Mid-Career Achievement and Special Recognition Awards

Awards applicants must be members of the American Heart Association (AHA) sponsoring scientific council at the time of application. If you need to become an AHA Professional Member, you should do so one week prior to the application submission deadline for your member account to be processed in time for the application submission deadline. Learn more about AHA Professional Membership.

Mid-career Achievement awards recognize investigators active in basic, clinical, translational or population cardiovascular research for career endeavors and achievements who have made a significant impact on cardiovascular disease and stroke, and those who helped further the mission of the Scientific Councils and the AHA.

Special Recognition Awards are designed to acknowledge outstanding achievements in the field of cardiovascular disease and stroke and/or contributions and service to the of the Scientific Councils and the AHA.

These awards must also comply with the rules and guidelines developed by the Committee on Scientific Sessions Program if held in conjunction with the Scientific Sessions or Specialty Meetings.

Applicants must submit their abstract for Scientific Sessions by the abstract submission deadline to be eligible for abstract related awards.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants must be members of the AHA Council sponsoring the award. If you need to become an AHA Professional Member, you should do so no later than one week prior to the award deadline for your member account to be processed in time for the application submission deadline. Learn more about AHA Professional Membership.
• Mid-career Achievement Award candidates must be PhDs and or MDs who are still within 5–20 years after their first faculty appointment as of the award application date.
• Winners are not eligible to reapply or be nominated for the same award in subsequent years.
• Each recipient of AHA council-sponsored awards, regardless of category, is eligible to receive only one council-sponsored award each year per AHA scientific meeting

How to Apply or Make a Nomination

Please see the individual award information pages below for specific documents required when submitting an application or nomination file. Awards requiring an abstract must be submitted to an AHA Scientific Meeting before the online submission site abstract deadline. Your abstract control number will be needed on the award application form.

A username and password previously set up through online registration at Professional Heart Daily (PHD) will be necessary to access the Council Awards Application System. AHA Professional Members who are creating an online profile for the first time should make sure to register using their AHA membership identification numbers.

An active AHA Professional Membership is required of all award applicants. If you are joining the AHA to apply, please wait for your AHA member number to arrive from AHA Member Services via e-mail before creating an online profile and starting your application file. We suggest that new members join the AHA no later than one week prior to the application submission deadline for the member ID number to be processed and delivered in time for the application deadline. The membership number will be required on the award application form.

1. Click the link for the Council Awards Application System.
2. Sign in with your Professional Heart Daily username and password.
3. Follow these instructions to set up your profile in ProposalCentral. Setting up your ProposalCentral profile will only need to be done the first time you login to apply for an American Heart Association Council Awards. Please note that the grant maker named American Heart Association is for AHA Research Awards and is a separate log in.

For more detailed information on ProposalCentral, also included are additional materials on specific ProposalCentral functionality.

• How to Create an Application in ProposalCentral (PDF)
• How to Register a ProposalCentral User (PDF)
• How To Add Publications in ProposalCentral (PDF)

• Join or renew as an AHA Professional Member
• Submit your application at Council Awards Application System
• Instructions for ProposalCentral, the new Council Awards platform
  

Questions

• Council Awards: [email protected]
• Member Services: [email protected]
• Password/Login: [email protected]
• Abstract Submission: [email protected]