Call for Nominations: 2024 Jeannie Ferris Award – Australia

The Jeannie Ferris Cancer Australia Recognition Award was established by Cancer Australia in 2013, to recognise outstanding contributions to improving outcomes for women with gynaecological cancers.

To mark the occasion of the 11th Anniversary of the Jeannie Ferris Cancer Australia Recognition Award, Cancer Australia has broadened the scope of the Award from 2024, to recognise and promote the value and efforts of consumers, health professional and researchers in improving equitable outcomes for all Australians affected by all cancers.

Categories

The Jeannie Ferris Award recognises individuals who have made outstanding contributions to improving outcomes for people with cancers in two categories:

• Category 1 – Members of the community: those with personal experience of cancer, as a person with a diagnosis of cancer; or as a community member, family member, or carer who has been involved in the support and care of people with cancer.
• Category 2 – Health professionals and researchers: researchers and health professionals of all disciplines involved in cancer research or clinical care, including (but not limited to) specialists, primary care practitioners, nursing and allied health professionals.

Eligibility Criteria

• The nominee must be an Australian resident.
• The nomination must include a short biography of the nominee (of no more than 500 words).
• The nominee, or a member of their family, must give permission for the biographical details provided in the nomination to be used by Cancer Australia in any promotional material, should they be selected as an Awardee.
• The nomination must include two written references that support the nominee’s application.
• Posthumous nominations will be accepted.
• Self-nominations are permitted but must be accompanied by references from two independent referees. The referees must not be immediate family members.

For more information, visit Cancer Australia.