The Pezcoller AACR Scholar-in-Training grants
The Pezcoller AACR Scholar-in-Training grants are aimed at encouraging the participation of young European researchers who have submitted particularly interesting abstracts for the poster session at the AACR Annual Meeting in the US.
Each year, 5 grants are awarded, at least one of which goes to an Italian researcher.
ELIGIBILITY
- Applicants must be the first author and presenter of an abstract submitted for presentation at the Annual Meeting.
- Applicants must be an associate member of the AACR in good standing Nonmember graduate students, medical students and residents, clinical fellows or equivalent, and postdoctoral fellows who wish to apply for a Scholar-in-Training Award should first submit a membership application.
Applicants may also apply for other travel grants, but they may receive only one.
SELECTION
Successfull candidates are selected by a specific committee.
For further information visit Scholar-in-Training Awards who or send an email to sita@aacr.org.
The winners of the 2026 Scholar In Training; the President of the Pezcoller Foundation and the winners of the 2026 Pezcoller-AACR Award
Winners of the 2026 Pezcoller Scholar-In-Training
Charles H. Earnshaw (Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, Manchester, United Kingdom) “Glucocorticoids inhibit the GARP/TGF-βaxis initiating immune-dependent melanoma control”
Maria Hønholt (Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark) “Detection of postoperative minimal residual disease in colorectal cancer using a novel ultrasensitive whole-genome sequencing-based ctDNA test“
Deborah Lenoci (Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy) “Characterization of the intratumoral microbiota in non endemic EBV associated nasopharyngeal carcinoma”
Armando Giuseppe Licata (Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy) “Host-microbe-epigenetic crosstalk: Dissecting the role of microbiome, immune dysregulation, and DNA methylation in squamous cell carcinoma”
Vincenzo Davide Pantina (University of Palermo,Palermo, Sicily, Italy) “Genetic background shapes mitochondrial metabolic adaptations underlying thyroid cancer progression”