The Pezcoller Foundation – AACR International Award
for Extraordinary Achievement in Cancer Research
A prize of € 75,000, in collaboration with the American Association for Cancer Research (based on an agreement executed on April 13, 1997 and renewed on April 5, 2018), to annually recognize a scientist of international renown
- who has made a major scientific discovery in basic cancer research, or
- who has made significant contributions to translational cancer research,
- who continues to be active in cancer research and has a record of recent, noteworthy publications and
- whose ongoing work holds promise for continued substantive contributions to progress in the field of cancer
The selection Committee is renewed every year and consists of 11 internationally recognized scientists, 5 selected from the AACR and 5 from the Pezcoller Foundation, plus the Chairman selected from the previous year’s Committee.
Dr. Douglas Hanahan, the winner of The 2025 Pezcoller Foundation – AACR International Award for Extraordinary Achievement in Cancer Research
The Winner
- Will present his/her Award lecture at the AACR Annual Meeting
- Will actually receive the Award during the official Ceremony at the Foundation’s headquarters in Trento, Italy, in May
- Is required to present two lectures at the Universities of Padova and of Trento on the previous days
Deadline for the 2025 Call for Nominations:
September 30, 2024.
For more information, please visit AACR website.
Download:
The Award Booklet: history, awardees and 2025 award program guidelines
Pezcoller-AACR International Award Ceremony at Teatro Sociale
THE PEZCOLLER LECTURES
In addition to the scientific lecture at the AACR Annual Meeting, the winner of the Award is requested to present a scientific lecture at Padova and Trento Universities.
These Pezcoller Lectures are aimed to strengthen the collaboration between the Pezcoller Foundation and the Italian scientific community and are essential part of the Award ceremony in Trento.
PEZCOLLER-AACR AWARD WINNERS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS
2025 - Douglas Hanahan
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Lausanne, Switzerland
2024 - Titia de Lange
PhD, FAACR, Leon Hess Professor, head of the Laboratory of Cell Biology and Genetics, and director of the Anderson Center for Cancer Research at The Rockefeller University in New York
2023 - Tak W. Mak
PhD, FAACR, Senior scientist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Professor at the University of Toronto and University of Hong Kong
2022 - Steven A. Rosenberg
MD, PhD, FAACR, Senior investigator at the NCI; Chief of the NCI Surgery Branch and professor of surgery at the Washington University.
2021 - Hans Clevers
MD, PhD, Group leader at the Hubrecht Institute and at the Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology (Utrecht),Professor at the University Utrecht and Oncode Investigator.
2020 - John E. Dick
PhD FRS, Senior Scientist and Canada Research Chair, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network. Professor, Dept of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto
2019 - Alberto Mantovani
MD, Scientific Director, Istituto Clinico Humanitas Emeritus Professor, Humanitas University
2018 - Tony Hunter
PhD, FAACR, Professor Renato Dulbecco Chair, American Cancer Society Professor, The Salk Institute,La Jolla, California
2017 - David M. Livingston
2016 - Joan Massagué
Director, Sloan Kettering Institute Alfred P. Sloan Chair Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York
2015 - James P. Allison - NOBEL 2018
2014 - Elaine Fuchs
2013 - Peter A. Vogt
2012 - Robert A. Weinberg
2011 - Pier Paolo Pandolfi
2010 - Joseph Schlessinger
2009 - Napoleone Ferrara
2008 - Axel Ullrich
2007 - Mina J. Bissell
2006 - Tadatsugu Taniguchi
2005 - Lewis Cantley
2004 - Stanley Korsmeyer
2003 - Mario R. Capecchi - NOBEL 2007
2002 - Carl Henrik Heldin
2001 - Elizabeth Blackburn - NOBEL 2009
2000 - Charles J. Sherr
1999 - Carlo Croce
