HIVMA Awards
The HIVMA Awards celebrate member contributions to advancing the field across the career trajectory and across the research, prevention, education and care spectrum to help make it possible to envision ending HIV as an epidemic.
Members are nominated by their peers, reviewed by the HIVMA Awards Committee and awarded by the Board of Directors. Awards are presented at IDWeek. Awardees receive a $1,500 honorarium in addition to support for travel and one-night’s lodging to attend.
Nominations are encouraged across the diversity of professional focus within the field of HIV and ID as well as all who work in it; the awards are designed to reflect and celebrate our field. Nominations will be accepted from Jan. 20, 2026, to April 7, 2026. The online nomination form linked below includes a space for a statement from the primary nominator summarizing the seminal contributions, quality and impact of the nominee’s work (500-word limit).
Secondary nominations: Nominations require at least one second statement of support. One to three supporting secondary statements can be submitted through the online nomination form (300-word limit).
Upload supporting documents: All nominations require a current copy of the nominee’s curriculum vitae. A biosketch may also be uploaded but is optional.
IDWeek 2026
Oct. 21-24 in Washington, D.C.
HIVMA Awards
Innovator Award
The Innovator Award recognizes HIVMA members in early or mid-career who have made outstanding and original contributions to HIV medicine in clinical care, provider education, research or advocacy.
Transformative Leader Award
The Transformative Leader Award recognizes HIVMA members who have transformed the field with demonstrated significant achievement in HIV clinical care, provider education, research or advocacy. Significant achievement will be based on overall achievement and contributions that transcend a single institution and that have impacted patient care within a city, region, state or nationally.
Adaora Adimora Citation Award
The Adaora Adimora Citation Award honors the late Adaora Adimora, MD, MPH, FIDSA. Dr. Adimora was a past chair of HIVMA and member of the IDSA Board of Directors who had an unwavering commitment to advancing health equity and improving HIV prevention and care for minoritized populations through research, education and advocacy.
In her honor, the award honors Dr. Adimora’s compassion, leadership and service to HIVMA and the field by recognizing exemplary contributions to advancing efforts to end the HIV epidemic, such as through social justice, public service or in service with HIVMA.
Clinical Educator & Research Awards
The Clinical Educator Award recognized HIVMA members who demonstrated significant achievement in HIV clinical care and provider education.
The Research Award recognized HIVMA members who made outstanding contributions to HIV medicine in clinical or basic research.
This award is no longer accepting applications. We are proud to recognize the achievements of clinicians and researchers through our other awards.