ATTN: Early Career Scientists in Cancer Immunotherapy

The Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) is Accepting Applications for Sparkathon 2023

Topic: Toxicities in Cancer Immunotherapy

Join an exclusive program that brings together early career investigators with established leaders in cancer immunotherapy to foster leadership development, collaborations and scientific exchange.

Selected applicants will learn:
• Leadership. Development of leadership skills.
• Communication. Enhancement of writing and presentation skills.
• Mentorship. Establishment of continued mentorship from world-renowned faculty.
• Science. Design and implementation of innovative projects that solve tangible problems in the applicant’s field.
• Job search. Preparation for an academic job search.
• Job. Better understanding of the challenges and responsibilities that new faculty face
• Collaboration. Opportunity to form organic collaborations with peers and work cross-institutionally to efficiently create outcomes to enhance the field.
• Network. A dynamic network of cancer immunotherapy professionals – formed to further individual professional development and foster collaborations across institutions and work settings. SITC Sparkathon participants and alumni will develop affinity amongst their peers and the broader society.
• Engagement. Emerging leaders may receive new, more visible leadership opportunities within the society.

SITC will select up to 12 eligible, qualified early career scientists that will meet on Sept. 27–29, 2023, in Chicago, IL. Accepted participants will also convene at a second meeting on Oct. 31, 2023, prior to the society’s 38th Annual Meeting & Pre-Conference Programs (SITC 2023) in San Diego, CA.

Applications due by 5 p.m. PST on April 18, 2023.

Learn more at www.sitcancer.org/Sparkathon