UICC Technical Fellowships for Developing Countries 2024.

UICC’s Technical Fellowships provide cancer professionals the chance to gain new knowledge, skills and techniques in cancer control through short learning visits of two weeks to two months’ duration. This specific fellowship opportunity was originally launched in 1976, and was called the International Cancer Research Technology Transfer awards (ICRETT), and has facilitated knowledge exchange for the last four decades.

Benefits

The main objectives of this call for applications are to:

Facilitate the international exchange and development of technical knowledge and skills in all areas of cancer control.
Build the capacity of the individual and the home organization through the effective application and dissemination of the newly acquired skills in the home organization upon return.
Support the development of networks of cancer control professionals for the continued sharing of best practices and knowledge, and the informal provision of ongoing support, guidance, or training.

Benefits

Duration of Technical fellowship – Maximum level of funding possible:

Two weeks – $2,200 USD
Three weeks – $2,800 USD
Four weeks – $3,400 USD
Five weeks – $4,000 USD
Six weeks – $4,600 USD
Seven weeks – $5,200 USD
Eight weeks – $5,800 USD

Requirements

Public health professionals including epidemiologists, health educators, social workers, nutritionists, administrators and other specialised professionals working in the field of cancer control; cancer researchers performing translational, clinical and/or implementation research; clinicians, nurses and pathologists.

Applicants must hold a minimum of a Master’s degree, while qualified medical doctors may be considered in the absence of a higher degree (i.e an MD) if they hold or are within a year of holding a board certification (or equivalent) in a cancer-related specialty, and registered nurses who have an RN qualification are also eligible to apply.
An equivalent one-year’s training qualification in a specialty related to cancer post university degree can be accepted as an equivalent to a Master’s degree, for example training as a cancer registrar.
All candidates should have worked in the field of cancer for at least five years prior to applying.
Medical and PhD Students are not eligible to apply.

Please read the application guidelines to view the full list of eligibility criteria. (Available in June)