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Nominate a Patient Advocate for a Hill Day Scholarship
Legislators often tell us that they want to hear directly from patients with cancer to understand their experiences and needs. This year AACI is offering scholarships of up to $1,000 to enable patient advocates to attend Hill Day and share their important perspectives during congressional meetings.
To be eligible for a scholarship, the nominee should be a well-known patient advocate who has a relationship with an AACI member cancer center or AACR. The recipient can be a patient, former patient, friend, or family member of a patient, enrolled in a clinical trial or receiving standard treatment.
Nominations are due Friday, April 11. Up to five scholarship recipients will be selected and the cancer center representative submitting the application will be notified of their nominee’s status by Friday, April 25.
A representative of the cancer center submitting the nomination is encouraged to accompany the patient advocate on all Hill Day visits. The scholarship recipient or cancer center sponsoring the participant will be reimbursed up to a maximum of $1,000 following their travel to Washington, DC, after submitting itemized receipts per AACI’s travel policy. Special consideration will be made for qualified nominees with basic expenses exceeding $1,000.
If your nominee is selected, they will be required to register for Hill Day.