Alamo offers generous scholarships to advocates who attend SABCS:
http://alamobreastcancer.org/advocate_program.html
This is their list of qualifications:
Applicants must meet and agree to the following scholarship qualifications:
1.
Must attend the
entire conference from December 10-14, 2008
and the Pre-Meeting/Welcome Dinner on Wednesday, December 10.
2. Write a "Hot Topic" report which will be assigned to you during the conference.
3. Attend the Mentors session each evening and
stay the entire time.
4. Be a
Project Lead graduate
OR have participated on committees, panels, or review boards related to breast cancer and/or breast cancer research.
5. Belong to an
advocacy organization or represent a constituency so information can be disseminated.
6. Only applicants who have not received this scholarship within the
last 5 years are eligible.
7. Be one year out of
primary breast cancer treatment.