BACR/AstraZeneca Young Scientist Frank Rose Award

Purpose

To recognise and reward the achievements of an individual whose work has made significant contributions to translational (laboratory-clinic) cancer research.

Value

A prize of £1,000.

Eligibility

The award applicant must have a PhD (up to 15 years post-PhD, allowing for career breaks) at the time of application. If in any doubt concerning eligibility, don't hesitate to get in touch with Janet Alexander at the BACR Secretariat for assistance. In addition, applicants must submit in one PDF document a completed BACR/AstraZeneca Award Application form; List of Publications; Summary of accomplishments in cancer research; reprints of the three most notable publications, and a letter of support from their Supervisor/Line Manager Applicants must be a BACR member (membership application may accompany the Award application).

Next Application Deadline:

1st July 2023

Applicants to provide in one PDF document:

•     BACR/AstraZeneca Award Application Form 
•     List of Publications
•     Summary of accomplishments in cancer research
•     Reprints of 3 most notable publications
•     A letter of support from a BACR member

Applicants must adhere to this format, or the application will be returned without consideration by BACR.

Procedure

Please email all relevant documentation to Janet Alexander (BACR Secretariat) at: bacr@leeds.ac.uk with "BACR AstraZeneca Award" in the subject line of the email.
Applications will be acknowledged once received. If you don't receive an acknowledgement within 72 hours, contact the BACR Secretariat.

Recipients of the BACR/AstraZeneca/Young Scientist Frank Rose Award

• 2005    Kaye Williams
• 2006    Thomas Helleday
• 2007    Owen Sansom
• 2008    Munitta Muthana
• 2009    Jason Caroll
• 2010    Grant Stewart
• 2011    Dmitry Pszhezhetskiy
• 2012    Janine Erler
• 2013    Chris Bakal
• 2014    Elizabeth P Merchison
• 2015    Agnieszka Gambus
• 2016    Oliver Maddocks
• 2017    Alan Serrels
• 2018    Seth Coffelt
• 2019    Nicola Valeri
• 2021     Vivian Li
• 2022     George Poulogiannis