Dr. Hilleman was a long-serving member of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) Board of Directors and Board of Trustees and was the 1998 recipient of the NFID Maxwell Finland Award for Scientific Achievement. This award recognizes promising scientists in the early stages of their careers in any field of vaccinology, from basic research, through preclinical and clinical studies, manufacturing, and production, to related research in public health, agriculture, health delivery, policy, and regulatory matters.
To apply for the 2025 award, applicants must submit an abstract for the NFID 2025 Annual Conference on Vaccinology Research and select “Poster Abstract Only – Hilleman Award” as the submission type. Finalists will be assigned a poster presentation slot at the conference. Following final judging, the selected winner will be notified and will present a 10-minute summary of their research during the conference.
Award winners of the Maurice R. Hilleman Early-Stage Career Investigator Award will be included in mandatory reporting to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). All publications under the award must explicitly state that the awardees’ work has been performed as a Maurice R. Hilleman Early-Stage Career Investigator Award recipient. Acknowledgement must also be given to NFID and sponsor(s) supporting the award. Note that employees of commercial interests are not eligible for this award.
Recipients:
| 2024 | Nginache Nampota-Nkomba, MBBS, MSc |
| 2020 | Lauren A. Ford-Siltz, PhD |
| 2019 | Stephen N. Crooke, PhD |
| 2018 | Christopher P. Karch, PhD |
| 2017 | Jourdan Andersson |
| 2016 | Aimee L. Cunningham, PhD, MPH |
| 2015 | Jesse H. Erasmus |
| 2014 | Jason Warfel, PhD |
| 2013 | Yi-Ning Chen, DVM, PhD |
| 2012 | Olga Lihoradova, PhD |
| 2011 | Raphael Simon, PhD |
| 2010 | Helen Keipp B. Talbot, MD, MPH |
| 2009 | Saad Omer, MPH, PhD, MBBS |
| 2008 | Dominick J. Laddy, PhD |
| 2007 | Lisa Herron-Olson, PhD |