The prize is awarded to an investigator or a team, whose work has led to a major breakthrough in cancer research.

Requirements

- The candidates must still be involved in research. If the application is filed on behalf of a single researcher, s/he must be under 65 in the nomination year.

- All candidates must be sponsored by at least two internationally renowned scientists. The application letter must be presented, either directly by the sponsors, or by the candidate himself/herself, who then should obtain the letters of recommendation directly from his/her sponsors. Sponsors may only support one candidate per session.

- Nominations may be submitted by members of ARC Foundation's scientific committees as well as ARC Foundation's Board of Directors. Said members may be sponsors, but may not be nominees or members of nominated teams. The number of applications per candidate, individual or team, is limited to 3 sessions of the Award.

Amount

150.000 €

Documents

The application has to be completed in English and must contain the following documents:

- Completed CV/résumé of each candidate

- In the event of a team nomination, all team members' names

- Individual or joint letter(s) of recommendation signed by two internationally renowned scientists, indicating the reasons for nominating the candidate(s).

- Evaluation of the scientific research on which this nominations is based, highlighting the candidate's outstanding contributions which have led to a major discovery in the field of cancer and, in the case of several candidates, their respective contributions.

- List of 5 key words by order of relevance to the scientific work conducted.

- List of scientific awards received by the candidate(s); for each award, specify the name, year and scientific aims.

- List of up to 20 publications of the candidate(s) related to the research on which the nomination is based.

- Reprint of the 3 most significant publications

- Name and address of the research team's parent organization designated to receive the dedicated funds, according to article 3 of the present rules.

In case of interest, please contact with Research's Department no later than 8th July 2014.

The application must be sent electronically to PrixACRLeopoldGriffuel@fondation-arc.org

On the same day the signed application must be postmarked to:

Fondation ARC pour la recherche sur le cancer. Prix Fondation ARC Léopold Griffuel, 9 rue Guy Möquet, 94803 Villejuif Ceded. France