2019-2020 FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN’S CANCER RESEARCH PRIZES
Foundation for Women’s Cancer/Norma Livingston Ovarian Cancer Foundation Excellence in Ovarian Cancer Research Prize
$5,000 one-year award
To Apply: Submit Full Proposal by November 25, 2019
This annual prize will be given to an individual who can best demonstrate that he or she has been able to use their Foundation award to improve women’s health care by obtaining independent extramural funding, making important contributions to the literature, and/or developing programs that improved women’s health care, including early detection. This award is to the individual and not his or her institution. Only past Foundation award winners qualify for this prize and should apply by completing the application. Learn More
The Foundation gratefully acknowledges the Norma Livingston Ovarian Cancer Foundation for their generous support of the prize. This is the ninth prize supported by the Norma Livingston Ovarian Cancer Foundation.
Perlman Family CCARE Lynch Syndrome Research Prize
$2,500 one-year award
To Apply: Submit Full Proposal by November 25, 2019
Funding is available for a $2,500 stipend for a trainee to support a summer or short-term research project that advances knowledge about Lynch syndrome and its role in gynecologic cancers. The successful applicant must submit a short summary of the project’s goals and expected outcomes co-signed by the applicant’s mentor and supervisor.
The Foundation gratefully acknowledges the Perlman Family for its generous support of this prize. This is the eighth prize supported by the Perlman Family.
Nina Donnelley and The Dickens Fund of the Donnelley Foundation Young Investigator Award in Honor of Laurel W. Rice, MD
$1,000 one-year award
To Apply: Submit Full Proposal by November 25, 2019
Funding is available for a $1,000 prize to a fellow or resident who has promise to contribute to the field of gynecologic oncology in the future. Learn More
The Foundation gratefully acknowledges The Dickens Fund of the Donnelley Foundation for its generous support of this prize. This is the fifth prize supported by the Dickens Fund of the Donnelley Foundation.