Travel Awards and Grants
AAI Travel Awards and Grants recognize the promise and bolster the professional development of investigators of all career stages by assisting them with travel to the AAI annual meeting.
Travel Award Reimbursements
Log in to your AAI profile at https://account.aai.org/login.htm to submit a PDF of your completed reimbursement form with receipts. Reimbursement requests will be accepted beginning May 16, 2018, and closing August 1, 2018. AAI will not accept materials sent through regular mail or by email.
Reimbursement Policies/Forms:
| Category | Award | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full professors (or equivalent) | CLOSED | AAI Laboratory Travel Grant | Learn more |
| CLOSED | AAI Undergraduate Faculty Travel Grant | Learn more | |
| Associate professors (or equivalent) | CLOSED | AAI Laboratory Travel Grant | Learn more |
| CLOSED | AAI Undergraduate Faculty Travel Grant | Learn more | |
| CLOSED | Lustgarten-Thermo Fisher Scientific Award | Learn more | |
| Assistant professors (or equivalent) | CLOSED | AAI Early Career Faculty Travel Grant | Learn more |
| CLOSED | AAI Undergraduate Faculty Travel Grant | Learn more | |
| CLOSED | Chambers-Thermo Fisher Scientific Award | Learn more | |
| CLOSED | Pfizer-Showell Travel Award | Learn more | |
| Trainees (graduate students and postdoctoral fellows) | CLOSED | AAI Trainee Abstract Award | Learn more |
| CLOSED | AAI Late-Breaking Poster Award | Learn more | |
| CLOSED | AAI Trainee Poster Award | Learn more | |
| CLOSED | AAI-Thermo Fisher Trainee Achievement Award | Learn more | |
| CLOSED | Lefrancois-BioLegend Award | Learn more |
AAI Laboratory Travel Grant
AAI is supporting travel grants to mid-career and senior investigators (associate professor, full professor, or equivalent) to assist them in attending the AAI annual meeting. These grants will provide up to two travel awards per laboratory. The grant is awarded to the PI or laboratory director as one recipient, and they may select a second recipient from their laboratory.
View detailsAAI Trainee Poster Award
This award provides travel support to AAI trainee members (students and postdoctoral fellows) whose first author abstracts submitted to the AAI annual meeting are selected for poster sessions only and found to be exceptional by the AAI Abstract Programming Chairs. Selection will be based on the originality and significance of the research being presented.
View detailsPfizer-Showell Travel Award
This award recognizes the professional promise of an early career investigator (assistant professor or equivalent) by assisting the award recipient with travel to the AAI annual meeting to present their research. This award is supported through an endowment from Henry J. Showell and Pfizer, Inc.
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AAI-Thermo Fisher Trainee Achievement Award
This award recognizes up to six promising trainees in the field of immunology. Selection is based on career promise and presentation of an outstanding first-author abstract selected for a Block Symposium. This award is generously supported by Thermo Fisher Scientific.
View detailsAAI Undergraduate Faculty Travel Grant
AAI is supporting travel grants to undergraduate faculty to assist them in attending the AAI annual meeting. The grant will also support travel costs for an undergraduate student of the recipient’s selection.
View detailsAAI Trainee Abstract Award
This award provides travel support to AAI Trainee members (students and postdoctoral fellows) whose first-author abstracts submitted to the AAI annual meeting are selected for presentation in Block Symposia.
View detailsAAI Early Career Faculty Travel Grant
AAI is supporting travel grants to young investigators (assistant professor or equivalent) to assist them in attending the AAI annual meeting.
View detailsAAI Late-Breaking Poster Award
This award provides travel support to AAI Trainee members (graduate students and postdoctoral fellows) whose late-breaking, first-author abstracts submitted to the AAI annual meeting are found to be exceptional by the AAI Abstract Programming Chairs.
View detailsAAI Memorial Awards
Lefrançois-BioLegend Award
Established to honor the memory of AAI Member Dr. Leo Lefrançois, this award is intended to advance the career of a trainee who attends the AAI annual meeting and presents an outstanding abstract specifically in the area of mucosal immunology. This award is generously supported by BioLegend and donations from friends and colleagues of Dr. Lefrançois.
View detailsLustgarten-Thermo Fisher Scientific Award
Established to honor the memory of AAI Member Dr. Joseph Lustgarten, this award is intended to advance the career of a mid-career scientist who attends the AAI annual meeting and presents an outstanding abstract specifically in the area of immune regulation. This award is generously supported by Thermo Fisher Scientific.
View detailsChambers-Thermo Fisher Scientific Award
Established to honor the memory of AAI Member Dr. Cynthia Chambers, this award is intended to advance the career of an early career scientist who attends the AAI annual meeting and presents an outstanding abstract specifically in the area of cancer biology. This award is generously supported by Thermo Fisher Scientific.
View detailsOther Awards
FASEB DREAM Mentored Poster/Platform Presenter Travel Award
The FASEB “Diversity Resources for Enrichment, Access & Mentoring” (DREAM) Program is supporting travel awards for eligible underrepresented minority students and postdocs for the AAI annual meeting. The award is available for first-time attendees and presenters who want a mentored meeting experience at IMMUNOLOGY 2018TM.
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Questions about the application process? Please contact the AAI offices at awards@aai.org, or (301) 634-7178.
AAI will work with government employees to meet government requirements regarding receipt of awards. For more information, contact awards@aai.org.