AACR Undergraduate Scholar Awards (Thomas J. Bardos Science Education Awards)

Amount

Complimentary registration + travel awards each year for two consecutive Annual Meetings (2026 + 2027 cohort)

Alternative reports:

• not published

Eligibility

Undergraduate science students — intended to inspire promising students to enter cancer research.

Deadline

December 5-8, 2025 (passed for 2026 cohort) — expect early December 2026 for 2027 cohort

Alternative reports:

• Varies by conference

Application Requirements

Online application via myAACR; personal statement (≤1 page); two letters of reference; abstract (if applicable); CV.

Contact / Links

• AACR membership
• https://www.aacr.org/professionals/meetings/aacr-travel-grants/

Notes

Varies by conference.

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.

Conference links:

• https://www.aacr.org/meeting/aacr-annual-meeting-2026/financial-support-for-attendance/
• https://www.aacr.org/meeting/aacr-annual-meeting-2027/
• https://www.aacr.org/professionals/meetings/aacr-travel-grants/