AACE Endowed Scholarship Award

This scholarship fund was established in 2019 by the American Association of Cancer Education (AACE) to provide one or more awards, not to exceed $1,500.00, to support attendance to the International Cancer Education Conference (ICEC), co-hosted by AACE, 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 applicants from Minority Serving Institutions or Practicing Professionals (terminal degree not required).

Each year, the AACE Awards and Scholarships Committee chooses an attendee of the International Cancer Education Conference to receive a travel scholarship to attend the conference.

Selection for 2024

Applications for the AACE Endowed Scholarship Award are now closed. Applications were due no later than 15 July 2024. If an award recipient(s) is selected, that recipient will be honored during the AACE Annual Business Meeting and Awards Celebration held on Thursday, 26 September 2024 during the 2024 International Cancer Education Conference.

The AACE Endowed Scholarship Award will provide one or more grants, not to exceed than $1,500 USD, to support attendance to the International Cancer Education Conference (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 U.S. and international applicants from Minority Serving Institutions or Practicing Professionals (terminal degree not required). Applications are now closed.

Please review the eligibility requirements and selection criteria here.

Recipients

Year

Recipients

2023 Purnima Madhivanan, Ahmad Mansour (unable to attend), Lizette Rangel
2022 Hanan Abukmail, La-Urshalar Brock, Jala Lockhart, Areej Yaseen
2021 Saima Saleem
2020 Saima Saleem
2019 LaTashia Kiel, Laila Al Daken (Al Daken deferred to 2022)