Young Hearts Visiting Faculty Career Development Award

To qualify for this award, you must meet the following deadlines:

• June 1, 2025 – Deadline to have an active AHA professional membership.
• June 6, 2025, 6 p.m. (CDT) – Deadline to apply for this award in the Council Awards System.

• Host program:
  • Pediatric cardiology programs with or without pediatric cardiology fellowships
  • General pediatric programs with interest in cardiac disease are eligible to apply.
  • An institution may not have a visiting faculty member in two consecutive years
• Visiting faculty:
  • Regionally, nationally, or internationally reputable individuals with a specific area of expertise within the fields of pediatric cardiology or adult congenital heart disease to highlight to trainees and/or junior faculty (ex: specific areas of research, advocacy work, clinical expertise, leadership in education, etc.)
  • Candidate must be a prominent professor/expert or a rising midlevel faculty.
  • Winners are not eligible to reapply or be nominated for the same award in subsequent years.

Members of the Young Hearts Early Career and Mentoring committee are not eligible to apply for or be nominated for the award during their term of service.

Each nomination should contain the following documents in PDF format:

Host Program

The chief of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology or the Department of Pediatrics would serve as the formal host during the visit and prepare an application outlining the training/career development environment at their institution, the specific expertise of the visiting faculty, and the proposed agenda. The host program may choose a visiting faculty member from the United States or abroad.

• Host’s curriculum vitae (formal host should be Division Chief or Department Chair).
• Two- to four-page statement (up to 1000 words) by the host institution addressing the following points:
• Host program
• The specific needs, aims, and goals of the division or department in having this visiting faculty member speak.
• How does this visiting faculty advance the aims of the division/department?
• Proposed agenda of the two-day visit.
• Specify the people at the host institution that will be exposed to the visiting faculty member. Please include the approximate number of senior-level faculty, mid-level faculty, junior faculty, trainees, and other healthcare professionals who will meet the visiting faculty member as part of the visit (either individually or as part of a group).

Visiting Faculty:

• Nominee's curriculum vitae or NIH bio sketch that includes awards, publications, and grant funding
• Letter of nomination or candidate statement (if self-nominating) from the proposed visiting faculty (drafted on electronic letterhead with a signature) affirming acceptance of the “invitation.” The letter should outline and provide clear examples of the specific expertise of the visiting faculty member within the domains of research, clinical care, education, quality improvement, and/or advocacy
• A primary letter of recommendation from a colleague who can evaluate the candidate's scholarly contributions and record of mentorship/sponsorship.
• Up to 2 additional letters of support

Visit the ProposalCentral Council Awards Applicant Instructions page to apply or make a nomination.

Once logged in, you may apply for the Scientific Sessions Career Development Awards and select the Young Hearts Visiting Faculty Career Development Award from the award drop-down list.

The visiting faculty awardee will be recognized at the upcoming Young Hearts Council Dinner at Scientific Sessions and will be invited to the following year’s dinner to report on their experience.

Visiting Faculty

• Complimentary registration to Scientific Sessions
• One (1) complimentary ticket to the sponsoring council’s recognition event
• An engraved plaque
• A $1,000 honorarium and reimbursement for eligible travel expenses up to $1,500

Host Institution representative:

• One (1) complimentary ticket to the sponsoring council’s recognition event