Travel Awards

NRG Oncology seeks to support robust participation in our semiannual meetings through the provision of travel support. Current priorities for travel awards include young investigators, study chairs and engaged study champions, active committee members, member institution PI’s, and clinical research professionals who are actively engaged with NRG Oncology committees. Our partnering foundations, RTOG Foundation, NSABP Foundation, and GOG Foundation may also consider supporting requests through this mechanism. If you have any questions about the travel award process, please contact meeting-reg@nrgoncology.org. The application deadline is May 17th, 2024 at 11:59pm ET.

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Current priorities for this travel award include members of the Protocol Support Committee, clinical research professionals actively engaged with other NRG Oncology committees, and CRPs who currently support NRG trials. Each award will support up to $800 in meeting-related expenses such as coach airfare, transportation to/from the hotel, meals, and two hotel nights. CRP Travel Awardees will be notified by the first week of June.

NRG NCORP seeks to support NCORP site participation in our meetings through the provision of travel awards. Priorities for the travel awards include NCORP investigators and NCORP clinical research staff who are actively engaged in NRG NCORP studies. The amount of each award will be up to $1,000 to defray the costs of attending the meeting such as coach airfare, transportation to/from the hotel, meals and two hotel nights.

NRG Oncology seeks to support participation of early career and new investigators through the provision of a travel award. Current priorities for this travel award include members of the Early Career & New Investigators Committee and new/young investigators who are actively engaged with NRG Oncology committees or research. The award will support up to $1,500 in meeting related expenses such as coach airfare, transportation to/from the hotel, meals, and two hotel nights.

In 2019, NRG Oncology received a generous gift from Mitchell Machtay, MD, Deputy Group Chair for Research and Chief Scientific Officer. This important and generous gift supplements the existing NRG Travel Award Program, funding the travel of one young investigator from an NRG Member Institution to the NRG Oncology semiannual meeting. A longtime member of RTOG Foundation and Deputy Group Chair for NRG Oncology since its inception, Dr. Machtay has been a staunch advocate for young investigators and for NRG overall. The award will support up to $1,500 in meeting related expenses such as coach airfare, transportation to/from the hotel, meals, and two hotel nights.