Application Deadline: June 4, 2026
Applications are now open for the 2026 Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) Technical Fellowships. 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.
Eligible candidates
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.
Award Amount
- Fellowship award amounts are calculated by UICC based on the fellowship duration and published scales for living costs and economy flight estimates from the home to host countries
Bourses pour l’Afrique francophone: for applicants from Francophone Africa.
Fellowship duration and award amounts
- Fellowship visits can be from two weeks to up to two months duration. The fellowship award amount will be calculated based on published living costs of the host country and of estimated economy class travel costs.
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