PIDS Awards

Established through the generosity of Stanley and Susan Plotkin, this fellowship award supports outstanding basic, translational, or clinical research in Pediatric Infectious Diseases. The two-year grants are available for PID fellows-in-training enrolled in certified US and Canadian programs. The award provides $50,000 in total costs per year for 2 years, with the 2nd year of support dependent upon satisfactory research progress. The award may be used at the discretion of the applicant, such as salary support, purchase of small equipment, technical support, or research supplies.

The goal of this training award is to support the development of future researchers in pediatric antimicrobial stewardship by providing mentorship to complete a scholarly research project in a timely manner during fellowship or residency. Applicants may propose a research study that focuses on any aspect of antimicrobial stewardship. The project should be able to be completed in one year, and the award will provide travel funds for awardees to present their work at the annual Pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship Conference in St. Louis in June of 2021. Applicants wishing to discuss a project proposal pre-submission may email pids@idsociety.org.

The PIDS Summer Research Scholars Award (SUMMERS), established in 2021 through the support of Sanofi Pasteur, promotes careers in pediatric infectious diseases by funding summer research projects of students at various levels of training. The award is intended to support scholarship in pediatric infectious diseases broadly, including basic science, translational, clinical, epidemiology, and quality improvement research. Given the brevity of the summer research experience, focused studies or well-defined contributions to larger research projects will be most successful.

Research in Academic Pediatrics Initiative on Diversity (RAPID) Research Grants target early career scholars (fellows and junior faculty) who identify as underrepresented in medicine (UIM), disabled, or from a socially, culturally, economically, or educationally disadvantaged background, and who are committed to a career in academic general pediatrics.

The Hall Clinical & Translational Research Lectureship is presented annually and highlights innovative clinical and translational research on infectious diseases of children that is performed in either the inpatient or outpatient setting, focused on the epidemiology, diagnosis, management, prevention, and treatment of these infections.

The Distinguished Physician Award is presented annually to a pediatrician who has an extensive and distinguished career in pediatric infectious diseases marked by significant accomplishments and contributions in infectious diseases, including those as a clinician, educator and/or investigator. The pediatrician’s accomplishments and contributions are nationally and internationally recognized for their excellence and support the Society’s mission to advance the knowledge of pediatric infectious diseases and its application to the care of children.