Society Awards

The IDSA Society Awards celebrate the impactful accomplishments of your fellow IDSA members for their incredible work that can be seen locally and around the globe. Individuals are nominated by their peers and awarded by the Society Awards committee and Board of Directors each year. Awards are presented at IDWeek. 

How to submit a nomination

Nominations are encouraged across the diversity of professional focus within the field of ID as well as all who work in it; the awards are designed to reflect and celebrate our field. Nominations will next open in early 2026. The online form 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 seconding statement of support from an active IDSA member. One to three supporting secondary statements can be submitted though the online nomination form (250-word limit).

Upload supporting documents: All nominations require a current copy of the nominee’s curriculum vitae. A copy of the award nominee’s NIH Biosketch is required for three of the awards (the Alexander Fleming Award for Lifetime Achievement, the D.A. Henderson Award for Outstanding Contributions to Public Health and the Oswald Avery Award for Early Achievement) but is optional for all other awards.

Eligibility

Award nominees, primary nominators and at least one secondary nominator must be active members of IDSA in good standing (with the exception of the recipient of the Anthony Fauci Courage in Leadership Award).

Members currently serving on the IDSA Board of Directors or the IDSA Society Awards Committee are not eligible to be nominated.

Past Alexander Fleming Award winners are not eligible to receive other Society Awards.

Individuals who have previously won a particular award are not eligible to win that award again. They may, however, be nominated in a different award category.

Self-nominations are not permitted.