For Scientists Engaged in Cancer Research in Countries Where Opportunities for Scientific Advancement and Career Development Are Limited

These grants will provide ten researchers with significant financial support for meeting registration, housing, travel, and incidentals for the AACR Annual Meeting 2008, to be held in San Diego, California, USA from April 12-16, 2008. Recipients should plan to arrive one day prior to the meeting, on Friday, April 11, 2007. Special events will be held and a network of mentors will be provided to assist the recipients during the meeting.

Eligibility Criteria 

• Applicants must be nationals or permanent residents of and must reside and conduct cancer research within low and middle-income countries as defined by the World Bank; see list of eligible countries here.
• Applicants must hold an M.D., Ph.D., or equivalent doctoral degree.
• Applicants may be faculty at any level. Students (undergraduate, graduate or medical school) and postdoctoral or clinical fellows are not eligible.
• Applicants must be actively engaged in a program of cancer research.
  
• Applicants must have a record of cancer-focused publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals. Patient case reports are not applicable.
  
• Applicants do not need to submit an abstract for presentation at the meeting.
• Applicants do not need to be members of the AACR.
• Employees or subcontractors of private industry are not eligible.

GRANT TERMS, FUNDS, AND CONDITIONS

Steven Dubinett of UCLA asks AACR Annual Meeting 2007 grantee Gabriella Torres-Mejia about her research during a networking breakfast.

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 in advance of the meeting upon request.
• 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.
• Reimbursement of abstract submission fee, if abstract is submitted. (Optional)
• Complimentary Proceedings book.

Grant Conditions

• Recipients will be required to submit an evaluation, provided during the meeting. A report detailing how attendance at the meeting was beneficial to the grant recipient must be submitted to the AACR six months after the meeting.
• 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.