ECOG - Investigator Awards

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Grants and Awards - Opportunities for funding your research (requires Adobe Acrobat) ECOG 7th Annual ECOG/Sanofi-Aventis Oncology Young Investigator Symposium - 2007 Announcement and Call for Abstracts (requires Adobe Acrobat) 2007 Winners Clinical Research Award Rebecca Miksad, MD, MPH, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center "Evaluation of Progression-Free Survival as a Surrogate Endpoint in Advanced Breast Cancer" Translational Research Award Sanjay Goel, MD, Montefiore Medical Center - Weiler Division "PIK3CA/PTEN mutation status predicts response of colon cancer cells to the EGFR inhibitor cetuximab" ECOG Research and Education Young Investigator Award - 2008 Call for Nominees for the ECOG Research and Education Young Investigator Award - 2008 This is your opportunity to honor young talent in ECOG. Every year ECOG awards a member who is recommended by his or her institution as an outstanding leader. The purpose of this award is to recognize young investigators who have made substantial scientific or administrative contributions to ECOG. Any ECOG member may make nominations for this award. The nomination should include the following: a letter of support from the nominating ECOG member a copy of the applicant's curriculum vitae Send your nominations for the ECOG Research and Education Young Investigator Award. Nominations MUST be submitted no later than May 16 th, 2008. Please submit to: ECOG Group Chair's Office Attn: Deborah Hiltebeitel-Deal 1818 Market Street, Suite 1100 Philadelphia, PA 19103 ph 215-789-3605 fax 267-256-5291 ddeal@ecogchair.org The awardee will be named at the General Session of ECOG's Spring Meeting. Please note: The nominee must be less than 46 years of age. Previous winner: Young Investigator Award 2007 - Kathy D. Miller, MD The Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Research and Education Foundation Paul Carbone, MD Fellowship Award - 2008 The Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Research and Education Foundation is pleased to invite applications for an annual grant to a senior hematology or oncology fellow at an ECOG member institution. The purpose of this grant is to develop and promote excellence in clinical trials leading to improvements in cancer care, especially in the areas of cancer prevention and the treatment of cancer in the elderly. One award will be given annually with a total funding award of $25,000, plus funding for the awardee to attend the Spring ECOG Group Meeting (where the award recipient will be announced). Funding will begin on July 1st of the year in which the award is made. Applications will be reviewed and each year's awardee selected by the Board of Directors of the ECOG Research and Education Foundation. Eligibility: Physicians are eligible if they have completed a two-year fellowship in oncology at an ECOG member institution before receiving the award. They must be actively involved in cancer clinical trials, and will not have received their first full-time faculty appointment as of the award's effective date. Applications must meet the following criteria: Summary of the clinical project to be undertaken (no more than three (3) pages) Curriculum vitae of applicant Letter of support from program director Letter of sponsorship from a faculty mentor Information about current and pending funding (if any) Applications MUST be submitted no later than April 18th, 2008. Please submit to: ECOG Group Chair's Office Paul Carbone MD Fellowship c/o Deborah Hiltebeitel-Deal 1818 Market Street, Suite 1100 Philadelphia, PA 19103 ph 215-789-3605 fax 267-256-5291 ddeal@ecogchair.org Previous winner: Paul Carbone, MD Fellowship Award 2007 - Hussein Abdul-Hassan Tawbi, MD How to contact ECOG All contents copyright © 2002 Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group. All rights reserved. Revised: February 25, 2008

ECOG Investigator Awards