The USCACA and NFCR are pleased to invite nominations for the USCACA-NFCR 2014 Scholar Awards

1. U.S. Chinese Anti-Cancer Association (USCACA美中抗癌协会)-National Foundation for Cancer Research-USA (NFCR-USA, 国家癌症基金-美国)2014 Scholar Award The USCACA and NFCR are pleased to invite nominations for the USCACA-NFCR2014 Scholar Awards The Awards will recognize four junior Chinese investigators on the basis of significant contributions in translational cancer research The Awards will be presented in a ceremony during the 16th Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology (CSCO) annual meeting, September 17-21, 2014, Xiamen, China. Candidacy is open to all Chinese researchers who were trained in US and subsequently returned to China during the last two years, and are currently active in translational cancer research in China. Selection of the awards will be made on the basis of the candidate's meritorious achievements in translational cancer research both during training in US and after returning to China. The winners will receive an Award Recognition Plaque and an honorarium of $1,000 US dollars. Nominations may be made by either an USCACA member or nonmember and should be submitted via e-mail attachments to Dr. Lifang Hou, the Scholarship Selection Committee of USCACA at l-hou@northwestern.edu no later than 12:00 midnight of July 31, 2014, US Eastern Standard Time The following materials must be submitted: Nomination Letter: addressed to the Selection Committee and concisely describe the candidate's achievements for which he or she is being nominated (one page) 2. Candidate's curriculum vitae, including a complete list of his or her publications 3. Outline of the candidate’s research plan (one page) 4. Supporting letters: one from the US mentor and one from current director/chair/dean in China. The deadline for nomination is July 31, 2014 To learn more and to join USCACA, please visit: http://www.uscaca.org To learn more about NFCR, please visit: http://www.nfcr.org/