The AAMC is soliciting nominations for its annual Herbert W. Nickens Awards. These awards honor individuals who advance the educational, societal, and health care needs of racial and ethnic minorities in the United States. We encourage you to disseminate this call for nominations and consider colleagues and students for these awards. The nomination deadlines are listed below.
The Herbert W. Nickens Presidential Award is given to an individual who has made outstanding contributions in promoting justice in medical education and health equities for people in the United States. Nominees may come from the fields of medicine, dentistry, education, law, nursing, public health, or social and behavioral sciences.
Deadline: Friday, March 11, 2024
The Herbert W. Nickens Medical Student Scholarships are awarded to five outstanding students entering their third year of medical school who have shown leadership in efforts to eliminate inequities in medical education and health care and demonstrated leadership efforts in addressing educational, societal, and health care needs of racial and ethnic minorities in the United States.
Deadline: Friday, April 5, 2024