The Pezcoller-Marina Larcher Fogazzaro-EACR Women in Cancer Research Award

Celebrating the achievements of women working in cancer research

About the Award and Award Lecture

The Pezcoller-Marina Larcher Fogazzaro-EACR Women in Cancer Research Award celebrates the achievements of women working in cancer research.

The winner gives the prestigious Pezcoller-Marina Larcher Fogazzaro-EACR Women in Cancer Research Award Lecture at the EACR Congress. The next award will be presented at the EACR 2021 Virtual Congress to be held from 09-12 June 2021.

The award winner will receive a €10,000 honorarium.  As an invited speaker the award winner will receive a free registration for the EACR Virtual Congress. They will also be invited to give a lecture in Trento, Italy, at a date to be agreed, for which they will receive accommodation and travel costs.

Call for Nominations

We invite the nomination of cancer researchers who have demonstrated academic excellence and achievements in the field of cancer research and who have, through leadership or by example, furthered the advancement of women in cancer research.  Self-nominations cannot be accepted.

Nominees must meet the following criteria. The nominee should: 

• Have spent the majority of their research career in Europe
• Be currently employed in a European institution

Download the nomination form here

How to submit your nomination:

Please email your completed nomination form and accompanying documents as a single pdf to kathryn.wass@eacr.org 

Deadline for receipt of nominations: 11 January 2021