Description

The Award will be given to an individual whose leadership and extraordinary achievements in cancer research have made a major impact in the field. Such achievements may include contributions to the acceleration of progress in cancer research; raising national or international awareness of cancer research; or in other ways demonstrating a sustained commitment to cancer research.

Requirements

- Candidacy is open to all individuals who are affiliated with any organization whose mission supports cancer research or any institution involved in cancer research, cancer medicine or cancer-related biomedical science anywhere in the world. Such institutions include those in academia, industry or government.

- Institutions or organizations are not eligible for the award.

- The award will be presented to an individual investigator

- Selection of the award winner will be made on the basis of the candidate's sustained commitment to accelerating progress in cancer research. No regard will be given to race, gender, nationality, geographic location or religious or political views.

Documentation

Applicants should submit the following documentation:

1) Nomination Letter Must:

- be addressed to the Selection Committee; be written in English; and not exceed 1,000 words;

- specify the AACR Award for which the candidate is being nominated;

- describe the candidate's leadership and extraordinary achievements in cancer research; and

- be signed with a handwritten signature by the nominator(s).

2) Candidate's CV. The candidate's curriculum vitae in English, including a complete list of the candidate's publications. Word and PDF formatted files will be accepted.

3) Summary Statement. A statement, no more than 50 words, summarizing the candidate's research accomplishments for which he or she is being nominated.

Prize

The recipient will receive an honorarium of $10,000, a commemorative award, and full support for the winner and a guest to attend the AACR Annual Meeting.

Terms

In case of interest, please contact with Research Management Department until 16th August 2017.

Nominations must be emailed to awards@aacr.org.