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Welcome to the SHM Converge 2026 Awards of Excellence Nominations
SHM’s Awards of Excellence Program honors members who have made exceptional contributions to hospital medicine in a wide variety of categories. View all past winners here.
Key Dates
| Submission Site Opens for SHM Converge 2026 Awards of Excellence. | Monday, July 7, 2025 |
| Submission Site Closes for SHM Converge 2026 Awards of Excellence. | NOW EXTENDED! Wednesday, October 8, 2025 (11:59 PM EST) |
| Notifications sent to Nominees advancing to second round. The Awards Committee will request the nominee to submit additional materials at this time. |
Late November - Early December, 2025 |
| Notifications sent to all submitters. | Late January - Early February, 2026 |
- All nominees must be SHM members and have service to the Society of Hospital Medicine (Ex. Attended a local or regional meeting, on a SIG, a fellow/senior fellow, involved in a committee etc.). Review the full submission requirements for additional information regarding this requirement.
- Any current SHM member other than Board members, officers, previous individual award winners or SHM awards committee members is eligible to apply.
- Members may be self-nominated.
- Please review the criteria for each award as some awards have further eligibility standards, including the Teamwork Award.
- The maximum number of nominations per nominee, per category is 2, including self-nominations. Please review the full submission requirements for additional information regarding the max number of nominations.
- Complimentary meeting registration to SHM Converge 2026*
- Recognition on stage at SHM Converge 2026
- Acknowledgement in The Hospitalist, SHM’s monthly news magazine, and on SHM's main website.
- Recognition in press releases to local and state outlets