2024 Call for Fall Scholars

The Foundation is looking for outstanding junior clinical or post-doctoral fellows to attend the 2024 Fall Forbeck Forums.

Between now and March 18, 2024, the Forbeck Foundation will be accepting applications for all open 2024 fall meetings.

Mechanisms of Cancer Genome Rearrangements

August 18-21, 2024, Aspen, CO

- Isidro Cortes Ciriano, PhD of EMBL-EBI

- Peter Ly, PhD of UT Southwestern

- Titia De Lange, PhD of Rockefeller University


Molecular Mechanisms Driving Metastasis

September 19-22, 2024, Castello, Italy

- Salvador Aznar Benitah, PhD of Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Barcelona

- Raul Mostoslavsky, MD, PhD of Harvard University

- Karen Vousden, PhD of Crick Institute


Environment, Host and Tumor Interactions

October 13-16, 2024, Aspen, CO

- Janelle Ayres, PhD of Salk Institute

- Mark Febbraio, PhD of Monash University Australia


Fusion Oncogene

November 7-10, 2024, Englewood, CO

- James Amatruda, MD, PhD of UT Southwestern

- Kimberly Stegmaier, MD of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute


Cellular Quiescence and Tumor Dormancy

November 14-17, 2024, Englewood, CO

- Hilary Coller, PhD of UCLA


Addressing Disparities Among Populations in Cancer Research

December 12-14, 2024, Pacific Grove, CA

- Carla Daniela Robles-Espinoza, PhD of Intl. Lab for Human Genome Research

- Cassie Kline, MD, MAS of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

REQUIREMENTS TO APPLY:

  • Scholars may include post-doctoral fellows and clinicians in the early phases of their career
  • Independent investigators should be no further than their first 4 years of appointment
  • Applications are welcome from all nationalities, the only restriction being that candidates must be able to communicate in English due to the interactive nature of the meeting
  • Be able to participate in the Foundation’s Scholar Retreats for the subsequent three years

BENEFITS TO BEING A FORBECK SCHOLAR:

  • Recipients of the award have an unrivaled opportunity to interact with international experts in their particular field of cancer research
  • Opportunities to interact with other scholars
  • Ability to attend other Forbeck Forums of your choosing
  • Ability to apply for occasional grants available only to Forbeck Scholars
  • Opportunity to chair your own Forbeck Forum in the future
  • Attendance at an annual Scholar Retreat

Apply Today!

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