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
