The 81st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Cancer AssociationThe 81st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Cancer Association

Travel Grant

Travel Grant (for Asian countries)

The Japanese Cancer Association (JCA) and the Organizing Committee of the 81st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Cancer Association will be offering the following grant to participants who will be presenting at the 81st Annual Meeting of the JCA. This grant is intended to defray the cost of attending the meeting and will be offered to participants whose abstracts have been accepted for presentation. The accommodation fee (up to 4 nights from September 28 to October 1 at the designated hotel) will also be covered by the Organizing Committee.

Grant Amount JPY 50,000 in cash

Name of Grant

  • CHAAO Travel Award (Contributed by CHAAO)
  • Sister Hirose Travel Award (Contributed by Dr. Seong-Jin Kim)
  • JCA Travel Award

*The name of this grant may be changed later.

Eligibility

  1. The applicant must be the first author of the submitted abstract and must present the paper at the 81st Annual Meeting of the JCA.
  2. The applicant must be under the age of 45 years old as of the deadline of abstract submission.
  3. The Sister Hirose Travel Award which is meant for researchers from Asian countries is mainly subjected to researchers from Low Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) to attend conferences.

Application and Selection Process

Award recipients will be selected at the discretion of the Program Committee based upon the novelty, quality and significance of the submitted abstract.

Travel Grant Application Procedure

Step 1: Abstract submission

Details on abstract submission are here .
You are permitted to submit only one abstract as the first author for this meeting.

Step 2: Required documents

Travel Grant applicants must submit a CV with the list of publications for the last 5 years.
Please download the CV form and submit it by the due date of the abstract submission.

CV and Archivements form

Submit CV and Archivements here

NOTE

* Please change the file name to
“Your abstract submission No._TravelGrant_Your Name_JCA2022_CV”
Ex.)90000_TravelGrant_TaroTanaka_JCA2022_CV

Step 3: Registration

Online registration is mandatory to apply for the travel grant.
Enter your information at the URL below and complete the online registration process with in the early registration period(From June-July 30(JST)).

* The registration fee will not be refunded.
* If you fail to make online registration by the deadline, your application for Travel Grant will be automatically withdrawn (no exception).

Notification

Award recipients will receive a notification via e-mail with detailed information by late July.
Funds will be provided to the award recipients at the conference venue.

Benefits to Travel Grant Awardees at the 79th and the 80th Annual Meeting of the JCA

JCA and the Organizing Committee of the 81st Annual Meeting of the JCA will be offering the following benefit to Travel Grant Awardees at the 79th and 80th Annual Meeting of the JCA, who could not come to the Conference last year and the year before because of COVID-19 pandemic and will participate in the 81st Annual Meeting of the JCA.

Benefits

  • Exemption of participation fee for the 81st Annual Meeting of the JCA
  • Support for the travel and accommodation fee (Up to JPY 70,000)

Condition for receipt

  • Travel Grant Awardees at the 79th and 80th Annual Meeting of the JCA are not able to receive above benefits in case they apply for the Travel Grant at the 81st Annual Meeting of the JCA.
  • They should participate in the 81st Annual Meeting of the JCA in person. Funds will be provided to them at the conference venue.
  • They should consent to the above condition in reply for official invitation sent by e-mail from the Congress Secretariat by the end of May.