Translational Cancer Research Prize
The Translational Cancer Research Prize recognises an outstanding translational research team that has made seminal cancer research discoveries which are at the cutting edge of scientific novelty, and which have had significant impact on the continuing efforts to prevent, diagnose and cure cancer.
The prize-winning team is expected to be multidisciplinary, and comprise both clinical and non-clinical members - the team may also include principal investigators and non-principal investigators. Team members do not necessarily have to come from the same country or belong to the same institution; a significant proportion of the work that is being honoured must have been carried out in the UK.
What is covered
The team will receive a research grant of £25,000, a commemorative trophy, and free attendance at the NCRI Annual Conference for up to five members of the team, where the presentation ceremony will take place. The representative institutions will be cited at the NCRI Annual Conference for their leadership role in fostering the team and supporting their science.
Eligibility
Nominations may be made on behalf of or by the translational research team. Any senior member of a team may serve as the corresponding nominator.
- For the purpose of this Prize, a team is comprised of researchers providing complementary interdisciplinary expertise, each of whom has made separate substantive and quantifiable contributions to the research being recognised.
- Candidacy is open to all cancer researchers who are affiliated with any institution involved in cancer research, cancer medicine, or cancer-related biomedical science anywhere in the world. Such institutions include those in academia, industry, or government.
- Team members may be working within the same institution or at several institutions; not restricted to those in the UK only. However, a significant proportion of the work that is being honoured must have been carried out in the UK.
- If researchers are in the same institution, they must have clearly separate funding and research space or in the case of a large research group be part of different teams.
- The research to be recognised should reflect work towards a specific scientific goal that otherwise would not be realized by any single component of the team.
- Teams comprising academic and industry researchers will be accepted.
- Nominations must be within the remit of a translational research project - see additional notes.
Funding value
£25,000
How to apply
To nominate, the following materials must be submitted:
- A completed application form including:
- 300-word summary statement of the research accomplishment(s) which the team is being nominated for.
- A description in no more than 3000 words of the accomplishment(s) for which the team is being nominated, and in no more than 1000 words, a description of the value-added activities of the team and the coordination of the research across the multiple research sites.
- A descriptive list of institutional support of the team.
- Original signatures of all team members*.
- Abbreviated CVs for all team members including a list of their 10 most relevant publications.
- Letters of endorsement from the Dean, Department Head or Director of all institutions represented by the team members, confirming support for the nomination and certifying contents of the nomination package.
* A hard copy of the signature page from the nomination with all the team members' original signatures must be mailed to: Dr Claire Westwood, Cancer Research UK, Angel Building, 407 St John Street, London EC1V 4AD
Nominations may be made by any scientist, who is now or has been, affiliated with any institution involved in cancer research, cancer medicine, or cancer-related biomedical science (corresponding nominator). Any senior member of a team may serve as the corresponding nominator.
Nominators are asked to maintain the confidentiality of the nomination process.
Nominations must be submitted electronically to prizes@cancer.org.uk.
Paper nominations will not be accepted. A nomination should not be considered submitted until Cancer Research UK has issued an email confirming this. Confirmations will be sent within five working days.
Please note that the deadline is final and we cannot accept nominations after 5 p.m. on the day of the deadline.
Additional notes
As defined by the National Cancer Institute: "Translational cancer research transforms scientific discoveries arising from laboratory, clinical, or population studies into clinical applications to reduce cancer incidence, morbidity, and mortality."
Translational cancer research provides a 'bench to bedside' approach for patient care. It covers all aspects of drug discovery and biomarker research, and involves basic scientists providing clinicians with new tools for use in patients and for assessment of their impact. It also covers clinical researchers making novel observations about the nature and progression of disease that often stimulate basic investigations and drug discovery.
The Translational Cancer Research Prize recognises and acknowledges the impact of translational research in the continuing effort to prevent, diagnose and cure cancer.
Nominations that focus on excellent basic research, but which have not exploited translational opportunities as part of the nominated research, are not within the remit of this Prize.
If you are unclear whether a proposed nomination is within remit, please contact the Office.
Deadline
11 April 2012
NCRI attendance 2012
4-7 November 2012
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