June 9, 2025—STFM is currently accepting nominations for several awards. More information on each is below.
F. Marian Bishop Leadership Award
The F. Marian Bishop Leadership Award is presented by the STFM Foundation to honor senior leaders who have significantly enhanced the credibility of family medicine with a sustained, long-term commitment to family medicine in academic settings. Nominations are due August 14, 2025.
STFM Innovative Program Award
The STFM Innovative Program Award honors excellence in the development of an original educational program or activity for family medicine residents, students, or faculty. The award recognizes a broad interpretation of innovative family medicine programs to include innovative residency programs, clerkships, services, curricula, or other activities that have had a significant, positive impact on family medicine education. Nominations are due September 18, 2025.
Lynn and Joan Carmichael STFM Recognition Award
The Lynn and Joan Carmichael STFM Recognition Award honors an STFM member or nonmember for outstanding leadership in advancing family medicine as a discipline. The nominee's achievements and activities should be clearly recognized as enhancing or supporting family medicine education by improving resources available for its support, by defense or support of its objectives, or by other notable service to the discipline. Nominations are due September 18, 2025.
STFM Excellence in Education Award
Designed to honor outstanding teachers, the STFM Excellence in Education Award recognizes an STFM member who has demonstrated excellence in teaching, curriculum development, mentoring, research, or leadership in education at regional or national levels. Nominees must have had sustained involvement in family medicine education. Nominations are due September 18, 2025.
STFM Diversity Award
The STFM Diversity Award recognizes an STFM member who promotes innovative leadership, impact, and change that advances diversity, equity, and/or inclusion in family medicine education through the nominee’s work as a family medicine faculty member. Priority is given to work with underrepresented minorities in medical education. Nominations are due September 18, 2025.
STFM New Faculty Scholars Program
The STFM New Faculty Scholars Program helps early career faculty develop leadership and scholarship skills. Designed to be a catalyst for developing future STFM and academic family medicine leaders, the New Faculty Scholars program provides one year of coaching, learning, and networking opportunities both with senior leadership and other new faculty. Applications are due September 30, 2025.
STFM Advocate Award
The STFM Advocate Award honors STFM member(s) for outstanding work in political advocacy at the local, state, or national level. The recipient's efforts are not restricted to legislative work but cannot be solely individual patient advocacy. Nominations are due October 4, 2025.
Curtis G. Hames Research Award
The Curtis G. Hames Research Award honors those individuals whose careers over the years exemplify dedication to research in family medicine. The award recipient is selected by a committee representing STFM, the Association of Departments of of Family Medicine, and the North American Primary Care Research Group. This award is supported by the Department of Family Medicine through the MCG Foundation's Hames Endowment of the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University. Nominations are due November 8, 2025.
STFM Research Paper of the Year Award
The STFM Research Paper of the Year Award recognizes a research paper published in a peer-reviewed journal the previous July 1 through June 30. The first author must be an STFM member. The STFM Research Committee bases the award selection on the quality of the research and its potential impact. The winning paper will be presented at the STFM Annual Spring Conference. Nominations are due November 8, 2025.