NFCR Global Summit and Award Ceremonies

For Cancer Research & Entrepreneurship

Where science meets entrepreneurship to accelerate cancer research

Up next: Friday, October 9, 2026

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View Details from the 2025 NFCR Global Summit

Why Should You Attend This Event?

This high-impact gathering is designed to spark breakthroughs and forge powerful partnerships.
Collaborate, network, and contribute to the search for cures across all cancer types.
Unite with diverse leaders and advocates who share a common mission: advancing cancer research and improving patient outcomes.

“I was very impressed by everything I heard. I found the presented research to be of really high quality and very innovative. This is very refreshing, and, in my opinion, sets AIM-HI and NFCR apart in a very good way.” -Isidore Rigoutsos, Ph.D., Director, Center for Computational Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University
“Let me state right at the beginning that if I don’t attend another great conference for the next few years, I will not mind it because of what I was just given the opportunity to attend. Thank you very much for giving me such a prominent slot in the morning panel among some incredible women in the field. It was a humbling experience to be in the company of so many outstanding and accomplished. Congratulations on organizing a totally mind-blowing NFCR Global Summit and collecting a constellation of shining stars under one roof for several days! Besides the talks and panel discussions, the opportunity to network and exchange ideas with others was deeply appreciated. I also loved the way you mixed hard science, heartbreaking oncology stories, and glamorous dinners.” -Azra Raza, M.D., Chan Soon-Shiong Professor of Medicine, Columbia University in New York
“Absolutely wonderful, inspirational meeting…thanks so much to everyone involved and to NFCR for making it possible for us to get together. I am grateful to be included!”

- Monica Bertagnolli, M.D.
“The Women’s Leadership Forum was spectacular and the chemistry between all of the people on the podium and the energy was wonderful. It was inspirational to all and especially young women who were there and might have been watching.”

-Dr. Raju Kucherlapati

Sponsorship Opportunities

Inquiries regarding sponsorship of our Global Summit event can be made by e-mail at Sponsorship@nfcr.org or by phone at 1-800-321-CURE (2873). Learn more in our sponsorship packet.

Featured Programs

New Frontiers for Cancer Research

This Scientific Symposium brings together world-class cancer researchers and experts in oncology to share their challenges and findings. We aim to facilitate future collaborations and information sharing across institutions through keynote speeches and panel discussions on key research areas.

This forum helps our research community remain at the cutting edge of science, where breakthroughs become new drugs and technologies to best detect and treat cancer.

Learn More About Our Cancer Research Programs

Scenes from our 2024 New Frontiers for Cancer Research Sessions

Leadership Forum

Forum topics include the direction of the healthcare industry, the traits that characterize business leaders, and how young entrepreneurs in STEM can best prepare themselves as future leaders.

Biotech investment veterans exchange opinions on hot topics in oncology and provide advice to start-up companies seeking institutional funding.

Learn More About the AIM-HI Initiatives

Scenes from our 2024 Leadership Forums

Szent-Györgyi Prize Award Ceremony

The Szent-Györgyi Prize for Progress for Cancer Research is the principal scientific program of the National Foundation for Cancer Research. Named in honor of our Co-Founder and Noble Laureate, Albert Szent-Györgyi, this award recognizes scientists whose seminal discovery or pioneering body of work has had a lasting impact on understanding cancer and holds the promise of improving or saving the lives of cancer patients.

The Award Ceremony is celebrated with a cocktail reception and dinner (black-tie optional). The prize honorees will give a speech highlighting their award-winning accomplishments and their impacts on cancer patients.

Learn More About the Szent-Györgyi Prize & Previous Winners