EACR-Mark Foundation-Pezcoller Foundation Rising Star Award

This call is currently closed and the 2025 winner will be announced soon

The EACR-Mark Foundation-Pezcoller Foundation Rising Star Award 2025 is open to EACR members with an unfunded Score ‘A’ cancer-related project from the 2024 ERC Starting Grant calls.

Application deadline: 10 October 2024 at 23:59 CEST

The awardee will receive funding of up to €100,000 to begin their project. Institutional overheads of 10% will be added to this amount. The award is intended to bridge the period before re-submission to the ERC. The awardee will be invited to accept their award, and to give a talk, at the EACR Congress in Lisbon, Portugal, 16-19 June 2025, and also to give a lecture at the Pezcoller Foundation in Trento, Italy, at a date to be agreed.

Eligibility

Applicants must be current EACR members. If you want to apply for this award but are not yet an EACR member, you can sign up to become a member now.

Applicants must have an unfunded Score ‘A’ cancer-related project from the 2024 ERC Starting Grant calls. The ERC defines Score 'A' as "Fully meets the ERC excellence criterion and is recommended for funding if sufficient funds are available".

About the EACR

The European Association for Cancer Research, a registered charity, is a global community for those working and studying in cancer research.

About the Mark Foundation

The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research is a philanthropic organisation committed to accelerating cancer research and translating discoveries into improved patient care.