Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) Technical Fellowships 2025

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.

• Table of Content
• About Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)
• Technical Fellowships
• Aim and Benefits of Technical Fellowships
• Requirements for Technical Fellowships Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)

In 1933, cancer researchers recognised the need to share knowledge and expertise globally and so founded the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC). Since then, UICC has grown to embrace organisations engaged in all aspects of cancer prevention and control: voluntary cancer societies, research and treatment centres, public health authorities, patient support networks and advocacy groups, and ministries of health. ... continue reading

Technical Fellowships

Aim and Benefits of Technical Fellowships

• UICC’s Fellowship award amounts represent the total of an estimated economy return flight cost, plus a contribution towards the living costs during the duration of the fellowship visit.

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, as categorised by the World Bank.

Requirements for Technical Fellowships Qualification

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.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

If an individual from a UICC member organisation is interested to apply for a Fellowship and requires support to identify a host supervisor or institution, please contact [email protected] with the following details;

• The title of their organisation
• Copy of their CV
• Detailed description of the type of skills to be developed during a fellowship.
  Support to applicants from UICC member organisations will also be provided through the UICC Connect platform.

For more details, visit UICC’s Fellowships webpage