The Frank M. Torti, MD Poster Award Endowment awards $1000 to the top trainee scientific poster and $500 to the second place poster each year. As part of the 2026 national Cancer Biology Annual Retreat, trainee attendees will be presenting their posters on Tuesday, October 6.

All trainees registered for the 2026 Retreat are expected to present a poster on October 6. Poster Awards will be announced October 7.

Abstract submission rules:
Due date and time: Tuesday, September 1 by 11:59pm PT.
Abstracts are scored 1-6, with 1 being best. This number is added to the final judged score.
Abstract length: Content must be 400 words or less, not including title, presenter’s name or school name.
Penalty: Abstracts over allowed word count will automatically receive a penalty of +1.

Please submit your abstract below by September 1.

Posters do not need to be created specifically for this event, but should include the following evaluation criteria:
Data presented in a visually effectively manner
Purpose of the study clearly stated
Poster presented in a logical manner
Conclusions stated clearly and supported by results   
Conclusions and future work tied back to the hypothesis
See the Judging Scoresheet for scoring metrics: tba

Tall (4’ wide x 4’ high) double-sided poster display boards will be provided. There are no size restrictions (as long as your poster fits within the display area) or material requirements.

The event will be divided into two one-hour sessions to allow trainees the opportunity to view other posters. Poster placement is preassigned by odd and even numbers, with odd numbers presenting the first hour and even numbers the second hour.