AAI Trainee Abstract Award
The AAI Trainee Abstract Award provides complimentary annual meeting registration to early-career immunologists whose innovative first-author abstracts are selected for podium presentation.
Funder: American Association of Immunologists
Due Dates (Anticipated): December 2026: AAI Trainee membership dues payment deadline for eligibility (projected) | December 2026: First-author abstract submission to IMMUNOLOGY2027™ / completion of abstract submission and selection for podium presentation (projected)
Funding Amounts: Complimentary registration to the AAI annual meeting for selected awardees; no direct cash award.
Summary: Provides complimentary meeting registration to AAI Trainee members whose first-author abstracts are selected for podium presentation at the AAI annual meeting.
Description
The AAI Trainee Abstract Award recognizes outstanding scientific contributions by undergraduate students, graduate students, young professionals, and postdoctoral fellows in immunology. The award provides complimentary registration to the AAI annual meeting for AAI Trainee members whose first-author abstracts are selected for podium presentation (Major or Block Symposia). Recipients are chosen through a competitive review process conducted by expert AAI members. The goal is to foster the presentation of innovative immunological research by early-career scientists.
