Celebrating academic excellence and achievements in fundamental cancer research that have the potential for future clinical development

Call for Nominations

Submit your nomination by: 18 September 2026 

We warmly invite all cancer researchers to spend a few minutes to nominate an outstanding scientist for The Pezcoller Foundation-EACR Translational Cancer Researcher Award. Nominating a colleague or collaborator for an Award is a great way to recognise and celebrate their achievements.

The nominee should have demonstrated academic excellence and achievements in the field of translational cancer research, which we define as a fundamental research discovery that has the potential for future clinical development for the benefit of cancer patients. Nominees may be working on research which has achieved proven clinical applications, or which has not yet done so but shows significant promise in this area.

Nominees must also meet the following criteria:

• Have no more than 15 years post-doctoral experience (or equivalent degree)
• Have spent at least the last five years working in Europe
• Presently be employed in a European institution

Self-nominations and nominations for EACR Board members cannot be accepted.

How to make a nomination

Deadline for receipt of nominations: 18 September 2026

It’s easy to submit a nomination. All you need to do is write a short letter of support of no more than 1,000 words and submit it through our online portal. It’s also usual to contact the nominee prior to making the nomination. 

Submitting your nomination through our website portal

1. The person making the nomination (the Proposer) should have an account on our website. 
a.    If you are an EACR member OR if you already have an EACR website account (for example, if you registered for one of our conferences) click here to log in to your account: this will open in a new browser tab. If you don't remember your password, click 'Forgotten your password?' at the bottom of the page to reset it.
b.    If you are not an EACR member you can create a non-member account on our website for free. Click here to create an account: this will open in a new browser tab.

2. After logging in, come back to this page and click here to submit your nomination through our website portal
a.    Part 1 is prefilled from your EACR account
b.    Part 2 is where you enter the details of the person submitting the nomination (the Proposer)
c.    Part 3 is for the details of the Nominee
d.    You should also upload your letter of support of no more than 1,000 words

3.    After you submit your nomination, you can edit it until the deadline using this link. If you do reopen your application form at any point, please remember to click submit again to ensure that your submission is saved.

About the Award and Award Lecture

The Pezcoller Foundation-EACR Translational Cancer Researcher Award celebrates academic excellence and achievements in the field of translational cancer research, which is defined as a fundamental research discovery that has the potential for future clinical development for the benefit of cancer patients.
The award is presented annually to a researcher of excellence with no more than 15 years post-doctoral experience (or equivalent degree), with at least the last five years spent working in Europe and presently employed in a European institution.

The 2027 winner will give the prestigious Pezcoller Foundation – EACR Translational Cancer Researcher Award Lecture at the EACR 2027 Congress ‘Innovative Cancer Science' in Bilbao, Spain, 14 - 17 June 2027.

The award winner will receive a €10,000 honorarium. They will also be invited to give a lecture at the Pezcoller Foundation in Trento, Italy, at a date to be agreed upon in the autumn. 

About the Pezcoller Foundation – philanthropic organisation

The Pezcoller Foundation is a non-profit institution, whose goal is to promote scientific research against diseases which afflict mankind, specifically the fight against cancer. The Founder, Prof. Alessio Pezcoller, was Chief Surgeon at Santa Chiara Hospital in Trento, Italy. The Foundation was established in 1980.
Due to its ever-increasing recognition within the international oncological community, the Foundation collaborates with some of the most important cancer institutions: the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and the European Association for Cancer Research (EACR). The Pezcoller Awards are officially recognised during the international conferences of the two above mentioned associations.
For more information visit the webpage: https://www.pezcoller.it/en/