Honoring Scientific Achievement

Since 1961, the AACR has presented more than 310 prizes, awards and lectureships to recognize the scientific achievements of scientists and physicians who collectively have made significant contributions to the understanding, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of cancer.

Details about the eligibility criteria and nomination process for each of these honors may be viewed by clicking below.

Awards Presented at the Annual CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium

Nomination Deadline Extended: May 30, 2012

AACR Outstanding Investigator Award for Breast Cancer Research, funded by Susan G. Komen for the Cure®: For an investigator of no more than 50 years of age whose novel and significant work has had or may have a far-reaching impact on the etiology, detection, diagnosis, treatment or prevention of breast cancer.
AACR Distinguished Lectureship in Breast Cancer Research: Recognizes outstanding science that has inspired or has the potential to inspire new perspectives on the etiology, diagnosis, treatment or prevention of breast cancer.

Award Presented at the Annual Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research Conference

Nomination Deadline: June 20, 2012

AACR-Prevent Cancer Foundation Award for Excellence in Cancer Prevention Research: For seminal contributions to the field of cancer prevention

Award Presented at the Annual Conference on the Science of Health Disparities

Nomination Deadline: June 20, 2012

AACR Award for Distinguished Lecture on the Science of Health Disparities, funded by Susan G. Komen for the Cure®: For an investigator whose novel and significant work has had or may have a far-reaching impact on the etiology, detection, diagnosis, treatment or prevention of cancer health disparities

Awards and Lectureships presented at the AACR Annual Meeting

Nomination Deadline: September 6, 2012

AACR Team Science Award: to acknowledge and catalyze the growing importance of interdisciplinary teams to the understanding of cancer and/or the translation of research discoveries into clinical cancer applications.

Nomination Deadline: September 12, 2012

Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Cancer Research: for a scientist of international renown who has made a major scientific discovery in basic cancer research or who has made significant contributions to translational cancer research.

Nomination Deadline: September 26, 2012

AACR-American Cancer Society Award for Research Excellence in Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention: for outstanding research accomplishments in cancer epidemiology, biomarkers, and prevention.
AACR Margaret Foti Award: to honor an individual for leadership and extraordinary achievement in cancer research.
AACR Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research: to honor an individual who has made significant fundamental contributions to cancer research, either through a single scientific discovery or a body of work.
AACR Princess Takamatsu Memorial Lectureship: to recognize an individual scientist whose novel and significant work has had or may have a far-reaching impact on the detection, diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of cancer, and who embodies the dedication of the Princess to multinational collaborations.

Nomination Deadline: October 3, 2012

AACR Award for Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry in Cancer Research: for outstanding, novel, and significant chemistry research, which has led to important contributions to the fields of basic cancer research; translational cancer research; cancer diagnosis; the prevention of cancer; or the treatment of patients with cancer.
AACR-Minorities in Cancer Research Jane Cooke Wright Lectureship: for an outstanding scientist who has made meritorious contributions to the field of cancer research and who has, through leadership or by example, furthered the advancement of minority investigators in cancer research
AACR-Women in Cancer Research Charlotte Friend Memorial Lectureship: for an outstanding scientist who has made meritorious contributions to the field of cancer research and who has, through leadership or by example, furthered the advancement of women in science.

Nomination Deadline: October 10, 2012

AACR Joseph H. Burchenal Memorial Award: for outstanding achievement in clinical cancer research.
AACR G.H.A. Clowes Memorial Award: for outstanding recent accomplishments in basic cancer research.
AACR Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cancer Research: to give recognition to a young investigator (not more than 40 years of age) on the basis of meritorious achievement in cancer research.
AACR Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Memorial Award: to honor and provide incentive to investigators relatively early in their careers (not more than 50 years of age) who are engaged in the practice of medicine and who reside in the Americas, for research that has made, or promises to soon make, a notable contribution to improved clinical care in the field of cancer.

Selected by the AACR President

AACR-Irving Weinstein Foundation Distinguished Lectureship: to recognize and present outstanding science that has the potential to inspire new thinking and perspectives on the etiology, progression, and prevention of cancer.

Awards no longer presented:

AACR Bruce F. Cain Memorial Award

AACR DeWitt S. Goodman Memorial Lectureship

Landon-AACR Prizes for Basic and Translational Cancer Research