Standing Committees

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
Christof von Kalle, Germany
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.

Alberto Bardelli, Italy (Chair)
Heike Allgayer, Germany
Arkaitz Carracedo, Spain
Caroline Dive, UK
Daniel Peeper, Netherlands
Erik Sahai, UK
Hugues de Thé, France
Emmy Verschuren, Finland

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
Ruth Palmer, Sweden
Yardena Samuels, Israel (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
Caroline Dive, UK
Arkaitz Carracedo, Spain
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 - 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 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.