Welcome to the AAPM Awards and Honors Nomination Submissions System!
The 2026 Awards and Honors Nomination Submissions System will be open from January 5 - February 25, 2026
Please note the following important information:
- All nominations must be submitted electronically through this website. Any supporting materials sent outside of this system will not be considered.
- The deadline for 2026 nominations is February 25, 2026.
- Please be sure to finalize your submission before the deadline—any nominations not completed in the system by that time will be automatically removed from consideration. While reminder emails are sent to nominators, nominees, and supporters, the nominator is ultimately responsible for ensuring everything is complete.
- The Awards and Honors Committee will NOT consider self-nominations.
- The nomination system accepts PDF uploads only.
- System-generated emails will come from noreply@secure-platform.com. Please let your nominee—and for Fellow and Laughlin nominations, all supporters—know to watch for messages from this address.
- Decision notifications will be sent shortly after the Board of Directors Meeting in April 2026.
- Recipients will be recognized at the AAPM Awards and Honors Ceremony and Reception during the 2026 Joint AAPM | COMP Annual Meeting & Exhibition in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
- Please also note that individuals currently serving on the AAPM Awards and Honors Committee are not eligible to be nominated or to serve as nominators or supporters.
► For any inquiries about the functionality of the nomination system, please contact Nancy Vazquez, AAPM Programs Manager.
► For specific questions regarding eligibility criteria for any of the association awards, please contact Jerry White, Awards and Honors Committee Chair.
► Click on an award title below for additional information and to begin a new nomination:
William D. Coolidge Gold Medal »
This award recognizes an AAPM member for an eminent career in medical physics. It is the highest honor given by AAPM.
Edith H. Quimby Lifetime Achievement Award »
This award recognizes AAPM members whose careers have been notable based on their outstanding achievements.
Marvin M.D. Williams Professional Achievement Award »
This award recognizes an AAPM member for an eminent career in medical physics with an emphasis on clinical medical physics.
AAPM Fellow »
As we prepare for the January 5, 2026, opening of the 2026 AAPM Nomination System, we invite you to join us for an upcoming webinar- AAPM Fellowship Nominations: Process and Characteristics of Successful Candidates.
► December 17, 2025 | 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM EST
► Registration Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lfbZCiJRTnCi-f2SutrQhQ#/registration
Sponsored by the Awards and Honors Committee with the participation of the Working Group on Increasing Equity in Honors and Awards
The category of Fellow is established to honor members who have demonstrated exceptional service to AAPM and made significant contributions through one or more of the following:
- The advancement of medical physics knowledge based upon independent original research or development, or
- Medical physics educational activities, especially regarding the education and training of medical physicists, medical residents, medical students, and allied health personnel, or
- Leadership in the practice of medical physics.
John Laughlin Early-Career Scientist Award »
This award recognizes outstanding scientific achievement in medical physics for an early-career scientist member of AAPM. The award will be given to a member who has been engaged in a medical physics career for fewer than 10 years on December 31 of the year of nomination and who has been an AAPM member (Associate, Associate-Student, or Full) for at least five years. For the purpose of this award, post-doctoral positions will be considered as engagement in a medical physics career, as will research years as part of a residency.
Honorary Membership »
Honorary membership into AAPM is bestowed upon individuals to recognize distinguished service that they have done in other societies that support medical physics. Thus the award not only honors the individual but also strengthens the links between AAPM and the other society.