The Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) is a medical society comprised of hospitalists that exists to promote exceptional care for hospitalized patients.
SHM’s Junior Investigator Award was created to recognize junior/early-stage investigators. Junior/early-stage investigators are defined as faculty in the first 7 years of furthest postgraduate training. Applicants must be hospitalists and clinician investigator or non-clinicians i.e. a PhD or masters person working on Hospital Medicine relevant research. Nominations from mentors and self-nominations are both welcome. Applicants may request feedback about their applications after adjudication of the winner. The winner will present the Junior Investigator Award commendation talk (30 minutes) during SHM Converge.
To be eligible for the Junior Investigator Award, faculty must be in the first 7 years of furthest postgraduate training.
Applicants must be:
Nominations for the 2026 Jr. Investigator Award are now open! Apply here.
For questions or if you need more information, please email awards@hospitalmedicine.org
Congratulations to the 2025 Award winner:
Blair Golden, MD, MS
All submissions for the Junior Investigator Award require the following:
1. A single page cover letter that expresses the applicant’s interest in the JIA award and confirms that they meet eligibility criteria
2. A letter of support from the department chair or supervisor (must comply with the letter of reference requirements as outlined in the
Awards Submission Requirements).
3. Standard NIH Bio sketch (not to exceed 5 pages)
4. A one-page description of Specific Aims or Personal Aspirations.
5. Supplementary information (not to exceed 3 pages) which should include each of the following:
Please note: All nominees must be SHM members in good standing. Nominees may be self-nominated. Applicants may request feedback about their applications after adjudication of the winner.
In honor of his or her achievements, the recipient receives:
The Junior Investigator Award was extremely beneficial for my professional life. In addition to validating my personal sense of value in my research efforts, it has also helped me to gain national prominence as a hospitalist researcher to those that may not otherwise know my work.
Dr. Stephanie Mueller (JIA Winner 2017)
The Junior Investigator Award opened up multiple opportunities for me to work with SHM research leadership which have been meaningful and rewarding. It also helped to highlight that hospital medicine research can reach beyond the hospital to include care delivered in the home after a hospital discharge.
Dr. Christine Jones (JIA Winner 2018)