Welcome to the European Association for Cancer Research
Connecting cancer researchers together
Standing Committees
On this page:
- Awards Committee
- Conference Committee
- Travel Fellowship Committee
- Industry 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 Rising Star Award, Translational Cancer Researcher Award and Women in Cancer Research 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.
- Caroline Dive, UK (Chair)
- Alberto Bardelli, Italy
- Therese Sørlie, Norway
- Gabriella Sozzi, Italy
- Hugues de Thé, France
Conference Committee
The EACR organises a popular programme of high quality focussed cancer research conferences.
The Conference Committee plans which focussed meetings the EACR should organise, including the location, duration and scientific topics to be covered. They make their decisions with the following aims in mind: the highest scientific quality, interesting and relevant topics, and an enjoyable experience for participants with many opportunities for networking.
- Caroline Dive, UK (Chair)
- Alberto Bardelli, Italy
- Arkaitz Carracedo, Spain
- Nuria Lopez-Bigas, Spain
- Amanda McCann, Ireland
- Erik Sahai, UK
- Hugues de Thé, France
- Rene Bernards, Netherlands
- Carlos Caldas, UK
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
- Enikö Kallay, Austria
- Vassiliki Kostourou, Greece
- Chiara Ambrogio, Italy
- Ruth Palmer, Sweden (Chair)
Industry Committee
Remit of the Committee:
- To identify and recommend opportunities for the EACR to grow connections with industry
- To recommend strategies to support the growth of the EACR’s income from industry
- To encourage Board engagement with industry-related activities
- To advise on specific applications and business cases
- To review performance against plans
- Alberto Bardelli, Italy
- René Bernards, Netherlands
- Yardena Samuels, Israel
- Joan Seoane, Spain (Chair)
- Andreas Trumpp, Germany
Finance Committee and Personnel Committee (membership ex-officio)
Remit of the Committee:
- 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.
- To monitor budget performance and address personnel issues as raised or referred by the Board, Chief Executive Officer or staff members.
- 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.
- Receive statements from the Chief Executive Officer relating to the staff performance review process and adjudicate in respect of any salary adjustments.
- 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.
- Agree and maintain policy and procedural guidelines in respect of Finance and Personnel matters in the EACR Staff Handbook.
- President - René Bernards, Netherlands
- Past President - Caroline Dive, UK
- President-Elect - Yardena Samuels, Israel
- Secretary General - Joan Seoane, Spain (Chair-Personnel)
- Treasurer - Evi Lianidou, Greece (Chair-Finance)
National Societies Committee
The National Societies Committee develops relationships between the EACR and affiliated 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.
- René Bernards, Netherlands (EACR President) (co-Chair)
- Yardena Samuels, Israel (EACR President-Elect) (co-Chair)
- Akeila Bellahcène (BACR - Belgium)
- Milena Čavić (SDIR - Serbia)
- Cyrille Cohen (ISCR - Israel)
- Lars Engelholm (DSCF - Denmark)
- Rainer Engers (AEK – Germany)
- Ingunn Holen (BACR – UK)
- Sonja Levanat (HDIR - Croatia)
- Nicola Normanno (SIC – Italy)
- Attila Patócs (MOT – Hungary)
- Joana Paredes (ASPIC - Portugal)
- Luis Paz-Ares (ASEICA – Spain)
- Tracy Robson (IACR - Ireland)
- Manuel Rodrigues (SFC – France)
- Jane Smith (EACR Chief Executive Officer)
- Engin Ulukaya (MOKAD - Turkey)
