Awards
Founders' Medal Award
Since 1973, the Society has formally awarded the Founders' Medal to an individual who is a member of the SSCI. He/she should have: (1) played an important role in the SSCI, both through participation in the annual meeting and in providing leadership for the growth of the Society; (2) have been recognized nationally as a leader in medicine and (3) have been recognized as a leader in his/her institution.
Learn MoreMentor of the Year Awards
Mentoring is a fundamental determinant of success in the biomedical sciences and is a major mission of the SSCI. These awards recognize outstanding mentors who are members of our organization and who have demonstrated a longstanding commitment to mentoring students, trainees, and/or junior faculty. Moreover, through their positive impact on the mentee's careers, they have advanced medical education and research for the benefit of the community at large.
Learn MoreEarly Career Awards
The SSCI would like to recognize outstanding early career faculty who are members of our organization and who have demonstrated success in research, education or clinical service and are committed a career in academic medicine. Moreover, this individual has demonstrated a commitment to participation in the SSCI or Southern Regional Meeting (SRM). Eligible faculty members must be six years or less from completing their training and be nominated by a SSCI fellow in good standing. A monetary award and one year of membership to SSCI will be given to the awardees.
Learn MoreTinsley Harrison Award
Each year, the Tinsley Harrison Award is presented to the author of the best article published in The Amercian Journal of the Medical Sciences in the preceding year. We thank our publisher, Elsevier, for their generous sponsorship of this annual award.
Learn MoreSSCI Research Scholar Award
The goal of the SSCI Research Scholar Award is to support developing physician-scientists as they undertake innovative research projects related to Internal Medicine and its subspecialties. This grant award will provide supplemental funds for mentored career awards of senior post-doctoral fellows or instructor/junior assistant professors whose extramural application has been funded or recently received a highly meritorious score and is likely to be funded in the next 12 months. Mentored federal (i.e., K01, K08, K23, VA-CSRD) or non federal (i.e., AHA Young Investigator Award) award applications will be considered. The duration of the award is one year.
Learn MoreSSCI Awards
To be eligible for the SSCI awards, you or your mentor (in the case of students) must be a member in good standing of the SSCI.
New Initiative - SSCI Tinsley Harrison Scholars Program
We are seeking applications from physician-scientists at the following positions: senior Postdoctoral Fellows, Instructors, and first 5 years as Assistant Professor who primarily have a desire to pursue a research career. Scholars will participate in this innovative program as part of the Southern Regional Meeting (SRM) in New Orleans. Selected scholars will attend career development programming with division chiefs and leaders in academic medicine across subspecialties, present their original research, and be paired 1:1 with a mentor to help establish connections outside the scholar's home institution. Those accepted to the program will have their travel expenses (air fare, hotel and registration up to $1,500) reimbursed.
Michael S. and Kathy J. Bronze Young Investigator Awards
Michael S. and Kathy J. Bronze Young Investigator Awards are offered to recognize and encourage excellence in investigation by physicians and medical students during research training. Three awards are given ($1,000, $750, and $575).
Learn MoreNathan Solomon & Irene Oransky-Solomon Medical Student Research Awards
Two awards ($1,000 and $750) are offered to recognize and encourage excellence in investigation by medical students during research training.
Learn MoreSSCI Student Research Award
These awards recognize medical students and combined MD/PhD students who are currently in training and accomplished in research at the plenary session in New Orleans and award funds are intended to defray the costs for participation in the meeting. The awardee must be the first author/presenter of the abstract accepted for presentation at the Southern Regional Meeting. Awardees must be present at the plenary session to receive this award.
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These awards recognize residents and fellows who are currently in training and recognize excellence among these groups at the plenary session in New Orleans and award funds are intended to defray the costs for participation in the meeting. The awardee must be the first author/presenter of the abstract accepted for presentation at the Southern Regional Meeting. Awardees must be present at the plenary session to receive this award.
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The purpose of these awards is to stimulate participation by faculty at the instructor and assistant professor level. Awards will be given to the young investigators with the top-rated abstract in each subspecialty as judged by a committee of the officers of the SSCI. The awardee must be the first author/presenter of an abstract accepted for presentation at the Southern Regional Meeting. Awardees must be present at the plenary session to receive this award. Only faculty at the instructor and assistant professor level are eligible for these awards.
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The SSCI Poster Awards recognizes excellence in poster presentations at the Southern Regional Meeting. The SSCI abstract reviewers select the best abstract in each subspecialty and submit it to the SSCI Poster Judging Committee. This committee selects the top three abstracts for final judging during the poster session by a sub-group of the Poster Judging Committee. The recipients are announced during the SSCI Plenary and a cash award is presented.
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