{"id":5931,"date":"2026-04-04T20:35:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T00:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aisnet.org\/?page_id=5931"},"modified":"2026-05-05T09:05:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T13:05:38","slug":"ais-early-career-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aisnet.org\/about-ais\/awards\/ais-early-career-award\/","title":{"rendered":"AIS Early Career Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5931\" class=\"elementor elementor-5931\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e862279 top-shape e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7e862279\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;tilt&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-bottom\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 100\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M0,6V0h1000v100L0,6z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27ed7d52 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"27ed7d52\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49f95e80 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"49f95e80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">AIS Early Career Award<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-141000b9 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"141000b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58e06a4a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"58e06a4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:400}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>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.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bab48d9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1bab48d9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76531abe e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"76531abe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d9b57e7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3d9b57e7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e62658c elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e62658c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><nav aria-label=\"breadcrumbs\" class=\"rank-math-breadcrumb\"><p><span class=\"last\">Home<\/span><\/p><\/nav><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fa37bec elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4fa37bec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About the Award<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d439e30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d439e30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>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.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ee5e09e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"7ee5e09e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e217922 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e217922\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8128c89 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8128c89\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2a3f12 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f2a3f12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Qualifications for the Award<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0e1678 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c0e1678\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>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.<\/p><p>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 \u201cearly career\u201d as individuals who, at the time of nomination:<\/p><ul><li>have received their doctoral degrees no more than seven (7) years prior to nomination; OR<\/li><li>be within the first seven (7) consecutive years of their academic career if they do not have a doctoral degree.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4210bba e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4210bba\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93cf5d1 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"93cf5d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">AIS Early Career Award Committee<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-207e543 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"207e543\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>The AIS Early Career Award committee is comprised of AIS members as established in the Council Policy Manual.\u00a0<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div><strong>2025 Chair: Jacqueline Corbett, Universit\u00e9 Laval<\/strong><\/div><ul><li>Paulo Cunha, University of Coimbra<\/li><li>Sumeet Gupta, Indian Institute of Management &#8211; Raipur<\/li><li>Andy Luse, Oklahoma State University<\/li><li>Wael Soliman, University of Agder<\/li><li>Sander Paul Zwanenburg, Curtin University<\/li><li>AIS President-Elect: Jan vom Brocke, University of M\u00fcnster *<\/li><\/ul><div>*Automatic appointment.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35cdd113 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"35cdd113\" 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