AIS Early Career Award

About the Award

The AIS Early Career Award was established in 2014 and was granted for the first time in 2015. This award recognizes individuals in the early stages of their careers who have already made outstanding research, teaching, and/or service contributions to the field of information systems.

To view past AIS Early Career Award winners, please visit https://ishistory.aisnet.org/awards/earlycareeraward/.

Qualifications for the Award

Nominees for the AIS Early Career Award should have made global contributions to the discipline as well as local contributions in the context of their country and region. Nominees should be role models to colleagues and students within the discipline, as well as garner the respect of individuals from outside the discipline and be esteemed for their high levels of professional and personal integrity.

Nominees must have been AIS members for at least two consecutive years and be current members of AIS at the time of nomination and receipt of recognition. Individuals may only win the Early Career Award once. For the purpose of this award, AIS defines “early career” as individuals who, at the time of nomination:

• have received their doctoral degrees no more than seven (7) years prior to nomination; OR
• be within the first seven (7) consecutive years of their academic career if they do not have a doctoral degree.

AIS Early Career Award Committee

The AIS Early Career Award committee is comprised of AIS members as established in the Council Policy Manual. 

2025 Chair: Jacqueline Corbett, Université Laval
Paulo Cunha, University of Coimbra
Sumeet Gupta, Indian Institute of Management - Raipur
Andy Luse, Oklahoma State University
Wael Soliman, University of Agder 
Sander Paul Zwanenburg, University of Otago
AIS President-Elect: Jan vom Brocke, University of Münster 

*Automatic appointment.

The Selection Process

Nominations open on September 1 each year and continue to be accepted through October 7. A description of the nomination and selection process can be found in Council Policy.   

If you have any questions about this award, please contact the AIS Early Career Award chair.