Chairs' Challenge
Chairs, we need your help turning the Chairs' Challenge map to a sea of green. The Challenge officially kicks off at the AACEM Retreat in March, but it's not too early to make your gift count!
Just donate or pledge $1,000 today, then ask the AACEM members in your state to join you. Together, you can turn your state GREEN this year!
- Your giving helps to support more and larger SAEMF grants -- many of which go to your own departments' researchers and educators.
- We hope this will be the year that we see 100% participation from AACEM Chairs in each state making 2026 the year the map goes green!
- This is how the 2025 Challenge map looked by the final day...help make this the year AACEM goes GREEN!
Chairs' Challenge fundraising takes place during the 2026 AACEM/AAAEM Annual Retreat. Since many Chairs choose to participate early, donations and pledges received between January 1 and March 18, 2026 will count towards new funds raised in this year's Challenge! If you have a multi-year pledge with installments to be paid in this year -- thank you -- you are already a Challenge donor for 2026!
- Not sure you donated yet? Check the SAEMF Annual Alliance Donor List!
Chairs’ Challenge Donor Recognition
- Your name on the 2026 Chairs’ Challenge list at the AACEM/AAAEM Joint Retreat
- Your pledge or donation counts towards your state’s goal to have 100% of chairs in your state participate in the challenge
- Invitation to the Coffee & Networking session at SAEM26 – grab a coffee and pastry on us before a full day of education
- Your name on the SAEMF digital donor display at SAEM26 and a special memento
- Daily access to SAEM26’s VIP Lounge - if you make a 3-year commitment* at the $1,000 Mentor Level to become an Advocate Level in the SAEMF Annual Alliance
Invite Your Vice Chair to Join You In Giving through the Vice Chairs’ Challenge
Did you know that SAEM has a Vice Chairs interest group? It’s free to join for all SAEM members. SAEMF’s Vice Chairs’ Challenge will showcase the generous giving that comes from our vice chairs interest group each year and serve as a rallying call to unite vice chairs in support of more funding for future EM researchers and educators.
As a Chair, we hope you will invite your Vice Chairs to:
- Learn more about the Vice Chairs’ Challenge here.
- Sign up for the free SAEM Vice Chairs interest group (see SAEM Membership Guide).