Digestive Cancers Europe would like to make a call to all Full Members with projects in colorectal cancer (CRC) to apply for our annual Wolfram Nolte Memorial Award by 15 October 2022. The prize of €5.000 awaits the winning project!

The award was established in 2019 in the name of the late Wolfram Nolte, a dear friend to many at DiCE and a metastatic CRC (mCRC) patient who was very active for many years in raising awareness, improving patient education and sharing his experience.

What criteria do projects need to fulfil?

The project needs to aim at solving an unmet need for CRC Patients/Carers. Only Full Member Organisations are eligible to apply. The following criteria will be graded by our international jury comprising of patients and patient advocates:

• Importance of the unmet need that is to be solved
• Innovativeness of the project
• Feasibility of measuring key performance indicators
• Achievability of the project
• Involvement of other stakeholders
• Sustainability of the project

Project outlines should be sent to Ghislaine, our Administrative Manager before 15 October 2022. The winner will be announced in our monthly newsletter.

Judging Panel

Applications will be judged on the criteria above by the following experts:

Mrs Lieve Wierinck	DiCE Chair & Colon Cancer Survivor
	Read Lieve’s biography.
Dr Marianna Vitaloni	Medical & Scientific Project Coordinator, Digestive Cancers Europe
	Read Marianna’s biography
Dr Sabine Tejpar	Doctor of Medicine bij UZ Leuven
	Read more about Sabine
Dave Chuter	DiCE Vice Chair & Independent Cancer Patient Advocate
	Read Dave’s biography
Dr Hanneke Vanlaarhoven	Professor, head of the Department of Medical Oncology at Amsterdam UMC
	Read more about Hanneke

Previous award recipients:

• 2021, EuropaColon Polska. Project aim: CRC during pregnancy and develop a series of educational materials to raise awareness among pregnant women and healthcare professionals about the neglected signs of CRC during pregnancy.
• 2020, EuropaColon Portugal. Project aim: providing palliative care to mCRC patients in a specific region of Portugal
• 2019, EuropaColon Polska. Project aim: to improve the quality of life for a specific group of mCRC patients that have functional urological complications after surgery