NYOF Travel Awards
CAHON NYOF Junior Investigator Award (JIA)
CAHON gives Junior Investigator Awards to encourage young students to participate in research. CAHON provides Junior Investigator (JIA) travel awards to exceptional high school, college and medical students to attend CAHON’s annual meeting New York Oncology Forum (NYOF) each year.
Application Process for Junior Investigator Awards
Eligibility Criteria
- Outstanding high school, college, or medical student in North America with a keen interest in Asian culture.
- Demonstrated interests in biomedical career.
- Availability to attending CAHON's New York Oncology Forum and the CAHON members-only dinner and reception meeting (held annually in October).
Award
Certificate of Award and $500 for each awardee
Nomination Type: Self-nomination
Applications Requirements
- Application form
- Academic transcript from last semester
- One-page personal statement describing career and educational goals
- One letter of recommendation from school counselor, teacher, or research mentor
Please submit application materials to info@cahon.org by Wednesday, August 12th, 2026.
Junior Investigator Awards - Past Recipients
2025 Winners
- Kevin Cheng - University of Tennessee
- Colleen Feng - University of Tennessee College of Medicine
- Eric Heng - Stanford
- Livy Paterniti - The Winsor School
- Jennifer Wang - Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
- Reanna Wang - Humanitas
- Sabrina Welch - Shrewsbury High School
- Michael Yang - The Nueva Schoool
- Kate Yuan - Washington University
- Fengrui Zhan - Weill Cornell Medical School
- Kevin Zheng - Gilman School
2024 Winners
- Ryan Chen - Cary Academy
- Josephine Chang - Hampton Roads Academy
- Yuxin Yang - University of Southern California
- Susan Jiang - University of Georgia Chapel
- GanQian Hou - Shady Side Academy
- Julianna Wu - John Hopkins University
- Jocelyn Cribbs - Cumberland Valley High School
2023 Winners
- Anthony Chen - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Reggie Fan - California Northstate University
- Marguerite Li - Emory University
- Ziyang Shen - Williams College
- Joseph Yu - Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science
2020 Winner
- Lillian Zhi - Ward Melville High School, New York