AIM Award

2026 Alliance Awards

Each year the Alliance and its charter associations honor members of the academic internal medicine community for outstanding leadership, dedication, and service to the profession and the organization through the AAIM Awards Program. With many different awards designed to honor various positions within departments of medicine and the internal medicine community, there is ample opportunity to ensure your colleagues are recognized for their commitment, enthusiasm, and expertise.

Alliance award nominations are now closed. If you have questions about the AAIM Awards Program, please contact AAIM Member Engagement, Diversity & Inclusion Team at (703) 341-4540 or email awards@im.org.

Distinguished Service Award

About the Award

The AIM Distinguished Service Award recognizes an AIM member who has made significant contributions to the field of administration of academic internal medicine. The award is presented at Academic Internal Medicine Week.

Nomination Criteria

  • The nominee must be a current AIM member at the time of nomination
  • The nominee must have significantly contributed to the profession of administration of internal medicine, either by
    • Scholarly activity that advances the knowledge base or best practices
    • Role modeling leadership in the profession
    • Fostering collegiality among AIM membership
  • The nominee must not be the recipient of the AIM Distinguish Service Award in the past three award years.

Please note, if a nominee is a current board, council, or executive committee member at the time the award recipient is being selected, they are not eligible for award consideration.

Submission Requirements

All submissions are completed online and require:

  • Responses to award nomination criteria questions, which are based on the award’s nomination criteria.
  • Upload of the nominee’s CV or resume. Please consider highlighting the sections that illustrate the nominee’s qualifications for the specific award.

Selection Process

  • The nomination is reviewed, evaluated, and selected by AIM Council. The evaluation and selection of the nominee is based on the responses to the award nomination criteria questions and the nominee’s CV or resume.
  • All nominations may be considered for the year they are nominated as well as the following two years. An updated CV or resume is required for nominations to be reconsidered.

2026 Award Recipients

Learn more about the current AAIM award recipients.

2026 Award Recipients

Awards Timeline

  • May: Call for nominations open
  • July: Recipient selection process
  • August: Recipient notification
  • September: Recipient announcement to public