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UICC’S TECHNICAL FELLOWSHIPS

Application Deadline: 4 June 2026

LOCATION: Multiple Regions

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. Transfer of cancer control knowledge, skills, and techniques through international visits of two weeks up to two months.

ELIGIBILITY:

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.

The 2026 call will have a strong emphasis on public health and the training of health professionals on cost-effective and evidence-based cancer control strategies and interventions relevant to and appropriate to the applicant’s context and the wider health system.

Applicants from French-speaking African countries have the option to apply in French if they planned to visit a French-speaking country. For further details, please visit the Bourse pour l’Afrique Francophone webpage.

Applicants are generally expected to identify and contact potential host supervisors themselves. However, if they are unable to find a host supervisor, they should reach out to fellows@uicc.org for information on the organisations listed below that have expressed interest in hosting Fellows. Representatives from cancer centres or institutions interested in hosting UICC Fellows should contact fellows@uicc.org for more information. 

National Cancer Centre Korea (NCCK), is a Fellowship partner and host that supports applicants wishing to visit it. 

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom. 

Princess Margaret Cancer Center, Canada is a Fellowship partner and host that supports applicants wishing to visit it. 

Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Brazil

A.C. Camargo Cancer Center, Brazil

King Hussein Cancer Center , Jordan

University of Colorado Cancer Center, United States

Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Spain

Baheya Foundation and Hospitals, Egypt

BENEFIT:

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 country to the host country. For more information, refer to the application guidelines.

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GLOBAL RESILIENCE PARTNERSHIP CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR INNOVATIONS ACROSS THE GLOBAL SOUTH NOW OPEN

Application Deadline: 22 May 2026  at 23:59 hrs GMT

LOCATION: Sweden

The Global Resilience Partnership is launching an Innovation Challenge call to support bold, locally led solutions that strengthen resilience, protect ecosystems, and create sustainable opportunities for communities. They are looking for transformative resilience solutions across three thematic challenges. They encourage bold and transformative ideas that promote resilience, preserve ecosystems, and create sustainable economic opportunities for communities.

Theme: Agriculture, nutrition and food security, Cities and urban resilience, Disaster risk reduction, Information and technology

ELIGIBILITY:

Across all three challenges, they are accepting proposals from both non- and for-profit organisations, local entrepreneurs, and innovators. Both experienced implementers and emerging entrepreneurs implementing are encouraged to apply. All three thematic challenges prioritize locally led innovations that build the resilience of women and youth (>50% of people supported should be women or youth). 

All three thematic challenges are open to ODA-eligible countries in the Global South:

The Resilient Agriculture Innovations for Nature (RAIN) Rural Challenge identifies and scales innovative nature-positive solutions that deliver both ecological and livelihood benefits. While we are taking RAIN global, dedicated funding has been earmarked for East African countries.

The Resilience Innovation in Informality through Scaling Entrepreneurship (RISE) Urban Challenge identifies and scales practical, locally led solutions from grassroots groups, urban start-ups, and/or social enterprises that address the realities of living and working in informal urban environments. 

The Technology for Evolving Challenges in Humanitarian Contexts (TECH)4Resilience Challenge identifies applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) that can enhance or optimize the delivery and provision of humanitarian preparedness and response programmes, enabling faster, more targeted, and anticipatory action. We have earmarked funding for TECH4Nature solutions, with a particular interest in solutions from Southeast Asia.

Before applying, please read the guidelines carefully. The guidelines include more detailed information about the Innovation Challenge call for proposals, eligibility criteria, and examples of the types of solutions we are looking for: Read the guidelines here

Timeline:

1 May 2026: The call for proposals opens 

13 May at 15:00 CEST: Webinar for potential applicants. Register here

22 May 2026  at 23:59 hrs GMT: Deadline for submissions. The Challenge will close at this time and we will not be able to accept submissions past the deadline. 

End of June 2026: Successful and unsuccessful applicants will be contacted

June – mid-September 2026: Successful applicants will be provided support to further develop their projects during

 6-9 July 2026: Virtual Leadership Academy

November 2026: Winners will be announced at COP31 

2026 and 2027: Mentoring, communications and MEL support 

Q1 of 2027: Induction Workshop for winners 

If you have any questions please contact: challenge@globalresiliencepartnership.org

    BENEFIT:

    The challenge winners will receive a programme of tailored mentoring, communications, and MEL support and will be connected to potential partners and/or investors. In addition to this, there will be funding support up to US$50,000 for winning projects to further develop and scale their solutions. This will be awarded at the end of 2026 after the initial mentoring period and a virtual Leadership Academy, to be used for implementation for 12 months (January to December 2027).

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