AACE Award Application - Joe O'Donnell 2026

Application for the 2026 AACE Joseph F. O'Donnell MD Travel Scholarship Award
For faculty members at any level

This scholarship was founded to honor the beloved Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Cancer Education, Joseph F. O'Donnell MD, after he retired from his editorial post. It is intended to benefit an ICEC attendee who is a cancer education professional whose scholarly efforts are focused on service through mentoring students and utilizing literature and the arts as a way to reflect on service OR research/practice that focuses on cancer prevention or end-of-life care (e.g., caregiving, spiritual issues, suffering).

Candidates must be an AACE member; have submitted an abstract to ICEC; have a graduate degree or equivalent; be at any level of a faculty appointment in an academic, industrial, or clinical research setting; and for faculty at any level from anywhere in the world. 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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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.
Are you nominating yourself for this scholarship, or were you invited to apply by the AACE Awards and Scholarships Committee?
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 Joseph F. O'Donnell MD Travel Scholarship Award

APPLICATIONS DUE BY 27 JULY 2026
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Please describe how your scholarly efforts align with the award criteria (mentoring students, utilizing literature and the arts to reflect on service, and/or cancer prevention or end-of-life care):
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Acceptance of the Joseph F. O'Donnell MD Travel Scholarship 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 Joseph F. O'Donnell MD Travel Scholarship Award

Application for the 2026 AACE Joseph F. O'Donnell MD Travel Scholarship Award