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Prizes of the Foundation Against Cancer for medical scientific research focused on primary or secondary cancer prevention

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Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium (in cooperation with the Foundation Against Cancer) Belgium 2026

Information

The prize rewards medical scientific research focused on primary or secondary cancer prevention. Two personal prizes of €5,000 are awarded: one for a Dutch‑language researcher and one for a French‑language researcher. Eligible works are scientific treatises or collections of publications, written in Dutch, French or English, and the research must have been carried out mainly in Belgium. Candidates must be individual researchers or pairs of collaborating researchers under the age of 36 on the application deadline.

Benefits

Monetary prize of €5,000 awarded to each of two laureates (one Dutch‑language, one French‑language).

Eligibility

An individual researcher or two collaborating researchers may apply. Candidates must be younger than 36 on the application deadline, must not have been a laureate of a previous period of this prize, must not be members of a Royal Academy of Belgium, and must not have applied in the previous twelve months for a prize from the Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium. The research must have been carried out mainly in Belgium and may be written in Dutch, French or English.

Application

Complete the provided application form, submit a one‑page summary, attach a Web of Science citation report of the 50 most cited publications and a PDF of up to 10 relevant publications (or a thesis). Submit via the web form and include the required attachments.

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