APPLICATION DEADLINE:
MONDAY, MARCH 12
11:59 P.M. U.S. Eastern Time
WHO SHOULD APPLY?
Trainees
The Organizing Committee will award positions to 45 applicants who are either in their residencies or who have begun their fellowships in any clinical oncology subspecialty. We encourage applications from those physicians in the early stages of laboratory training to those who are ready to transition to junior faculty. Fellows who are in the later stages of their laboratory training/seeking junior faculty positions are strongly encouraged to apply. Applicants will be selected on the basis of their answers to the questions on the application and a letter of recommendation from their supervisor or department head. The Organizing Committee will seek a group of trainees who have made outstanding progress in their medical training, who have displayed an interest and competence in clinical or basic research, and who will come from a diverse group of training institutions and personal backgrounds.
Consideration will also be given for M.D., Ph.D. students with a demonstrated interest in cancer research. Applications from female and minority scientists are strongly encouraged. The 45 trainees selected from this group will be required to pay a minimal registration fee of $250 for the workshop. This will cover registration, complimentary hotel accommodations in Snowmass Village at the Viceroy Snowmass Hotel for the nights of the workshop (two trainees per room), inclusive, as well as offset the costs of social events, workshop materials and certain group meals. Trainees will be required to pay for their own travel to and from Snowmass Village. Please note: Because this workshop receives support from the National Cancer Institute, employees of the Federal Government may not be reimbursed for any expenses connected with the workshop. However, they are welcome to apply for attendance at the workshop and, if accepted, attend at their own expense.
Senior Scientists
The Organizing Committee will also accept to the workshop five (5) clinical scientists who have already embarked on academic careers. These senior scientists will pay a registration fee of $575 and will not receive any reimbursement for expenses incurred in connection with attending the workshop.
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
To complete the application, you must login to your MyAACR account at http://myaacr.aacr.org/. If you are an AACR member and do not remember your username and/or password, please follow the instructions on the upper left side of the login page. If you are not an AACR member and do not have an account, choose the "Please create a new account" option. This does not register you to become a member of the AACR, but simply allows you access to the MyAACR site for applying to the workshop and/or registering for other AACR conferences.
- Once you have accessed your account, choose the "Workshops/Awards" option at the top of the page. Select "Apply" next to the 2012 Molecular Biology in Clinical Oncology Workshop.
- Be sure to answer all of the questions on the application form. Only complete online applications will be considered; paper submissions will not be accepted.
- For physicians-in-training or oncology fellows, you must submit a letter of recommendation. The person writing your recommendation must be the individual best able to discuss you and your clinical and/or research work in detail. This person can be your research mentor, supervisor, department head, or a faculty member (at the level of assistant professor or higher, not a post-doc.) The letter may be submitted online with your application, or separately by e-mail. If you or your supervisor/department head choose to send the letter separately by e-mail, please send Word documents only to Amy Baran, Ph.D., at amy.baran@aacr.org.
- Submit the application form and letter from your supervisor or department head (if required), no later than Monday, March 12.
For questions about the application process, contact Amy Baran, Ph.D., program administrator at (215) 446-7192 or amy.baran@aacr.org.