AABB Extends Application Window for 2026 Future Leader Scholarship Awards Program

AABB has extended the application period for the 2026 Future Leader Scholarship Awards Program for specialists in blood banking (SBB) (or equivalent) and transfusion medicine and biotherapies fellows until Friday, Sept. 4. Bestowed annually, the awards — up to two for each discipline — are meant to encourage interest in transfusion medicine and/or biotherapies research, development and continuing education.  

AABB will present the awards during the 2026 AABB Annual Meeting, to be held Oc.t 17–19 in Atlanta, where award recipients will deliver a five-minute lecture on their research at the Transfusion Medicine Subsection Coordinating Committee’s business meeting and luncheon on Sunday, Oct. 18. 

To be eligible for the SBB (or equivalent) Awards Program, applicants must be enrolled in, accepted for enrollment in, or have completed an SBB (or equivalent) certification course within the past 24 months at an AABB-accredited institution.

To be eligible for the Transfusion Medicine and Biotherapies Fellows Award Program, applicants must be current fellows in a transfusion medicine or cellular therapy program, or in a training program that includes at least one continuous year of training in transfusion medicine or cellular therapy.