Lung Cancer Research Award
This annual Award is offered for presentation at the APSR Congress in Hanoi 14–17 November 2019.
This is a new APSR Award to recognise researchers in the area of lung cancer, one the big 5 lung diseases, and to encourage diversity in scientific excellence.
Award includes:
- $500, jointly funded by Prof Chunxue Bai and Prof Kwun Fong
- Invitation to the Gala Dinner (or similar social event) at the Congress
- Commemorative certificate
Where the paper has more than one author, the $500 and invitation to the social event will be for one of the authors, selected by the paper's senior author. The certificate will be in the name of all the paper's authors.
Eligibility:
The awardee must be:- an APSR member (en bloc or individual)
- aged ≤40 at the start of the Congress
- the First Author of a Lung Cancer paper accepted for presentation at the APSR Congress in Hanoi and able to attend the Congress in person
- not a winner of any other award for the same paper
- must have registered for the Congress by the abstract submission deadline
Award presentation:
- The certificate will be presented during the Gala Dinner (or similar social event) at the Congress by Dr Bai or Dr Fong, as available.
- The US$500 award will be passed to the first author by the APSR Secretariat.
- The awardee's name and photograph will appear on the APSR website, Bulletin and social media after the Congress.
Post-congress requirements:
- In accepting the offer of the award, the author attending the Congress is required to send their report (circa 500 words) of their experience at the Congress to the APSR Secretariat within one month after the Congress. The report may be published in the APSR Bulletin and/or Newsletter.
