ECOG Investigator Awards

Grants and Awards - Opportunities for funding your research (requires Adobe Acrobat)

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

ECOG Group Chair's Office
Attn: Deborah Deal
1818 Market Street, Suite 1100
Philadelphia, PA 19103

The awardee will be named at the General Session of ECOG's Spring Meeting. Have your nominations in by April 10, 2012.

Please note: The nominee must be less than 46 years of age.

2011 Recipient
Lynne I. Wagner, Ph.D.
Northwestern University

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 7th, 2012. Please submit to:

ECOG Group Chair's Office
Paul Carbone MD Fellowship
c/o Deborah Deal
1818 Market Street, Suite 1100
Philadelphia, PA 19103
ph 215-789-3609
fax 267-256-5291
ddeal@ecogchair.org

The purpose of this annual symposium is to engage promising young clinical investigators in cooperative group clinical research. Individuals who meet the criteria outlined below are invited to submit an abstract for presentation at the fall ECOG meeting, which will take place on November 11 - 13, 2011, in Hollywood, FL. The symposium will take place between 8:00-10:00 AM on Sunday, November 13, 2011*.

Up to 20 abstracts will be selected for oral or poster presentation. Awardees will receive a travel grant to attend the meeting. Participation in other meeting sessions by awardees is highly encouraged, and a meeting agenda will be distributed at the time of the award notice to facilitate planning.

Individuals are eligible to submit an abstract if the following criteria are met:

• M.D., Ph.D, R.N, or other professional engaged in cancer-related research, or non-cancer related research that has application to cancer biology, prevention, screening, diagnosis, or treatment
• Less than 10 years since the completion of post-graduate training, or currently in post-graduate training
• Membership or affiliation with ECOG is encouraged, but not required
• The topic may be involve clinical, translational, or basic science research; preference will be given to clinical and translational research

Abstracts should be emailed and faxed no later than Friday, October 7th, 2011 at midnight (eastern time) to:

Joseph Sparano, MD
Program Committee Chair, Young Investigator Symposium
Montefiore Medical Center-Weiler Division
Department of Oncology
1825 Eastchester Road, Room 47-48
Bronx, New York 10461
Phone 718-904-2555
Fax: 718-904-2892
Email: sparano@jimmy.harvard.edu

2010 Recipients

• Clinical Research Award
  Thejaswi Poonocha, MD
  Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center
  La Crosse, WI
  "Level of Scientific Evidence Underlying Recommendations Arising From the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Clinical Practice Guidelines"
• Translational Research Award
  Paraic Kenny, MD
  Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  Philadelphia, PA
  "GRB7 is a Key Therapeutic Target in Breast Cancer"