Grants, Awards & Scholarships
AAAAI members may apply for numerous grants, awards, and/or scholarship opportunities to help further advance the allergy / immunology field through the Research and Training Division. Please see each individual award link to access full application for eligibility/requirements.
2024 Chrysalis Project Program Application
The purpose of the Chrysalis Project is to provide United States and Canadian medical students and internal medicine and/or pediatric residents with the opportunity to explore a career in allergy / immunology and increase interest in the subspecialty.
Deadline: Friday, October 27, 2023, 11:59 am CT
Apply
2024 Domestic Fellow-In-Training Travel Scholarship
The AAAAI will provide funding to assist Fellows-in-Training (FITs) in allergy / immunology to attend the 2024 AAAAI Annual Meeting. Next year's meeting will be held February 23-26 in Washington, DC, and will consist of plenary sessions, keynote sessions, symposia, scientific workshops, seminars, and abstract presentations. These will cover current research and clinical topics relevant to the field of allergy / immunology.
Deadline: Thursday, November 30, 2023, 11:59 am CT
Apply
2024 Drug Hypersensitivity Research Grant
This funding opportunity is to support up to three research grants to advance the state of knowledge, develop novel techniques, agents, methodologies, models or applications that could have a major impact on drug hypersensitivity research. This funding mechanism is designed to further research in drug allergy/hypersensitivity. For the purpose of this opportunity vaccines are not considered drugs, and applications that focus on vaccine reactions will NOT be considered for this award.
Letter of Intent opens on Monday, July 10, 2023
Letter of Intent closes on Thursday, August 24, 2023, 3:00 pm CT
Top candidates invited to submit full application notified on Tuesday, September 26, 2023
Full Applications due Thursday, October 26, 2023, 3:00 pm CT
Awardees notified early January 2024
CLOSED
2024 AAAAI/Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe Third-Year Fellowship Food Allergy Research Award at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
The AAAAI in conjunction with the Jaffe family Foundation is pleased to announce the 2024 AAAAI/ Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe Third-Year Fellowship Food Allergy Research Award at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, a one-year award that provides $65,000 for salary and lab expenses.
Deadline: October 26, 2023, 11 am CT
Apply
2024 AAAAI Foundation Faculty Development Award
The AAAAI Foundation is dedicated to support the development of junior faculty to further their careers in allergy and immunology, and to help create leaders and independent investigators by funding excellent research that will lead to the prevention and cure of asthma and allergic and immunologic disease. The award provides $300,000 in funding, paid out to the awardee’s institution in six equal payments over a three-year period starting July 1, 2024.
Letter of Intent opens on Monday, July 10, 2023
Letter of Intent closes on Thursday, August 31, 2023, 3:00 pm CT
Top candidates invited to submit full application notified on Tuesday, October 3, 2023
Full Applications due Thursday, November 2, 2023, 3:00 pm CT
Awardees notified early January 2024
CLOSED
2024 The AAAAI/Hope APFED Grant
The 2024 Hope APFED/AAAAI Grant Award was established to allow investigators from a variety of disciplines to initiate new projects relevant to Eosinophilic Disorders, excluding asthma, rhinitis and eczema. Successful applications will focus on the development of new ideas which are likely to lead to future external funding. This award provides $140,000 that can be used for salary and fringe benefits of personnel other than the applicant, as well as services and/or supplies. It is a two-year award from July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2026.
Deadline: October 26, 2023, 11 am CT
Apply
2024 International Fellows-in-Training Travel Scholarships
International Fellows-in-Training Travel Scholarships are designed to financially assist research and non-research fellows and residents-in-training in allergy / immunology in attending the AAAAI's 2024 Annual Meeting. The meeting will be held February 23-26, 2023, in Washington, DC, and will cover current research relevant to the field of allergy / immunology.
Deadline: November 6, 2023, 11 am CT
Apply
2024 Medical Student/Resident Travel Scholarship
The AAAAI will provide funding to assist medical students and residents interested in allergy / immunology to attend the 2024 AAAAI Annual Meeting. Next year’s meeting will be held February 23-26 in Washington, DC, and will consist of plenary sessions, keynote sessions, symposia, scientific workshops, seminars, and abstract presentations. These will cover current research and clinical topics relevant to the field of allergy / immunology.
Deadline: Thursday, November 30, 2023, 11:59 am CT
Apply
2024 PhD Travel Scholarship
The AAAAI will provide funding to assist non-faculty PhD Post-Doctoral Fellows and PhD Students/Candidates in allergy / immunology to attend the 2024 AAAAI Annual Meeting. Next year's meeting will be held February 23-26 in Washington, DC, and will consist of plenary sessions, keynote sessions, symposia, scientific workshops, seminars, and abstract presentations. These will cover current research and clinical topics relevant to the field of allergy / immunology. Individuals who submit an abstract to Discovery should visit the program’s page for travel scholarship information.
Deadline: Thursday, November 30, 2023, 11:59 am CT
Apply
2025 Honorary Awards
The 2025 AAAAI Honorary Award program honors and recognizes significant contributions to the allergy / immunology specialty and/or the AAAAI.
The nomination site will close Monday, January 15, 2024, 3:00 pm CT
Submit a Nomination
Upload a Letter of Support
AAAAI Diversity Equity and Inclusion Statement
The AAAAI is dedicated to the advancement of knowledge and practice of allergy, asthma, and immunology for optimal patient care. The vision of the AAAAI is that all people would have optimal health and well-being, with value recognized by society. To learn more please visit AAAAI Diversity Equity and Inclusion Statement.
Grant Selection Process
The majority of the AAAAI grants, awards, and scholarships are administered by the AAAAI Grant Review Committee (GRC) under the support of the Research and Training Division of the AAAAI Board of Directors. Candidates are selected at the discretion of the GRC after the evaluation of applications by committee reviewers who have acquired experience and expertise to assess the quality, the potential impact of the proposed research, and the research-related activities, within the context of the funding opportunity. All candidates are then approved by the AAAAI Board of Directors. In grants offered collaboratively with another organization, the partnering organization will be included in the selection process.
AAAAI Foundation Faculty Development Award recipient decisions are made by the AAAAI Foundation Council with recommendations from the GRC and final approval by the AAAAI Foundation Board of Directors. The AAAAI Foundation is dedicated to support the development of early career faculty to further their careers in A/I and to help create leaders and independent investigators by funding excellent research that will lead to the prevention and cure of asthma, allergic, and immunologic disease.
On occasion, if not enough applications are submitted, the award sponsor will issue a new call for applications with an extended deadline. In rare circumstances, an award may not be presented if an insufficient number of quality applications are received.
If you have questions about the application or nomination process or AAAAI grants and awards, email awards@aaaai.org.