Awards & Scholarships

Applications for the AADE Education and Research Foundation Scholarships and AADE Recognition Awards are available from November until their respective deadlines: March 1, 2010 for Awards and April 1, 2010 for Scholarships. Recipients/winners are announced in May.

 
Scholarships
The deadline for scholarship applications is April 1, 2010.
 
Annual Meeting Scholarships – Provide recipients with complementary registration for the Annual Meeting.
 
AADE - Sage Publications Travel Scholarships – Scholarship grants provide funds for travel/accommodations to the Annual Meeting or other educational events.
 
AADE – Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Travel Scholarships - Scholarship grants provide funds for travel/accommodations to the Annual Meeting.
 
AADE Foundation/Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) Plant Based Diet Scholarship
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) has teamed up with the AADE Foundation to provide funds for a unique scholarship. PCRM offers public and professional education materials, most at no or very low cost, on the use of a low-fat, plant-based nutrition approach for diabetes self-management. This scholarship is designed to recognize an educator who demonstrates knowledge of plant-based (vegan) nutrition, and its beneficial role in treating type 2 diabetes, and who has shared this information with people with diabetes under his/her care, resulting in nutritional behavior change and improvements in clinical markers.
 
Recognition Awards
In the Summer of 2009 changes were made to the AADE Awards Program, several awards were redesigned or eliminated. Awards available for 2010, are listed below.
 

The deadline for award applications is March 1, 2010. 

Diabetes Educator of the Year Award -Sponsored by LifeScan, Inc.
Honors a diabetes educator who has made a special contribution to the field through dedication, innovation and sensitivity in patient care. Includes $5,000, a $10,000 travel grant and a commemorative plaque.
 
Outstanding Chapter of the Year Award -Sponsored by BD Consumer Products.
Recognizes an AADE Chapter that has taken leadership roles in diabetes education and have supported the national organization’s goals. Includes $1,000 and a commemorative plaque.
 
Innovation in Practice Award - Sponsored by Bayer Corporation
The award supports the development or future implementation of an innovative practice, tool or approach for use in diabetes self-management education/training (DSME/T). This award is intended to advance the practice of DSME/T by supporting ways to improve DSME/T, better meet patient needs, and/or resolve critical, complex problems and barriers that are faced by diabetes educators and their patients. Recipient will receive $3000 for development of the project and complementary registration to AADE Annual Meeting to share new tool with Attendees, through an educational session or poster (or both). A detailed proposal, with budget, will be required.
 
Advocacy Award - Sponsored by Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
The award will recognize an AADE Member, volunteer, or other person that has made significant contributions to AADE Advocacy/legislative efforts. Includes $1,000 and a commemorative plaque.
 
AADE Rising Star Award
Award will recognize a  diabetes educator who has less than three years of diabetes education experience and has demonstrated leadership and commitment in their practice.
Winner receives a free registration to the Annual Meeting, a one-year Active Membership, and will be recognized in AADE publication(s). Winners will also receive $300 worth of additional AADE services of their choice.

Allene Van Son Distinguished Service Award
The award will recognize outstanding contributions and services to the Association. Winner will receive a cash award of $5,000, Life Membership in AADE, and a commemorative plaque.