Annual cancer research awards
The Cancer Institute NSW Premier's Awards for Outstanding Cancer Research are the foremost awards ceremony for the cancer research sector in NSW.
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This year's award ceremony will be held on Friday 20 July at the
Sofitel Sydney Wentworth Hotel.
Online Early Bird Discount: $135 pp (the first
50 tickets before May 20)
Standard ticket: $160 pp
Table of 10: $140 pp
Grant recipient: $80 pp
*all ticket prices include GST
Ticket price includes attendance at the formal awards
presentation, canapes, three-course meal, beverages and
entertainment.
New awards for
2012
The Cancer Institute NSW is pleased to announce the call for nominations for the following
awards.
The Cancer Institute NSW Wildfire Award
The Wildfire Award will be conferred on an individual,
or research team, for a highly cited publication. The publication
must be expected to significantly influence cancer control or
further research. The recipient's of the Wildfire
Award will receive a prize of $20,000 and a commemorative
award. The $20,000 prize must be used to further the researcher, or
research team's endeavours.
The Cancer Institute NSW Make a Difference Award
The Award will recognise a researcher who has made a significant
difference to cancer care or research practice. These contributions
must have had a lasting impact on the cancer field and must have
demonstrated sustained progress against cancer. The recipient of
the Make a Difference Award will receive a prize of
$20,000 and a commemorative award. The $20,000 prize must be used
to further the researcher's endeavours.
The Pfizer Studentship 2012
The Pfizer Studentship 2012 will be presented to an
outstanding current PhD student enrolled at any university in NSW.
The Studentship consists of a six month placement at Pfizer La
Jolla, one of Pfizer's major research and development sites. The
candidate's research must be lab based and applicable to the work
undertaken at the La Jolla facility. The placement can be taken up
and completed at any time during 2012-13, by negotiation with
Pfizer and the Cancer Institute NSW.
Call for
nominations
Nominations are open for the following awards, with nomination
forms and guidelines provided.
Nominations for these awards close at
5pm, 15th June 2012.
Nominations have now closed for the following awards:
- Premier's Outstanding Cancer Researcher of the Year
Award
- Premier's Award for Innovation in Cancer Clinical Trials
Award
- Premier's Award for Excellence in Translational Cancer
Research.
About the awards ceremony
The awards will be presented at the annual Cancer Institute
NSW Premier's Awards for Outstanding Cancer Research at the
Sofitel Sydney Wentworth Hotel on Friday 20th
July. Nominees are expected to attend this event.
Held annually the event celebrates the amazing work of
researchers in NSW and their achievements in making sure people
with cancer have the latest and best treatment options available to
them.
NSW is blessed with some brilliant research minds who are
discovering new and exciting things about cancer every day.
This new information is providing the evidence we need to drive
rapid improvement in cancer prevention, treatment, care and
ultimately, survival outcomes.
Previous awards
2011 award recipients
- NSW Premier's Outstanding Cancer Researcher of the Year
($50,000)
Professor Roger Reddel, Sir Lorimer Dods Professor and
Director of Cancer Research Unit, Children's Medical Research
Institute, Westmead
- CINSW 2011 Premier's Fellow of the Year Award
($20,000)
Dr Alexander Swarbrick, Garvan Institute Medical
Research
- CINSW 2011 Premier's Scholar of the Year Award
($10,000)
Dr David Chang, Garvan Institute Medical Research
- CINSW 2011 Innovation in Cancer Clinical Trials
($20,000)
Dr Meer Agar, Sydney South West Palliative Care
Service
Click here to view more
information about the 2011 event, including videos of the
winners.
Previous Outstanding Cancer Researcher of the Year
recipients
- 2010: Professor Rob Sutherland
- 2009: Professor Phillip Hogg
- 2008: Professor Simon Chapman
- 2007: Professor Robyn Ward
- 2006: Professor Bruce Armstrong
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