The Academic Pediatric Association annually honors students, residents and fellows engaged in pediatric research.

These awards are designed to recognize research excellence in the fields of general pediatrics (including public health, epidemiology, health policy, and underserved populations), health services research, education, adolescent medicine, child abuse, developmental/behavioral pediatrics, emergency medicine, and hospitalist medicine. The goal is to encourage pediatric trainees to pursue careers in academic general pediatrics. Awardees are selected based on the quality of their submitted PAS abstract. Up to four individuals annually in each category will receive an award and a certificate for the honoree and honoree's mentor