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• Awards Committee
• Conference Series Committee
• Meeting Sponsorship Committee
• Travel Fellowship committee
• Finance Committee and Personnel Committee (membership ex-officio)
• National Societies Committee

Awards Committee

The Awards Committee encourages and receives nominations and/or applications for the following awards and selects the winners: The Mike Price Gold Medal Award and jointly, The Pezcoller Foundation – EACR Cancer Researcher Award.

Where the award is for Poster Prizes at the EACR Congress, the Awards Committee will select judges from beyond the Committee.

The Committee will keep published award criteria under review and refer recommendations for substantive changes to the EACR Board for agreement.

The Committee will take opportunities when presented to nominate European cancer researchers for international awards.

• Alberto Bardelli, Italy (EACR President) (Chair)
• Anton Berns, Netherlands
• Raffaella Giavazzi, Italy
• Moshe Oren, Israel
• Christof von Kalle, Germany

Conference Series Committee

The EACR organises a popular programme of high quality scientific meetings, called the EACR Conference Series.

The Conference Series Committee initiates, receives and considers suggestions for our programme of conferences and courses. Planning is undertaken in the context of the EACR conference calendar, Secretariat commitments/staffing, and the budget available to support the conferences.

• Joan Seoane, Spain (Chair)
• Caroline Dive, UK
• Jessica Downs, UK
• Verena Jendrossek, Germany
• Daniel Peeper, Netherlands
• Eli Pikarsky, Israel
• Emmy Verschuren, Finland

Meeting Sponsorship Committee

The EACR grants Meeting Sponsorship to cancer research conferences organised by EACR members.

The Committee decides on the level of EACR sponsorship, if any, to be committed following requests received. Decisions are made by the committee in the context of the annual budget and in line with the published criteria.

• Carlos Caldas, UK (Chair)
• Therese Sørlie, Norway
• Emmy Verschuren, Finland
• Moshe Yaniv, France

Travel Fellowship Committee

The EACR awards Travel Fellowships to enable early-career cancer researchers to gain new skills through a short-term visit to a lab or research group in another country.

The Committee reviews and assesses all Travel Fellowship applications based on five criteria: the suitability of the applicant, the quality of the host lab, the feasibility of the trip, the benefit for the home lab, and the overall relevance of the project.

• Leonor David, Portugal
• Clare Isacke, UK
• Ruth Palmer, Sweden
• Yardena Samuels, Israel (Chair)
• Moshe Yaniv, France

Finance Committee and Personnel Committee (membership ex-officio)

Remit of the Committee:

1. To act as an executive group between Board meetings, with delegated authority to make decisions within the remit of the Strategic Plan.  Such decisions will be reported to the Board at its next meeting.
2. To monitor budget performance and address personnel issues as raised or referred by the Board, Chief Executive Officer or staff members.
3. Receive and review a quarterly statement of accounts against the budget and consider virement requests, if any, as set out by the Chief Executive Officer.
4. Receive statements from the Chief Executive Officer relating to the staff performance review process and adjudicate in respect of any salary adjustments.
5. Consider staffing matters including size, structure and duties of the Secretariat and agree staffing changes where appropriate in the context of the Strategic Plan and Budget.
6. Agree and maintain policy and procedural guidelines in respect of Finance and Personnel matters in the EACR Staff Handbook.

• President - Alberto Bardelli, Italy
• Past-President -  Anton Berns, Netherlands
• President-Elect - Caroline Dive, UK
• Secretary General - Joan Seoane, Spain (Chair-Personnel)
• Treasurer - Richard Marais, UK (Chair-Finance)

National Societies Committee

The National Societies Committee develops relationships between the EACR and the national societies to mutual benefit, by identifying areas for potential collaboration and joint working and by identifying ways in which the EACR can support the work of the societies in their own countries.

• Alberto Bardelli (EACR President) (co-Chair)
• Caroline Dive (EACR President Elect) (co-Chair)
• Akeila Bellahcène (BACR - Belgium)
• Mirjana Brankovic–Magic (SDIR - Serbia)
• Carlos Camps (ASEICA – Spain)
• Luis Costa (ASPIC - Portugal)
• Julian Downward (BACR – UK)
• Lars Engelholm (DSCF - Denmark)
• Rainer Engers (AEK – Germany)
• Sonja Levanat (HDIR - Croatia)
• Amanda McCann (IACR - Ireland)
• Péter Nagy (MOT – Hungary)
• Angel Porgador (ISCR - Israel)
• Manuel Rodrigues (SFC – France)
• Gabriella Sozzi (SIC – Italy)
• Jane Smith (EACR Chief Executive Officer)
• Engin Ulukaya (MOKAD - Turkey)

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