USCACA and NFCR are pleased to invite nominations for the USCACA-NFCR 2013 Scholar Awards

The USCACA and NFCR are pleased to invite nominations for the USCACA-NFCR 2013 Scholar Awards

The Awards will recognize four junior Chinese investigators on the basis of significant contributions in basic and translational cancer research

The Awards will be presented in a ceremony during the 3rd Guangzhou International Symposium on Oncology, November 7-9, 2013, Guangzhou, China.

Candidacy is open to all Chinese researchers who were trained in US and subsequently returned to China during the last two years, and are currently active in cancer research in China Selection of the award winners will be made on the basis of the candidate's meritorious achievements in cancer research both during training in US and after returning to China. The winners will receive an Award Recognition Plaque and an honorarium of $1,000 US dollars.

Nominations may be made by either an USCACA member or nonmember and should be submitted via e-mail attachments to Dr. Lifang Hou, the Scholarship Selection Committee of USCACA at l-hou@northwestern.edu no later than 12:00 p.m. US Eastern Standard Time on September 15, 2013

The following materials must be submitted:
Nomination Letter: addressed to the Selection Committee and concisely
describe the candidate's achievements for which he or she is being
nominated (one page)
2. Candidate's curriculum vitae, including a complete list of his or her
publications
3. Outline of the candidate’s research plan (one page)
4. Supporting letters: one from the US mentor and one from current
director/chair/dean in China.

The deadline for nomination is September 15, 2013

To learn more and to join USCACA, please visit: http://www.uscaca.org
To learn more about NFCR, please visit: http://www.nfcr.org/