APPLICATION PROCESS
Award applications are no longer being accepted for this conference. The application deadline was Friday, September 19. All award applicants have been contacted by e-mail at the address provided with their abstract submission or on their application. Individuals who were not selected for an award and therefore cannot attend the conference, may request a full refund of the conference registration fee by contacting the AACR Meetings Department at
meetings@aacr.org.
SCHOLAR-IN-TRAINING AWARDS
AACR Scholar-in-Training Awards enhance the education and training of early career scientists by providing financial support for their attendance at this AACR conference. The Program Committee has selected graduate students, medical students and residents, clinical fellows or equivalent, and postdoctoral fellows who are the presenters of meritorious abstracts to receive these awards. The AACR sincerely thanks Susan G. Komen for the Cure, AstraZeneca, and the Avon Foundation for their generous support of these awards.
AACR - AstraZeneca International Award Recipient
- J. Caroline Regina Delma, Annamalai University, Parangipettai, India
AACR - Susan G. Komen for the Cure Award Recipients
- Shahin Assefnia, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
- Tilda Barliya, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
- Meng Chen, UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
- Jessica Clague, UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
- Jennifer S. Davids, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
- Neal D. Freedman, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD
- Shadia M. Ihlaseh, Sao Paulo State University, Botucatu, Brazil
- Subhashini Jagu, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
- Hyeran Jang, Tufts University, Boston, MA
- Vijay Jayaprakash, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY
- Jeremy J. Johnson, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
- Joanne Kotsopoulos, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
- Gabriel Y. Lai, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
- Jung Eun Lee, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
- Xi Liu, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
- David S. Lopez, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
- Adrienne S. McCampbell, UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
- Anne M. Miermont, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University, Washington, DC
- Lori M. Millner, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
- Kacee H. Sims, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
- Ilaria Sogno, IRCCS Multimedia, Milan, Italy
- Jennifer R. Stark, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
- Sukirtha Tharmalingam, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Fränzel J. van Duijnhoven, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
- Alina Vrieling, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
- Tonya C. Walser, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
- Li-Shu Wang, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
- Blake M. Warner, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
- Qiou Wei, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD
- Zhaoxia Zhang, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
AACR - Avon Foundation International Travel Grant
- Nidhi Sharma, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Jaipur, India
MINORITY SCHOLAR IN CANCER RESEARCH AWARD
The AACR is pleased to administer this important award program that is supported by a generous grant from the Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities of the National Cancer Institute and provides funds for the participation of meritorious minority scientists in AACR meetings and conferences. These awards weare available to full-time predoctoral (graduate or medical) students or residents, clinical or postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty who are either engaged in cancer research or who have the training and potential to make contributions to this field, and are considered to be underrepresented in cancer and biomedical research by the National Cancer Institute.
- Juliana A. Akinsete, Marshall University, Huntington, WV
AACR-NCI INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATOR OPPORTUNITY GRANTS
The AACR and the National Cancer Institute are pleased to support this travel grant program, which aims to enhance the quality of cancer research worldwide by providing financial assistance to faculty-level researchers in countries where opportunities for scientific advancement are limited. The grants will provide ten researchers residing and conducting research in lower income countries with support to participate in this conference. An orientation session, networking opportunities, and a tour of a local cancer center will also be arranged for grant recipients. Grant recipients will be announced at the conference.
AWARD SUPPORTERS