* We are pleased to announce that the President of Tanzania, his Excellency Mr Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, has agreed to be the Patron of AORTIC. *

AORTIC Africa, formed by expatriate African cancer care workers, scientists and their friends, is dedicated to the promotion of cancer control in Africa.

AORTIC's key objectives are to further research relating to cancers prevalent in Africa; support the management of training programs in oncology for health care workers, and to deal with the challenges of creating cancer control and prevention programs, as well as raising public awareness of cancer in Africa... Read More...

Call for Letters of Intent: Beginning Investigator Grant for Catalytic (BIG CAT) Research

NOW CLOSED

Applicants are invited to submit Letters of Intent for the Beginning Investigator Grant for Catalytic (BIG CAT) Research, a collaboration between AORTIC and NCI (National Cancer Insitute, USA). BIG CAT is intended to support exploratory data collection by African scientists engaged in cancer research in Africa.

Key Dates
Letter of Intent Submissions Open: December 29th, 2009
Letter of Intent Submissions Due: February 1st, 2010

For more information about BIG CAT and how to apply please see the Letter of Intent Instructions here.

•  To provide coherent advice, counsel and co-ordinate research planning that relates to prevention, early detection and cure of cancer;

•  To support the management and funding of training programs in oncology with member institutions and elsewhere;

•  To organize symposia, workshops, meetings and conferences in keeping with it's objectives;

Mission and Objectives

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