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ASCO Annual Meeting Merit Awards

Funder: Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation

Award Type: Merit award (amount not specified in materials)

Eligibility:

  • Oncology fellows and trainees

  • First authors on abstracts selected for presentation at the ASCO Annual Meeting

    • Focus: Recognize early-career oncologists for quality research and scientific merit of abstracts submitted to ASCO Annual Meeting

    Special Categories: Additional special merit awards recognizing top-ranking abstracts in specific categories:

  • Bradley Stuart Beller Endowed Merit Award: Highest-ranking abstract overall (supported by Friends and Family of Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Beller)

  • Allen S. Lichter, MD, Endowed Merit Award: Second highest-ranking abstract overall

  • Pain and Symptom Management Special Merit Award: Highest-ranking abstract in pain and symptom management research

  • Brigid Leventhal Special Merit Award: Top-ranking abstract in pediatric oncology (supported by The Berry Family)

  • James B. Nachman Endowed ASCO Junior Faculty Award in Pediatric Oncology: Highest scoring abstract in pediatric oncology (supported by Friends and Family of Dr. James B. Nachman)

    • Award Basis: Abstract merit as determined by ASCO Scientific Program Committee

    Contact: Vicki Kilpatrick, vicki.kilpatrick@asco.org

    Historical Context: 2019 awards recognized 125 recipients; 2020 awards recognized 104 recipients

    Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    cancerscience-research

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