy Mezey Excellence in Aging Award
CVSN Research Article of the Year Award
CVSN Stroke Article of the Year Award
CVSN Women in Cardiology Mentoring Award
Young Hearts Visiting Professor for Career Development Award
Resuscitation Science Symposium 2022
3CPR Max Harry Weil Award for Resuscitation Science
This award recognizes research ranging from the whole spectrum of molecular and clinical resuscitation science to molecular and clinical studies of the normal and diseased pulmonary circulation.
Council Awards – Early Career Abstract Awards
These awards are designed to recognize endeavors by early career clinicians and scientists. Candidates will be considered not only for the quality and relevance of their research being submitted to Scientific Sessions but also for their accomplishments, contributions to their fields and expertise as researchers in general.
To meet the eligibility criteria for Early Career awards, an applicant must be active in research and still be in training as an undergraduate or pre-doctoral student, or be active in research and within 10 years of completing medical fellowship (or residency as NIH states, MDs would be Fellows for 3-6 years of the 7-10), terminal degree or highest certificate (e.g. MSc, PhD), as of the award application date as of the award application date.
NEW AWARD:
The AHA/Quest Diagnostics Early Career Investigator Award for Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine Research
Sponsored by Quest Diagnostics Center of Excellence for Cardiometabolic Testing at Cleveland Heart Lab
Abstracts submitted to categories sponsored by CLCD and CVSA are eligible to apply for this award.
3 CPR Cournand and Comroe Early Career Investigator Award
ATVB Elaine W. Raines Early Career Investigator Award
BCVS Louis N. and Arnold M. Katz Basic Science Research Prize for Early Career Investigators
BVCS Melvin L. Marcus Early Career Investigator Award in Cardiovascular Sciences
CLCD Laennec Fellow in Training (FIT) Clinician Award
CLCD Samuel A. Levine Early Career Clinical Investigator Award
CVRI Melvin Judkins Early Career Clinical Investigator Award
CVSA Vivien Thomas Early Career Investigator Award
CVSN Martha N. Hill Early Career Investigator Award
EPI Elizabeth Barrett-Connor Research Award for Early Career Investigators in Training
Genomic and Precision Medicine Early Career Investigator Award
Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health Early Career Investigator Award
PVD Jay D. Coffman Early Career Investigator Award
Council Awards – Travel Grants
AHA Scientific Council Travel Grants recognize promising and outstanding investigators in the early stages of their careers and provide travel assistance for graduate-level or medical students, trainees, and early career investigators to participate in AHA scientific meetings.
Resuscitation Science Symposium 2022
3CPR Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Travel Grant
Scientific Sessions 2022
3CPR Junior Investigator Travel Grant
ATVB Scientific Sessions Travel Grant for Early Career Investigators
BCVS International Travel Grant
BCVS Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Groups Travel Grant
CLCD Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Groups Travel Grant
CVRI Early Career Investigator Travel Grant
CVRI/SNMA Levi Watkins Jr. Travel Grant
CVSA Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Groups Travel Grant
CVSN Early Career Investigator Travel Grant
CVSN Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Groups Travel Grant
GPM Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Groups Travel Grant