Special Achievement Awards
Herbert W. Nickens Award
Recognition of outstanding achievements in promoting minority health and minority representation in medicine
David R. Calkins Award - Health Policy Advocacy
Recognition of outstanding commitment to advocacy on behalf of SGIM.
Next Application Opens Fall 2024
Best Published Research Paper of the Year
Recognition for the best published research paper of 2023.
Elnora M. Rhodes Service Award
Recognizes a member for outstanding service to SGIM and its mission of promoting patient care, research, and education in primary care medicine.
Individual Achievement Awards
Excellence in Medical Ethics Award - New
Recognizes the original scholarship that SGIM members have done to advance medical ethics
Fredrick L. Brancati Mentorship and Leadership Award
Recognition of junior faculty who inspire their trainees to pursue academic GIM, and support for a trainee who aspires to become a leader in the transformation of health care through innovations in research, education, and practice
Outstanding Junior Investigator of the Year
Recognition of a junior investigator's career achievement
Mid-Career Research Mentorship Award
Recognition in mentoring activities of general medicine investigators
Mid-Career Education Mentorship Award
Recognition in mentoring activities of general medicine educators
Scholarship in Medical Education
Brings attention to the many types of original work that SGIM members have performed to improve medical education
ACLGIM Chief's Recognition Award
Recognizes a GIM Division Chief who most represents excellence in division leadership
ACLGIM Leadership Award
Awarded to new faculty appointees to recognize skills in leadership in areas of academic medicine, including clinical, educational, research or administrative efforts
Career Achievement Awards
Robert J. Glaser Award
Recognizes outstanding contributions to research, education, leadership and mentoring in generalism in medicine
John M. Eisenberg Award for Career Achievement in Research
Awarded to an individual whose lifetime research contributions have had a national impact
Achievement in Education and Innovation Award
This award seeks to recognize gifted teachers who have demonstrated a track record of employing innovative teaching methods, developing outstanding courses/curricula or novel educational programs that have been shared at a national level.
Clinical Achievement Awards
Quality and Practice Innovation AwardThe award will recognize leaders of practice innovations outpatient (primary care) OR inpatient setting, who have improved care within the "quality" domains of: safety, effectiveness, patient-centeredness, timeliness, efficiency and equality.
Grant Awards
Lawrence S. Linn Award
Grant to a young investigator to study or improve the quality of life for persons with AIDS or HIV infection
Founders Grant
Funding awarded to support research by a junior investigator
Mary O'Flaherty Horn Scholarship
A two-year career development grant awarded to two outstanding junior medical school faculty member in general internal medicine.
ACLGIM- UNLTD Program
Unified Leadership Training in Diversity (UNLTD)- Scholarships for underrepresented groups to attend educational and networking opportunities: SGIM Annual Meeting, ACLGIM Winter Summit, and additonal fellowship opportunities
2023 Annual Meeting Presentation Awards
Annual meeting presentation awards are voted on and awarded at the SGIM Annual Meeting. Recipients for these awards are chosen based on their eligibility at the time of annual meeting submission, or based on their oral and poster presentation at the annual meeting. Click here for more information about these awards.
- Mack Lipkin, Sr. Associate Member Awards**
- Milton W. Hamolsky Junior Faculty Awards**
- Clinical Vignette Presentation Awards**
- Outstanding Quality/ Patient Safety Oral Presentation Award**
- Best Women's Health Oral Abstract and Poster Presentation Award**
- Best Geriatrics Abstract Oral and Poster Presentation Award**
- Best Hospital-Based Medicine Oral Abstract and Poster Presentation Award**
- Best Disparities Oral and Poster Presentation Award**