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ABCF Advocate Program
December 10 - December 14, 2008
San Antonio, Texas
The Alamo Breast Cancer Foundation provides scholarships
for eligible advocates to attend the annual San Antonio
Breast Cancer Symposium. The Symposium is an international
event in which approximately 8,000 researchers, oncologists,
and others in the scientific field learn about and discuss
the current and cutting edge breast cancer research.
Background
In 1997 the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium directors, Charles A. Coltman Jr. M.D. and C. Ken Osborne, M.D., requested that the Alamo Breast Cancer Foundation
develop, organize and facilitate an advocate program in conjunction with the annual symposium. The directors saw the need for an advocate program because of the
increasing Symposium attendance of advocates and the absence of specific planned activities to acknowledge their presence and their interest in breast cancer
research. With the Symposium directors' encouragement and support, the first Alamo Breast Cancer Foundation Advocate Program was held in December 1998 in
association with the 20th Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.
Purpose
The Alamo Breast Cancer Patient Advocate Program is designed to increase the dissemination of the latest breast cancer research findings from the Annual San Antonio
Breast Cancer Symposium. Breast cancer advocates from the United States, Canada and worldwide are funded through the program to attend the Annual Symposium. Each
funded advocate is assigned and expected to attend all Symposium sessions, talks, and poster sessions relevant to a particular assigned topic and to prepare a written
"Hot Topic" report summarizing information on the topic. "Hot Topic" reports are due one month after the Symposium. After they are received, the reports are reviewed
for accuracy by a team of experts, necessary revisions are made, and the information is translated into lay terminology. Then the "Hot Topic" reports are compiled
in a CD-ROM which serves as a complete record of Symposium highlights and thus a vehicle for the participating advocates to share all current breast cancer research
information reported at the Symposium with their various constituencies and with advocacy groups worldwide.
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Applicants must meet and agree to the following scholarship qualifications:
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Must attend
the entire conference from December 10-14,
2008 and the Pre-Meeting/Welcome Dinner on
Wednesday, December 10. |
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Write a "Hot Topic" report which will be assigned to you during the conference. |
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Attend the Mentors session each evening and stay the entire time.
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Be a Project Lead
graduate OR have participated on committees, panels,
or review boards related to breast cancer and/or breast
cancer research. |
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Belong to an advocacy
organization or represent a constituency so information
can be disseminated. |
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Only applicants who have not received this scholarship within the last 5 years are eligible. |
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Be one year out of primary breast cancer treatment. |
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Scholarships will be awarded in the following amounts to those who meet the
qualifications:
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Texas resident: $800 |
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US resident: $1500 |
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Canada, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico: US$2,000 |
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International: US$2,500 |
PLEASE NOTE: All scholarships are taxable!
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Fill out application online and a confirmation e-mail will be sent back to you within a week.
Scholarship Applications must be submitted by 10PM CST September 1, 2008.
An e-mail notification will be sent to you by September 15, 2008 if you have received a scholarship.
For more information about the Advocate Scholarship Program contact Sandi Stanford.
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