Marci K. Campbell Dissertation Award

UNC Lineberger is seeking applicants for the 2019 Marci Kramish Campbell Dissertation Award to recognize excellence in dissertation research focused on cancer and the population sciences.

Graduate students in any of the population disciplines are encouraged to apply. Candidates should be in their final year with a dissertation defense that will occur in the 2019-20 academic year.

The faculty sponsor must be a cancer center member. Award Amount: $3,000. Deadline: May 10, 2019, 5 p.m.

This award honors Dr. Marci Kramish Campbell, a leader in cancer prevention and control, disparities, and survivorship research at UNC-Chapel Hill and across the nation. Marci died much too soon from colon cancer in December 2011. She was an exceptional mentor and believed producing the next generation of researchers was one of our most important aims.

The application package must include: a curriculum vitae; a one- to two-page, (single-spaced) research description; and at least two letters of support: one from the Cancer Center member faculty sponsor and at least one from another academic reference. One reference should be the chair of the student’s dissertation committee and that letter should state that the student will defend his/her thesis in the appropriate time frame.

More information can be found on the Marci K. Campbell Award webpage.