The AACR Patient Advocate Registration Scholarship offers complimentary registration for patient advocates to attend AACR Special Conferences and the AACR Annual Meeting. Applications must be submitted three weeks before the start of the conference. Patient advocates are limited to one scholarship per year. Organizations are limited to two scholarships per year. 

Eligibility
  • Candidates must work or volunteer at a not-for-profit patient advocacy organization that demonstrates a charitable mission; engages in patient advocacy activities; and, supports programs, activities, or services that benefit patients with cancer.
  • Applicants must be an AACR Affiliate Advocate member to be considered for the scholarship.
  • Employees or subcontractors of private industry are not eligible.
  • Previous or current AACR Active or Associate members are not eligible.
 

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* 1. What AACR conference are you interested in attending?

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* 2. Contact Information

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* 3. Please provide a detailed description of your current and past involvement with cancer-related advocacy work.

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* 4. What are your future advocacy priorities and plans?

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* 5. Submit a personal statement describing the benefit you expect to derive from attending the conference and the reasons for your interest in the conference.

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* 6. Please provide a brief description of your organization (if applicable).

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* 7.
What is your organization's URL?

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* 8. Do you have a platform to share what you have learned with the patient advocate community?

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* 9. Do you agree to submit an impact statement regarding the scientific sessions that you attended?

Each application will be reviewed by multiple AACR staff. Reviewers with a conflict of interest will recuse themselves from evaluating applications with which they have a conflict. Scholarship recipients will be selected on the basis of their patient advocacy efforts, an estimation of the potential professional benefit to the recipient, and opportunities to share learnings with their professional networks. All applicants will be emailed regarding the status of their application.

Thank you for your application.

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