The Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI) and American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) annual Hill Day will take place in Washington, DC, on Thursday, May 22.
Your participation in Hill Day is crucial to sharing our message with our legislators in Washington: that stable, predictable funds for the National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute are critical for advancing cancer research and care at our nation’s cancer centers.
AACI is encouraging each cancer center to send at least one representative to Washington to advocate on your center’s behalf. If you are unable to attend, a scientist, administrator, public relations staffer, government relations representative, or patient advocate who has benefited from care at your cancer center would be an excellent representative for your institution.
The AACI Hill Day Scholarship was established to reduce financial barriers for patient advocates interested in attending Hill Day. The 2025 scholarship application period is now closed.
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, 2025. If your nominee is selected, they will be required to register for Hill Day.
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.
Please note: AACI reserves the right to rescind the award if the recipient cancels their Hill Day travel and/or meetings less than one week before the event (May 15, 2025).
Friday, April 4 | 5:00 pm eastern time
Nominations due
Friday, April 25
Cancer centers notified of scholarship recipients
Thursday, May 15
Last day to cancel Hill Day registration without penalty
Thursday, May 22
2025 AACI/AACR Hill Day