These grants will provide ten researchers with significant financial support for meeting registration, housing, travel, and incidentals for the Eighth Annual AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research, to be held in Houston, TX, USA, from December 6-9, 2009. Recipients should plan to arrive one day prior to the meeting, on Saturday, December 5, 2009. Special events and networking opportunities will be provided to the recipients during the meeting.

Awardees

• Aziza M. Hassan, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Animal Genetics, Department of Cell Biology, National Research Center, Giza, Dokki EGYPT
• Fabíola Yukiko Miasaki, M.D., Federal University of Paraná, uritiba, Paraná BRAZIL
• Rosa E. Moo-Puc, Ph.D., Investigator, Dept. of Pharmacology, Mexican Inst. of Social Security, Merida, Yucatan MEXICO
• Solomon Eduviere Owumi, Ph.D., Lecturer, Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Ibadan Ibadan, Oyo NIGERIA
• Natalia Ryabchenko, Ph.D., Scientific Researcher, Radiobiology and Ecology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv UKRAINE
• Azman Seeni, Ph.D., Lecturer, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kota Bharu, Kelantan MALAYSIA
• Alpana Sharma, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, All India Inst. of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi INDIA
• Navneet Singh, M.D., Assistant Professor, Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh INDIA
• Cristian Gabriel Torres, Ph.D., Chief, Lab. of Experimental Medicine, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago CHILE
• Carolina Wiesner, M.H.S., M.D., Coordinator of Cancer Prevention Control Programs, Department of Research and Public Health, Colombian National Cancer Institute, Bogota, Cundinamar COLOMBIA

GRANT TERMS, FUNDS, AND CONDITIONS

Grant Terms

• It is the recipient’s responsibility to obtain the necessary travel documents, such as a passport and visa, to enter the United States. Upon request, the AACR will provide a letter detailing the recipient’s invitation to attend the meeting and the financial support afforded by the AACR to do so. However, the AACR cannot provide further assistance in negotiating the issuance of a visa.
• Grant recipients are expected to attend all days of the meeting and to participate in all events scheduled for grant recipients.
• Funds are to be used only for reasonable expenses related to the grant recipient’s participation in the meeting (see below). Funds may not be used for entertainment expenses (such as for tours or in-room movies), meals for other individuals, souvenirs, and other non-meeting expenses.

Grant Provisions

• Complimentary meeting registration fees.
• Coach-class (APEX) roundtrip air transportation provided through the AACR's authorized travel agency.
• Hotel accommodations for the duration of the meeting arranged by the AACR housing bureau.
• Stipend in the amount of US$300 for ground transportation, meals, and other meeting-related incidentals, provided on-site.
• Complimentary one-year AACR membership to include a complimentary online subscription to one AACR journal of the recipient’s choice.
• Reimbursement of visa application fee, upon submission of receipts following the conference.
• Reimbursment of abstract submission fee, upon submission of receipts following the conference.
• Complimentary Program and Proceedings book.

Grant Conditions

• Recipients will be required to submit an evaluation, provided during the meeting, and a follow-up report at the AACR's request.
• If the grant recipient is unable to attend the meeting or unable to obtain a visa or other required travel documents, the grant funds must be forfeited.

Questions

Contact AACR Grants at grants@aacr.org.