Full Member
Academic Status: Faculty
Eligibility Criteria: Primary cancer focus in basic, clinical, or population research. Evidence of a cancer focus includes:
- Cancer-relevant, peer-reviewed funding from a national funding agency
- Significant contribution to clinical research (e.g., PI on trials, writing investigator-initiated trials, enrolling large numbers of patients in clinical trials, contributing significantly to publications involving clinical trials)
- High-level accomplishments in cancer-related publications and presentations relative to peer group
- Support education/training or outreach in a cancer-related discipline
- Extensive collaboration with, and intellectual contribution to, the cancer-focused research of other members
Benefits:
- Priority service at SCI-sponsored activities
- Pilot and developmental funding opportunities for collaborative research
- Invitation to SCI internal events
- Assistance with large multi-disciplinary or multi-departmental grants (e.g., P01s, Center grants)
Associate Member
Academic Status: Faculty
Eligibility Criteria: Emerging cancer focus in basic, clinical, or population research and/or makes significant contributions to the research of Stanford Cancer Institute members.
OR
Cancer-focused clinical activities, including:
- Providing clinical care for significant numbers of cancer patients
- Participation in cancer-related disease site tumor conferences
- Enrolling patients in cancer clinical trials (but not as PI or trial author)
NEW! Associate Trainee Member
Academic Status: PhD and medical students; post-doctoral and clinical fellows; instructors
Eligibility Criteria: Primary cancer focus in basic, clinical, translational or population research. Evidence of a cancer focus includes:
- Significant contribution to the research of an SCI member (e.g., as a graduate research assistant, postdoc)
- Clinical fellowship in cancer-related field
- Cancer-related, peer-reviewed funding from a national funding agency
- Publications in cancer-relevant journals
- Instructors or research scientists who are on track for a faculty level position in academia or industry and are being actively mentored by an SCI member toward career advancement
Benefits:
- Specialized leadership and career development programming
- Priority access to SCI programs (e.g., Comprehensive Cancer Research Training Program)
- SCI-sponsored awards and scholarships (e.g., SCI fellowship, conference travel grants)
- Invitation to SCI seminars, symposia, and other sponsored events
- Alumni network and support
Emeritus Member
Retiring members and/or distinguished senior faculty and researchers from Stanford University or other organizations in the Bay Area.