Section on Early Career Physicians

Leadership in Advocacy Award

Nomination Form

Deadline: Sunday, June 23, 2024

The AAP Section on Early Career Physicians (SOECP) invites nominations for the 2024 AAP SOECP Leadership in Advocacy Award. One individual person or entity is awarded the SOECP Leadership in Advocacy Award each year. The award recipient will be honored during an SOECP Networking and Awards Reception in 2024. The award provides full general registration for the 2024 AAP National Conference and Exhibition and a $1,000 honorarium.

Note: Checks can be made out to individuals or institutions. Checks payable to individuals require a social security number in order to be processed. If chosen as a recipient, you will be contacted for that information if you request the check to be payable to you. Please note that you will receive a tax statement from the AAP if you receive $600 or more from the AAP in the calendar year. Scholarships are not transferrable and not redeemable for cash.

Award Criteria:

The award is presented to an early career physician or entity (chapter or AAP group) that has empowered early career physicians to accomplish one or more of the following:

Implement an initiative or project that brought about a positive impact on children’s health and/or physician wellness in a practice, institution, community, or public policy
Demonstrate a consistent commitment to child health and/or physician wellness advocacy in their practice, institution, and community through regular engagement with local, state, or national policymakers, community partnerships, their local AAP chapter, and/or local institutions
Lead the execution of an advocacy initiative that may serve as a pathway to health equity

Examples of awardee accomplishments may include:

Being a change-agent in policy change or a community initiative
Impacting organizational protocol within a practice/institution that improves involvement in advocacy initiatives or advocacy education for trainees and/or hospital staff
Building successful community advocacy-related partnerships to improve outcomes for families of diverse cultural, linguistic, and immigrant backgrounds

Award Eligibility:

For consideration, a nominee must be an early career physician practicing in pediatrics, a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and a resident of the United States or Canada. Early career physicians are defined as within 10 years of residency or fellowship training.
For group (chapter, section, institution, team, community, etc.) nominations, an individual must be identified as the project lead for all communications regarding the nomination and project.
Nominees are not required to be members of the Section on Early Career Physicians.
Members of the SOECP Executive Committee, members of the Review Committee, and the AAP Board of Directors are not eligible to receive this award during their term of service.
Deceased persons are not eligible for awards.
An individual may only receive one SOECP award per year.
A project that has previously been granted the award may not be resubmitted. If not awarded, the project may be resubmitted.

In alignment with the AAP Equity Agenda, the SOECP is committed to celebrating the work of members from groups underrepresented in medicine. We encourage nominations for diverse candidates in terms of race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, subspecialty, practice location, and/or national origin.

Nomination Process: A diverse group of early career pediatricians from the SOECP Leadership Council will select the award recipient through a competitive nominations process. This Review Committee will include members from the SOECP Executive Committee, SOECP Workgroups, and SOECP Nominations Committee. These individuals will review all nomination materials.

Nominating an Individual: To nominate a physician, a nominator who is familiar with the candidate’s career/work must:

Notify the candidate of the nomination prior to submission.
Complete and submit the Nomination Form below.

Note: If nominating a physician, this form will automatically email the nominee and request that they complete the remainder of the application, including submitting a Bio-Sketch and an optional letter of support.

Please submit nominations with ample time before the deadline to ensure that nominees are able to complete an application on their behalf.

Nominating an Entity: To nominate an entity, such as an institution, work team, community group, AAP group, chapter, or other type of collective group, you must:

Complete and submit the Nomination Form below.
(Optional) Submit a letter of support from an individual who is knowledgeable of the entity's accomplishments. A letter may be submitted by a community partner, colleague, or family that benefited from the group's work.

Self-Nominations and Nominees: To self-nominate, you must:

Complete the application, including the Statement of Merit
Submit a 1-page Bio-Sketch. Click here to download a template (.docx)
(Optional) Submit a letter of support from an individual who is knowledgeable of your accomplishments. A letter may be submitted by a community partner, colleague, or family served by you.
Please do not send any additional letters of support or materials; additional letters or materials will not be reviewed.

Deadline: Sunday June 23, 2024, 11:59pm Central Time

Questions? Please contact Elisha Ferguson at eferguson@aap.org.

To populate the items needed for this application, please complete the question below.

I am: *

Nominating another member

Nominating myself

Nominating an entity

Completing a nomination form submitted on my behalf

My Information

If you are completing this information below, you are acknowledging that you are the contact for the entity you are nominating.

First Name *

Last Name *

Designation (eg, MD, DO, MPH, FAAP, etc.) *

Specialty/Subspecialty *

Professional Title

Institution *

Email Address *

Phone Number

Street Address

Address Line 2

City *

State (abbreviation) *

Zip Code

Are you an SOECP member? *

AAP ID Number *

Affirmed Pronouns

He/Him/His

She/Her/Hers

They/Their/Theirs

Prefer to self-describe Prefer to self-describe

Nominee Information

First Name *

Last Name *

Designation (eg, MD, DO, MPH, FAAP, etc.) *

Specialty/Subspecialty *

Professional Title

Institution *

Entity Name *

Email Address *

Phone Number

Street Address

Address Line 2

City *

State (abbreviation) *

Zip Code

City

State (abbreviation) *

Is the nominee an SOECP member? *

AAP ID number *

Is the nominee a previous recipient of any SOECP Awards? *

Does the nominee meet the award eligibility requirements? *

Application Details

This section is shared with reviewers.

The responses and files shared in this section will be reviewed by a committee of members to determine award selections.

Statement of Merit. Please describe the nominee's qualifications for this award. Provide specific examples of how the nominee has contributed to the betterment of their institution, practice, community, state, or country through the creation and/or implementation of a child health or physician wellness advocacy program or initiative. If applicable, please share about how their work aligns with the AAP Equity Agenda and our commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion. (max: 800 words) *

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Statement of Merit. If you have been nominated for this award, the Statement of Merit from the nominator has been included within the nomination notification email you have received. Please review the nominator's Statement of Merit and share any additional information you would like the Review Committee to consider.

As a refresher, this is where you can include specific examples of how you have contributed to the betterment of your institution, practice, community, state, or country through the creation and/or implementation of a child health or physician wellness advocacy program or initiative. If applicable, please share about how your work aligns with the AAP Equity Agenda and our commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion. (max. 800 words) *

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Bio-Sketch. Please provide a narrative bio-sketch of no more than 800 words. Do not provide a CV or NIH bio-sketch. For a template/sample, click here. PDF format required. *

Letter of Support (optional). Provide a 1-page letter of support from a colleague, community partner, or family member of a patient served by the nominee. This item is recommended, but not required. PDF format required.

OPTIONAL - Nominee Demographic Details

This section is not shared with reviewers and as such it will not be used in scoring this application.

As part of the application process, we are collecting information to understand who our SOECP members are that are applying for our awards. This information will be reported back in summary form to the SOECP Executive Committee and AAP Leadership; no individual information will be identified. You are not required to answer any of the questions below.

In what year were you born? Please use 4-digit format (YYYY).

What is your gender?

Female

Male

Intersex

Genderqueer/gender non-conforming/non-binary

Trans female/trans woman

Trans male/trans man

I prefer not to say

I prefer to self-describe (please use the space below) I prefer to self-describe (please use the space below)

With what racial or cultural group(s) do you identify yourself? Select all that apply.

Which of the following best represents how you think of yourself?

Bisexual

Lesbian or gay

Straight (not lesbian or gay)

Other Other

Do you have a physical, mental, or emotional disability?

No

Yes

Do you currently work part-time?

No

Yes

Please describe the community in which your primary practice/position is located.

City

Rural

Suburban

Please indicate your primary employment setting. This is the setting where you spend most of your time.

Where was your medical school located?

Canada

United States

Other Other

Please be sure to submit this application form by:

11:59pm Central Time on Sunday, June 23, 2024

Questions? Email eferguson@aap.org