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Fellowships
What is the UICC Fellowship Programme?
The Fellowship Programme plays a major role in UICC's mission. Alongside other capacity building offers, it aims to reduce the global cancer burden by facilitating the exchange of knowledge, expertise and technical skills. The programme also enables networking and collaboration across institutions and countries.
UICC fellows come from around the globe and work in all areas of cancer control. The fellowships allow them to visit world-renowned institutions in order to learn best practices and new skills.
What type of fellowships are available?
As part of UICC's response to the coronavirus pandemic and its decision not to hold any face-to-face meetings or events in 2020, the Technical Fellowships and for the sub-programme focused on Francophone Africa, Bourses pour l'Afrique Francophone were temporarily closed in April and will reopen on 2nd October 2020 allowing candidates to apply for fellowship visits to take place in 2021.
Click below to register for the UICC Fellowships' weekly Q&A zoom for an hour every Wednesday at 14:00 CEST where you are able to discuss in person with a member of the Fellowship team and ask questions about the application process.
For enquiries about the Zoom Q&A, please write to fellows@uicc.org
Fellowships are available in one- or three-month durations:
Technical Fellowships are open to candidates holding a Master's degree or medical equivalent. Funding contributes towards travel costs and living expenses during a one-month visit. The Technical Fellowships programme has been adapted to support applications from francophone Africa, including the opportunity to apply in French. More information is provided below.
Les Bourses pour l’Afrique Francophone sont des bourses d’un mois spécifiquement destinées aux personnels de santé et autres professionnels travaillant dans le domaine du cancer et basés en Afrique francophone.
The YY Study Grants provide an important opportunity to advance cancer research through international collaboration. Their purpose is to enable individuals from any country to carry out cancer research projects abroad and including the opportunity to receive further training in research methods or techniques.
When are the application deadlines?
| Fellowship programmes | Open / Ouverture | Closes / Clôture |
|---|---|---|
| UICC Technical Fellowships |
2nd October 2020 |
31st December 2020 |
| Bourses pour l’Afrique Francophone | 2 octobre 2020 | 31 decembre 2020 |
| YY study grants | 2nd October 2020 | 31st December 2020 |
| Virtual Fellowships | 22nd June 2020 | 31st December 2020 |
Please download and distribute the UICC Fellowships Flyer within your network, applicants from all regions are welcome:
Programme chairs and reviewers
The selection process would not be possible without the high quality evaluations provided by international experts in the many different fields of cancer control, that inform the programme chairs when making the final funding decisions. We sincerely thank both chairs and reviewers for their time and dedication.
Last update:
Wednesday 14 October 2020
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