UICC Fellowships

UICC

Since the inception of the IARC Fellowship Programme, close collaboration has been maintained with the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) in Geneva, whose long-running and highly successful cancer fellowship programme is complementary to that of IARC.

Please check the UICC site for upcoming fellowship deadlines.

Education and Training

IARC Fellowships for Cancer Research

Since 1966, IARC has awarded more than 500 fellowships to junior scientists for research training in cancer. Approximately 85% of Fellows return to their home country on completion of their training, and around 82% remain active in cancer research. As a result, IARC Fellowships have made a substantial contribution to the development of cancer research in many countries.

Programme director: Z. Herceg
Tel:+33 4 72 73 84 48; Fax:+33 4 72 73 80 80

At present, the IARC Fellowship programme is partially supported by the EC- FP7 Marie Curie Actions - People - COFUND .

The Fellowship Programme offers postdoctoral fellowships to junior scientists from any country who intend to pursue a career in cancer research and wish to complete their training at the IARC in Lyon, France working in a research Group. Applications from candidates from low- and medium-resource countries or applicants from any part of the world but with projects related to low- and medium-resource countries are encouraged.

A Senior Visiting Scientist Award is also offered for a qualified and experienced senior investigator who wishes to spend from six to twelve months at the IARC working on a collaborative project in a research area related to the Agency’s programmes.

IARC is also offering an Expertise Transfer Fellowship to enable an established investigator to spend from six to twelve months in an appropriate host institute in a low- / medium-resource country in order to transfer knowledge and expertise in a research area relevant for the host country and related to the Agency’s programmes.

The deadline is now closed for all IARC fellowships (IARC-Ireland, IARC-Australia, IARC Postdoctoral Fellowships for Training in Cancer Research, Senior Visiting Scientist Award, Expertise Transfer Fellowship).


INFORMATION FOR APPLICANTS: Applications can be submitted initially by e-mail in order to meet the deadline. However, the original, signed application and supporting documents must reach us by post.

IARC Research Training
See Fellowships awarded from 1966-2004, 2005-2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

Read also: R. Montesano & E. El Akroud (1999) International Agency for Research on Cancer fellowships programme - over 30 years of experience, Carcinogenesis [Commentary], 20, 11, 2041-2044.