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ASNO-SNO Clinical Trials
Scholars Course for
Neuro Oncology 2023
Part 2 Protocol Development Workshop (PDW)

Dear ASNO members, friends
Thank you for your enthusiastic participation in Part-1 of the ASNO-SNO Clinical Trials Scholars Course 2023. We are
now inviting applications for course’s Part-2 Protocol Development Workshop (PDW).
The interactive, protocol development workshop will mentor early/mid-level career clinical faculty/researchers andFellows (from Neurosurgery, Neurology/Neuro Oncology and Medical and Radiation Oncology streams) from ASNO
region to develop effective clinical trial designs for their research concepts pertaining to neuro-oncology. The workshop
is based on educational principles of collaborative and networked learning whereby participants will be mentored
to develop neuro-oncology study concepts into full study protocols ready to be submitted to their respective ethics
committees.
Applicants are encouraged to submit a research concept sheet as per prescribed format outlining their research
proposal. Proposals can focus on any subject of neuro oncology (demographics/epidemiology, neurosurgery, radiation
therapy, systemic therapy, quality of life, clinical neuro oncology, pathology etc) and can range from relatively simple
design of prospective data collection of a particular clinical sub-sites/intervention to phase 2 or even more complex
phase 3/multicentric studies. The proposals can be tailored to meet with unmet needs or gaps in delivering neuro
oncology care in their respective regions. Applications for Part 2 does not mandate participation in Part 1 of thecourse, although applicants are encouraged to learn from the video recordings of Part 1 presently available onthe ASNO website.

All applications will undergo a peer review process by ASNO & SNO faculty/team of judges and will beassessed based on:• Strength of application• Quality of proposed study (relevance to the participant’s region and neuro-onc community as a whole)• Statement of interest, statement of support from supervisors/mentors

Top Four Applicants among the applications received will be selected unanimously by the judges andassigned mentors to help develop their proposals via email and online meetings. Each of these four selectedscholars will also be invited to present their study followed by discussion in a dedicated session at the ASNO
Congress. They will receive an Educational Grant of 500 USD each to facilitate their travel/accommodation
to attend in person the ASNO 2023 Congress in Bali in October 2023.

Application requirements(a) Application form Online application
a-1. Letter of support from Supervisor, Departmental Head or Hospital (pdf)
a-2. One-page CV focused on academics, research interests and publications (pdf)* Please upload the above file when applying online.

(b) A study concept sheet Online submission

Important Dates
Applications start

20th April 2023

Last date for submitting applications

30th June 2023

Application results

31st July 2023

Virtual mentoring

August-September 2023

Final Protocol Presentation at ASNO 2023, Bali

26th October 2023

With our best wishes

ASNO Chairs

SNO Chairs

Rakesh Jalali, Ather Enam, Mitsutoshi Nakada

Susan Chang, Patrick Wen, Vinay Puduvalli

Course Coordinator: Pankaj Kumar Panda

Please feel free to contact us at ASNO Central Office
E. info@a-sno.org, centraloffice@a-sno.org

T. +82-2-538-2042~3 F. +82-2-538-1540