AACR Scholar-in-Training Awards (Annual Meeting)

AACR Annual Meeting 2027 and AACR Special Conferences United States

Amount

Complimentary registration + travel/lodging/subsistence stipend (typically $1,500 – $2,500 USD); poster printing cost coverage

Alternative reports:

Variable award to defray attendance costs; exact 2027 value not yet published
not published — number, amount and requirements vary by conference
not published

Eligibility

Full-time graduate students, medical students, residents, clinical fellows, postdoctoral fellows, or junior faculty; first author and presenter of meritorious abstract.

Deadline

2027 deadline not posted; prior cycle deadline was November 18, 2025, suggesting approximately November 2026

Alternative reports:

Late November (passed for 2026) — expect late November 2026 for 2027 meeting
Tied to the Annual Meeting abstract cycle
Tied to each meeting's abstract cycle

Application Requirements

Submit an Annual Meeting abstract, then a separate financial-support application; membership must be active before the specified membership deadline.

Contact / Links

Notes

Award is competitive and presenter-linked; 2027 rules and sponsor-specific awards, including any Canadian-designated awards, must be rechecked.

Conference Information

Dates: Annual Meeting 2027 dates TBD; the Vancouver Special Conference is March 1-3, 2027

Location: Orlando, Florida, United States

Research match: Cancer biomarkers, precision medicine, metabolomics applied to oncology — direct fit for Wishart's cancer metabolomics work and MarkerDB cancer biomarkers.

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