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AAA Awards for Scientific, Education and Leadership Contributions
AAA is in the midst of updating its award nomination/application process. Please check back in June for new forms.
Below are details on the nomination process and specific information about each award. For further information or clarification regarding the process or the forms, you may contact:
AAA Awards Nominations
9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20814
301-634-7910 (phone) 301-634-7965 (fax)
exec@anatomy.org
Award Nomination Requirements
Starting in 2007, membership is no longer an eligibility requirement to submit nominations for the Bensley, Herrick and Mossman awards. Non-members may also be eligible to be nominated for several of the awards. Please review each award description for details. Only complete nominations can be considered by the individual award committee.
Award Nomination Process
Each AAA award has its own criteria regarding who may make a nomination, who may be nominated, and what materials must be submitted. AAA has adopted a two-step nomination process for most awards to make it easier for those submitting nominations. For those awards that note both a nomination deadline and a materials deadline, the person making the nomination only needs to submit:
1. Completed Award Nomination Form
2. Detailed letter of recommendation
3. Curriculum vitae of the nominee (NIH biosketch format preferred)
AAA will then contact the nominee and ask that additional material be submitted, if required for a particular award. Only complete nominations can be considered by the individual award committees.
To encourage nomination of young investigators who may not be working in traditional anatomy departments, it is no longer necessary that nominators for the Bensley Award in cell biology, the Herrick Award in neuroanatomy, or the Mossman Award in developmental biology be AAA members; non-member nominees have always been eligible. As a further encouragement, the non-member nominators of winning nominees will receive a two-year complimentary AAA membership.
Selection Process
Each year, the AAA President or incoming President nominates and the Board of Directors approves committee members for each award committee. Each committee carefully considers the eligible nominations and selects the award recipient. Committees are not obligated to make an award each year.
Renomination
Any nominee not chosen for an award is automatically considered for the award by the next two consecutive award committees. It is the nominator's responsibility to update or augment the nomination materials, if appropriate, prior to the next year's deadline. (Note: This does not apply to the Lippincott Williams Wilkins/AAA Education Research Scholarship or the Keith & Marion Moore Young Anatomist's Publication Award, both of which are self-nominated.)
Just click on any award title below to review details on the nomination process and specific information about each award. One more click on the award name above its description will bring you to the current nomination form.
August 15th nomination deadline
AAA Young Investigator Awards
R.R. Bensley Award in Cell Biology (see AAA Young Investigator Awards)
C.J. Herrick Award in Neuroanatomy (see AAA Young Investigator Awards)
H.W. Mossman Developmental Biologist Award (see AAA Young Investigator Awards)
AAA Morphological Sciences Award
October 1st nomination deadline
AAA Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
October 15th nomination deadline
AAA/Wiley A.J. Ladman Exemplary Service Award
Basmajian Award
Henry Gray/Elsevier Distinguished Educator Award
Henry Gray/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Scientific Achievement Award
Lippincott Williams Wilkins/AAA Education Research Scholarship
December 1st nomination deadline
Fellow of the American Association of Anatomists
Honorary Membership
Keith & Marion Moore Young Anatomist's Publication Award
AWARD DESCRIPTIONS
August 15th nomination deadline
AAA Young Investigator Awards
Beginning with nominations made in 2008, AAA’s Young Investigator Awards combine three long-standing AAA awards with a new award to recognize investigators in the early stages of their careers who have made important contributions to biomedical science through their research in cell/molecular biology, developmental biology, comparative neuroanatomy, or the morphological sciences. Candidates should be within 10 years of their highest earned degree at the time of nomination. It is not necessary that nominators or nominees be AAA members.
AAA’s Young Investigator Awards Selection Committee is comprised of eight (8) members appointed by the current or incoming President to represent the various disciplines covered by these awards. Committee members will serve a two-year term with one member serving a one-year term as chair in the final year. The position of chair will rotate among the disciplines covered by these awards. The committee will review all nominations and determine which of the following prizes to award in a given year. It is not required that each award be made annually.
R.R. Bensley Award in Cell Biology
This award, first given in 1979, recognizes a cell biologist who has made a distinguished contribution to the advancement of anatomy through discovery, ingenuity, and publications in the field of cell biology. The successful candidate will be an independent cell biologist whose publications have had substantial impact on his/her field.
C.J. Herrick Award in Neuroanatomy
Established in 1962, this award recognizes investigators who have made important contributions to the field of comparative neuroanatomy and have demonstrated remarkable promise of future accomplishments. The area of comparative neuroanatomy is defined broadly; previous awardees are outstanding scientists who have made contributions to areas of neuroscience, including neurochemistry, development, neurocytology, neuroendocrinology, neurophysiology, and molecular neurobiology.
H.W. Mossman Developmental Biologist Award
This award was established in 2001 to recognize investigators in the early stages of their careers who have made important contributions to the field of developmental biology, as broadly defined, and have demonstrated remarkable promise of future accomplishments.
AAA Morphological Sciences Award
This award was established in 2008 to recognize investigators in the early stages of their careers who have made important contributions to biomedical science through research in the morphological sciences, as broadly defined, and have demonstrated remarkable promise of future accomplishments.
AAA Young Investigator Award recipients will present a lecture in the Young Investigator Award Symposium at the AAA Annual Meeting following their selection and will receive:
• A plaque
• A $1,000 honorarium
• Travel reimbursement (coach airfare plus 2 nights)
• Two years free membership in the American Association of Anatomists (and two years free membership for winning non-member nominators)
• Two years free registration at the AAA Annual Meeting/EB meeting, including the year of the award
NOMINATION MATERIALS
The person making the nomination only needs to submit:
1. Completed Award Nomination Form
2. Curriculum vitae of the nominee (NIH biosketch format preferred)
3. Detailed letter of recommendation that addresses the following:
• The significant research contribution(s) made by the nominee and why it is considered significant.
• Why the nominee's potential and current work is viewed as especially promising.
• The ability of the nominee to give a lecture that is dynamic, engaging, and readily understood by scientists across various subdisciplines.
• The date on which the nominee’s advanced professional degree was awarded.
TIMELINE
Nominations are due each year on August 15; nominees are then asked to submit three representative papers by September 15. Winning nominees and their nominators will be notified of selection in late October and will be expected to present a lecture at the AAA Annual Meeting/EB 2009 (April 18-22, New Orleans).
October 1st application deadline
AAA Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Application deadline: October 1st
The AAA Postdoctoral Fellowship, estabalished in 2008, offers salary support to AAA members who are postdoctoral fellows working in any aspect of biology relevant to the anatomical sciences. Either the postdoctoral applicant or the host sponsor (or both) must be a permanent resident of the US or Canada, however, fellowships can be used in any country. Applicants must have been AAA members for one year preceding the application deadline and are expected to remain members for the duration of the fellowship.
Candidates should be working on a research project encompassing any aspect of biology that is relevant to the anatomical sciences. Approaches can include (but are not limited to) cellular, molecular, genetic or histological techniques, and/or emphasize development, evolution, morphology or human health. Click here for detailed Postdoctoral Fellowship criteria.
AAA Postdoctoral Fellowship recipients receive:
• A $20,000 Fellowship
• Travel reimbursement (up to $1,000) plus registration fee to present his/her work at the next appropriate AAA Annual Meeting.
October 15th nomination deadline
AAA/Wiley A.J. Ladman Exemplary Service Award
Nomination deadline: October 15th
Materials deadline: December 1st
Past winners
Presented periodically to an AAA member distinguished in the field of anatomical sciences who has provided exceptional service to the Society. The award is provided by Wiley-Liss.
The Ladman Award recipient receives:
• A plaque
• A $1,000 honorarium
• Travel reimbursement (2 nights) to receive the award at the AAA Banquet
Basmajian Award
Nomination deadline: October 15th
Materials deadline: December 1st
Past winners
This award recognizes health science faculty who are in the formative stages of their career, teach human or veterinary gross anatomy, can document excellence in their contribution to the teaching of gross anatomy, and have outstanding accomplishments in biomedical research or scholarship in education. Only AAA members may submit a nomination; however, the proposed award recipient need not be an AAA member. Click here for detailed Basmajian Award criteria.
The Basmajian Award recipient receives:
• A plaque
• A $1,000 honorarium
• Travel reimbursement (2 nights)
• Two years free membership in the American Association of Anatomists
• Two years of registration at the EB meeting will be waived including the year of the award
• Invitation to serve on AAA's Educational Affairs Committee
Henry Gray/Elsevier Distinguished Educator Award
Nomination deadline: October 15th
Materials deadline: December 1st
Past winners
AAA's highest education award, first awarded in 2007, is for human anatomy education in the anatomical sciences as broadly defined-including gross anatomy, embryology, histology, and neuroanatomy-at the medical/dental, graduate, or undergraduate level of teaching. Only AAA members may submit a nomination. Nominees must be full-time or emeritus faculty members of accredited colleges or universities and members of the American Association of Anatomists. The award is provided by Elsevier. Click here for detailed Henry Gray/Elsevier Distinguished Educator Award criteria.
The Distinguished Educator Award recipient presents a lecture at the AAA Annual Meeting in the year following the award and receives:
• A certificate
• A $4,000 honorarium
• Travel reimbursement (2 nights) to receive the award at the AAA Banquet
Henry Gray/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Scientific Achievement Award
Nomination deadline: October 15th
Materials deadline: December 1st
Past winners
AAA's highest scientific honor recognizes unique and meritorious contributions to and achievements in anatomical sciences by a distinguished AAA member. The award is provided by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
The Scientific Achievement Award recipient presents a lecture at the AAA Annual Meeting in the year following the award and receives:
• A certificate
• A $1,500 honorarium
• Travel reimbursement (2 nights) to receive the award at the AAA Banquet
Lippincott Williams Wilkins/AAA Education Research Scholarship
Nomination deadline: October 15th
The LWW/AAA Scholarship, established in 2007, supports an AAA member who is a graduate student in a mentored project, or a postdoctoral fellow or junior faculty member (rank no higher than assistant professor) who wishes to develop a project that shows promise as a model for improving the quality of teaching and learning in anatomical education. It is anticipated that the proposed project will help foster a learning environment for students that is characterized by creativity, originality, and rigor. Applicants must be AAA members for the year in which they apply and through the completion of their scholarship project and presentation at the AAA Annual Meeting.
The LWW/AAA Scholarship recipient receives:
• A $5,000 scholarship provided by LWW
• Travel reimbursement & registration fee to attend the AAA Annual Meeting, provided by AAA, to make a poster or oral presentation on the completed project
• A ticket to AAA Banquet
December 1st nomination deadline
Fellow of the American Association of Anatomists
Nomination deadline: December 1st
Current Fellows
The rank of Fellow of the American Association of Anatomists is designed to honor distinguished members who have demonstrated excellence in science and in their overall contributions to the anatomical sciences. Only AAA members may submit a nomination. Nominees must be AAA Regular Members or Emeritus Members. Candidates will be considered after 10-15 years of postdoctoral contribution, although exceptional candidates with fewer years may be considered. Click here for detailed AAA Fellow criteria.
AAA Fellows receive:
• A certificate
• A lapel pin
AAA Honorary Membership
Nomination deadline: December 1st
Current AAA Honorary Members
Periodically, the Society grants honorary membership to recognize exceptional accomplishments in the field of anatomical sciences. Honorary Members receive a lifetime complimentary AAA membership and may be asked to participate in a future AAA Annual Meeting or contribute a review article to an AAA journal.
Keith & Marion Moore Young Anatomist's Publication Award
Nomination deadline: December 1st
Past winners
The Young Anatomist's Publication Award was created in 1999 to recognize the best manuscript by a young anatomist in one of the Society's journals: The Anatomical Record or Developmental Dynamics. It was renamed in 2007 in recognition of financial support provided by Keith L. Moore, the first recipient of AAA's Henry Gray/Elsevier Distinguished Educator Award. Applicants must be AAA members for the year in which the manuscript is published, renew their membership for the year in which the award will be presented, and must travel to the AAA Annual Meeting to accept the award. Click here for detailed Publication Award criteria.
The Publications Award recipient receives:
• A plaque
• A $500 honorarium
• Up to $500 in travel support to attend the Annual Meeting at which the award is presented
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