AABB is accepting applications by email for the 2023 AABB Future Leader Scholarship Awards Program, for the Specialist in Blood Banking (SBB) or equivalent and Transfusion Medicine (TM) Awards Program. All submissions are due by Friday, September 8, 2023.
The Future Leader Scholarship Awards will be presented at the 2023 AABB Annual Meeting at the Transfusion Medicine Subsection Coordinating Committee Business Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee.
Note: These awards are open to all individuals of all countries in the world and winning not contingent on being a member of AABB.
The TM Awards Program was created in 1982 to recognize professionals with an MD, DO, PhD, or equivalent degree who are current fellows or a recent graduate (within 12 months) in a transfusion medicine program, cellular therapy program or other graduate medical education training program that includes at least one continuous year in transfusion medicine or cellular therapy training. Recipients will receive a $1,500 honorarium. The AABB Future Leader TM Scholarship Awards are presented annually as distinguished candidates are identified.
The SBB (or equivalent) Awards Program was created in 1982 to recognize individuals who are enrolled, accepted for enrollment in, or who have recently completed training (within 12 months) leading to SBB certification or equivalent from an AABB-accredited institution. Recipients will receive a $1,500 honorarium. The AABB Future Leader SBB (or equivalent) Scholarship Awards are presented annually as distinguished candidates are identified.
Note that all winners are required to provide a short presentation at the TMSCC Business Meeting at the AABB Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee.
Past AABB Future Leader TMF and SBB Scholarship Awards Recipients
If you are interested in applying to the 2023 AABB Future Leader TM or SBB (or equivalent) Scholarship Awards Program, please review the rules and policy statements:
If you have any questions regarding the program or the application process, you may contact:
Standards Department
AABB
4550 Montgomery Avenue
Suite 700, North Tower
Bethesda, MD 20814
+1.301.215.6493
standards@aabb.org
4550 Montgomery Avenue
Suite 700, North Tower
Bethesda, MD 20814
301.907.6977
