Outstanding Contribution to Cancer Control Awards 2023

The nominations period runs until 14 July 2023.

Entry criteria

All nominees must:

• demonstrate that the individual's or organisation's work has contributed to making an outstanding contribution to cancer control, either through their research, advocacy, policy development, product development, patient support, clinical work or in another meaningful way;
• be able to attend in person the award ceremony (or at least send a representative) at the World Cancer Leaders’ Summit on 17 October if their nomination is among the shortlisted finalists;
• give consent for information about them to be featured on the UICC website and UICC social media channels;
• give consent for potential media coverage of their nomination.

Organisation category:

• Nominees must work for a UICC Full member organisation

Civil society category:

• Nominees must work in the broader global health and/or cancer community, whether in an international organisation, academia, private sector or non-profit.

Judging criteria

Nominations will be judged on the following:

• Has the nominee contributed to making an outstanding contribution to cancer control over the years, either through their research, advocacy, policy development, product development, patient support, clinical work or in another meaningful way?
• Has the impact of their work extended, directly or indirectly, beyond a limited number of individuals or geographical area?
• Has the nominee demonstrated a commitment to addressing inequity issues as part of their roles and achievements?
• Is the nominee's story compelling, and does it inspire others to act?

The judging is organised in a two-tier process :

• A shortlist of nominees will be evaluated and decided by a judging panel comprised of  UICC Board members and ​UICC past-Presidents selected by the current UICC President, Jeff Dunn. 
• ​The winners in each category will be decided in a vote by UICC Full members

Timeline

• 14 July: Closing of the nominations period
• 4 September: Shortlisted nominees announcement 
• 20 September: Closing of the UICC Full members votes to decide the winners
• 17 October: Winners announced at the World Cancer Leaders' Summit 2023