Scholarship

  • Scholarship Award

Travel Scholarship

The meeting travel scholarships will be awarded to young investigators interested in attending AAISCR/AACR Annual Meetings. The following scholarships are available.

  • AAISCR-Dr. Raju Kucherlapati Family Fund Travel Scholarship for Career Development

    This scholarship is made possible by generous donation from Dr. Raju Kucherlapati Family Fund, Boston, MA.

  • AAISCR Travel Scholarship for Career Development

    AAISCR supports this scholarship.

Scholarship Amount: $500.00/awardee

Eligibility:

  • ● Travel scholarship for senior level postdocs/graduate students to attend a prestigious cancer research meeting in the USA (e.g., AACR annual meeting).
  • ● Travel scholarshipfor junior faculty without enough funding to present his/her research at a national cancer research conference.

Terms and Conditions:

  • ● The applicant should be of Indian origin (moved to USA or born in the USA) and affiliated to a US academic/research institution.
  • ● The scholarship should be used to travel within the USA.
  • ● The awardee should acknowledge "AAISCR-Dr. Raju Kucherlapati Family Found Travel Scholarship for career Development" or "AAISCR Travel Scholarship for Career Development",as appropriate, for this support in the abstract/poster presented/published. A copy of the publication should be submitted to AAISCR Scholarship committee Chairperson.
  • ● Awardee should attend the AAISCR annual meetingto receive the award.
  • ● Award funds should not be used for purposes not stated here.
  • ● AAISCR scholarship committee will review and score the applications based on the information provided. Award will be given to the most meritorious and meaningful applicants.
  • ● Applicants will be informed of the decision by the Scholarship Committee Chairperson by March of the award year.

Report your experience (mandatory):

  • ● Submit one-page report to the AAISCR Scholarships Committee Chairperson Dr. Saraswati Sukumar (saras@jhmi.edu) within    two months after attending the conference.
  • ● The following should be included in the report:
  •        ● How this scholarship supported to advance your career?
  •        ● Did you meet scientists to develop your network, if so, where did you meet them?

Application Process:

Please visit this link (https://www.aaiscr.org/scholarship.php) to review the application process on AAISCR website.

Application Due Date: February 23rd of the award year

Application submission: Submit your application to  Dr. Saraswati Sukumar ((saras@jhmi.edu) Chairperson, Scholarship Committee, and Barbara B. Rubenstein Professor of Oncology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Administrative Section:

Applicant Name & Contact Information

  

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Application Format: Use the following format to prepare your application.

  • ● Page limit: 2 pages including the administrative section
  • ● Font & size: Arial 11; margins 1"
  • ● Summary of applicant’s background
  • ● Summary of research
  • ● Justification for this travel including when and where to travel
  • ● Conference to attend