Submit Applications for UICC Technical Fellowship Program

Deadline: 4 August 2025

The Union for International Cancer Control is inviting applications for its Technical Fellowship Program for cancer professionals to gain hands-on global training, with a focus on impactful cancer control interventions.

Technical Fellowships allow cancer professionals to gain new skills and knowledge in cancer control through short-term international visits of between two weeks to up to two months.

Aligned with UICC’s mission, Technical Fellowships are designed to further the implementation of evidence-based interventions that have demonstrated public health impact in cancer control. Fellows may pursue topics spanning the cancer continuum, including prevention, early detection, access to treatment, palliative and supportive care, as well as topics related to the wider health system, such as cancer registries, or national cancer control planning.

Applicants are expected to clearly articulate how their learning objectives are tailored to their individual professional context and institutional setting, while also relevant to broader needs in their home country, to help ensure that the knowledge and skills acquired during the fellowship can be effectively applied upon return, maximising their impact.

Objectives

The objectives of the Technical Fellowships programme are to:
- Facilitate the international exchange and development of technical knowledge and skills in cancer control.
- Build capacity of the individual and the home organisation through the effective application and dissemination of the newly acquired skills in the home organisation upon return.
- Support the development of networks of cancer control professionals for the continued sharing of best practices and knowledge, informal provision of ongoing support, guidance or training and the development of collaborations.

Categories

Scholarships for French-speaking Africa: To enable individuals working in the field of cancer control in French-speaking Africa to visit another institution in order to acquire new skills and strengthen collaborations.
Scholarships for Latin America: The main objective is to allow people working in the field of cancer control in Latin America to visit another institution in order to acquire new skills and strengthen collaborations.

Benefits

Flight costs: Flight costs are estimated based on the applicant’s departure airport and home country, as well as the location of the host institution. These estimates take into account the fellowship’s start and end dates, with an additional buffer to accommodate potential fluctuations in airfare due to time of booking.
Living costs: Each Fellowship award will include a contribution towards living costs, considering an estimated average monthly cost of living per person according to the income group of the country of the host institution.

Eligibility Criteria

Scholarships for French-speaking Africa:
- Eligible candidates include public health professionals such as epidemiologists, health educators, social workers, nutritionists, administrators, and other specialized professionals working in cancer care; cancer researchers conducting translational, clinical, and/or implementation research; clinicians, nurses, and pathologists:
  - The candidate can be of any nationality but must reside in a French-speaking African country (African country member of the International Organization of La Francophonie – OIF1) at the time of application.
  - Applicants must hold at least a Master’s degree. Applications from qualified healthcare professionals in medical and nursing sciences may be considered even without a higher degree if they can demonstrate at least five years of experience caring for cancer patients.
  - An equivalent one-year postgraduate cancer-related specialty training qualification may be accepted as equivalent to a Master’s degree, for example, cancer registry-related training.
  - All applicants must have worked in the cancer field for at least five years prior to applying.
Scholarships for Latin America:
- Eligible candidates include public health professionals in specialties such as epidemiology, health education, social work, nutrition, administration, and other cancer control specialties such as translational, clinical, and/or implementation research; as well as clinical, nursing, and pathology professionals:
  - Reside in a Latin American country at the time of application.
  - Have at least a Master’s degree. Applications from qualified healthcare personnel in medical sciences and nursing may be considered even without a higher degree if they can demonstrate at least five years of experience caring for cancer patients.
  - A one-year equivalent training qualification in a cancer-related specialty after university may be accepted as equivalent to a master’s degree, for example, training related to cancer registration.
  - Eligible individuals must have worked in the cancer field for at least five years before applying.