AACE Award Application - Endowed Scholarship 2026

Application for the 2026 AACE Endowed Travel Scholarship Award
For students, trainees, and professionals from Minority Serving Institutions or Practicing Professionals

This scholarship fund was established to provide one or more awards to support attendance to ICEC to present papers, posters, or creative work focused in the area of global (national and/or international) cancer education. This program provides financial assistance to a student, trainee, or cancer education professional from a minority serving institution or as a practicing professional (terminal degree not required).

Candidates must be an AACE member; have submitted an abstract to ICEC; be from an ethnicity, country, and/or gender that is underrepresented in cancer education, be from a Minority Serving Institution, and/or a practicing professional. Maximum per person award: $1,500 USD.

Please read the complete Award Criteria before completing this application. Applications are due by 27 July 2026.
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First NameLast NameDegrees/Credentials (if any)
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Address

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Are you a member of AACE in good standing (having paid your membership fee for 2026)?
Have you submitted an abstract for the 2026 International Cancer Education Conference (ICEC)?
If yes, please indicate the type of abstract (oral, poster, either; symposium; workshop; etc.) and the abstract title below. If someone else submitted the abstract, please indicate the name of the abstract submitter as well.
If selected as an AACE scholarship recipient, please describe how you plan to contribute to AACE and/or the Journal of Cancer Education.

Application for the 2026 AACE Endowed Travel Scholarship Award

APPLICATIONS DUE BY 27 JULY 2026
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Provide a detailed budget for your ICEC registration, travel, accommodations, meals, and other expenses, including what expenses will be paid by this scholarship, if awarded, and how any additional expenses will be funded.
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How will you (your practice / research / community) benefit from attending this conference?
Acceptance of the AACE Endowed Scholarship Fund Award obligates you to submit the following information:

Prior to your funded experience:
1. Complete any financial or tax documentation requested by the AACE central office.
2. Retain and submit your receipts and boarding passes for reimbursement (not to exceed the amount awarded to you by AACE).
3. Provide your full travel details to the AACE central office.
4. Read and sign off on your agreement to AACE's Code of Conduct and Code of Ethics policies.
At the conclusion of your funded experience:
1. Submit the online conference evaluation.
2. Write a paragraph or two evaluating your conference experience and submit it to AACE, addressing:
  1. Would you recommend this award process to someone in the future? Why?
  2. Was this a good experience/opportunity for networking?
  3. Was the content of the AACE conference valuable?
3. Acknowledge AACE in any published work resulting from your presentation at the conference.
I agree to the Terms of Acceptance for this award outlined above.
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Application for the 2026 AACE Endowed Travel Scholarship Award

Application for the 2026 AACE Endowed Travel Scholarship Award